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   We've had nothing BUT bad news from this government, about this   
   government, and since this government.  We KNOW that all those billions   
   spent on the 2010 Olympics put us into the hole . . . even if the   
   government wouldn't release figures to the Auditor General.   
      
   Now we're just looking forward to the spring election that will get rid   
   of the 'bad news liberals' and their hated, but still-hanging-around, HST.   
      
   Do your worst, Ms Clark.  We can see the light at the end of the tunnel.   
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   Vancouver Sun November 27, 2012   
      
   British Columbians should brace for bad economic news: Christy Clark   
      
   A quarterly economic update to be released by the B.C. government today   
   “won’t be pretty,” Premier Christy Clark warned in a speech Tuesday.   
      
   “The global economic uncertainty that we’re facing has put huge pressure   
   on our commodity prices in British Columbia and it has certainly   
   affected our budget,” Clark told the Tri-Cities Chamber of Commerce.   
      
   Clark did not go into specifics, but said that despite the economic   
   turmoil, her government will keep its promise to table a balanced budget   
   for the coming 2013-14 fiscal year.   
      
   “We are going to balance our budget nonetheless and we’re going to look   
   at everything to do it,” she said.   
      
   “No, we will not cut education. No, we will not cut health care, but we   
   will do what it takes to get to balance,” she added.   
      
   Finance Minister Mike de Jong is expected to release the province’s   
   second quarterly update this morning, which Clark said will provide “a   
   clearer picture of what exactly we’re facing.”   
      
   “I do want to give you the heads up,” she added. “It won’t be   
   pretty.”   
      
   When he released the first quarterly report in September, de Jong   
   revealed the province had taken a $1.1-billion hit to the natural gas   
   royalties it planned to take in over three years.   
      
   At the time, de Jong promised an immediate hiring freeze across   
   government and a wage freeze for public sector managers, including those   
   at schools, universities and health organizations.   
      
   He also projected the deficit for the current fiscal year would be $1.14   
   billion, up $173 million from what had been forecast in the government’s   
   February budget.   
      
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