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   From: Panca@nyet.ca   
      
   — CP — Dec 9 2014   
      
      
   Premier Jim Prentice says low oil prices punch $6-$7B hole in Alberta budget   
      
      
   Premier Jim Prentice says his government will be dealing with a $6-billion to   
   $7-billion hole in Alberta’s $40-billion provincial budget if low oil prices   
   persist.   
      
   Prentice says that means all Albertans will feel the consequences.   
      
   But he says fixing the problem is not as simple as making deep across-the-board   
   cuts in government spending.   
      
   The premier says the government will limit spending to below the rate of   
   growth, plus inflation, and focus on core services.   
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   So, what we hear is:  "not as simple as making deep cuts in government   
   spending".   
   So what ELSE is necessary?   
      
   Any Albertans want to venture some guesses?   
      
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