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   From: doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca   
      
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   >— CP — Dec 9 2014   
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   >Premier Jim Prentice says low oil prices punch $6-$7B hole in Alberta budget   
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   >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.   
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   >Prentice says that means all Albertans will feel the consequences.   
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   >But he says fixing the problem is not as simple as making deep    
   cross-the-board   
   >cuts in government spending.   
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   >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?   
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   >Any Albertans want to venture some guesses?   
      
   BTW thank you for the thread of serious discussion.   
   It breaks the flaming monotony.   
      
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