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Publication Date: February 15, 2026 - 09:44

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B.C.’s provincial deficit ‘unsustainable’ as budget day nears, official says

February 15, 2026
British Columbia Finance Minister Brenda Bailey recently predicted that she was going to be the "least popular person in the province for a while."


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