Status Quo Budget Plus Frustrated Bargaining Adds Problems to Post-Secondary Education

When Colin Hansen rose in the Legislature on February 15 to table his 2011 budget he emphasized that his fiscal plan was anchored to the “status quo”. Despite improvements in a number of revenue areas and hefty set-asides for “contingencies” that the Finance Minister could not fully explain, Mr. Hansen made it clear to everyone listening that his government was thinking more about their political future than the future of the province.

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