B.C.'s balanced budget includes tax and fee increases
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Cigarette taxes and health care premiums will rise as the Liberals work to balance its books before heading into a May election campaign.
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De Jong says he recognizes there is a credibility gap with his government, given the $2-billion-dollar deficit difference between what the Liberals promised before the election in 2009 and the end result of the books that year.
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For the upcoming year, spending will increase for health care and education and the government is adding an education grant plan giving the parents of children six and under $1,200 each.
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There is also a strategy to create new child-care spaces.
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