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B.C.’s projected deficit grows again to $9.4 billion in latest fiscal update

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British Columbia’s forecast record deficit for this fiscal year has grown by another $429 million , reaching $9.4 billion .

New Finance Minister Brenda Bailey says the NDP government will be “careful” in reducing the deficit “over time,” by growing the economy rather than cutting services.

In September , then-Finance Minister Katrine Conroy presented B.C. 's quarterly financial update that forecast a then-record $8.9 billion deficit.

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