Provincial budget
affects community

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nounced Fund for Excellence in
Education, including this year’s
$110 million; $720 million in a new
Health Improvement Fund, in-
cluding this year’s $120 million;
and a further $20 million to be set
aside in a forestry fund.

past about raising their voice over
mistreatment, ‘If you're good you
might get some money, but if
you're bad, you'll starve,’ ”’
North Vancouver-Capilano
MLA Angus Ree denied that the
funds represented the governm-
ent’s attempt to centralize authori-

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broken.”*

He said the government's pro-
jected real growth of four per cent
was somewhat higher than credit
union estimates.

Allen added that the while the
budget was not bad, there was lit-
tle in it to reduce the number of

5 - Sunday, March 23, 1986 - North Shore News

ty. He said hospitals had to nego-
tiate with the government over
their regular budgets anyway.

Anticipated requirements from
the new health fund, he said, could
be discussed at the same time.

He added that the funds were set
aside for special equipment and
programs.

Ree described Thursday's budget
as a ‘‘hold-fast budget predicated
on the success of Expo.’’

unemployed British Columbians,
which now stands at 198,000.

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DAVID SCHRECK of the NDP’
North Vancouver-Seymour
riding...‘‘this is not a budget at
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Schreck said the health and
education ‘‘slush funds’ were part
of the government’s move towards
centralizing authority over health
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NORTH VANCOUVER-Capilano
MLA Angus Ree...funds don’!
represent government attempt to
centralize authority.

The North Vancouver
Recreation Centre

: 123 E. 23rd Street, N. Vancouver
Chief economist with the B.C. fi 988-6166

Central Credit Union Richard §f or
Allen said Friday the budget was a Karen Magnusson Arena

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“continuation of policies put into 984.9341
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WEST VANCOUVER-Howe
Sound MLA John
Reynolds...budget one of the best
he has seen for a long time.

“Instead of putting the money
in hospital budgets, for instance,
the government has set up this
huge slush fund, where hospitals
must go for any extra funding.
These funds allow the government
to say to hospitals like Lions Gate,
who have been courageous in the

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