CHAD HIPOLITO/The Canadian Press
 
 
Victoria
 

British Columbia introduced a budget Tuesday with another record-high deficit, despite hiking personal income taxes, and pledged to face “serious fiscal pressures” gradually.
 

Finance Minister Brenda Bailey said the province will trim the size of the public service, mostly through attrition, and slow the completion of capital projects as part of its efforts to bring its spending into balance.

 

In the meantime, the province’s debt will skyrocket.
 
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