The head of the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees says the budget is a good first step. Guy Smith notes the government is spending to retain staff despite a budget that is six-billion-dollars in the red. (But Smith says he is concerned about the fate of workers as budgets tighten in the coming years. The province says it will work to keep overall spending hikes to two per cent a year in the years to come.)

Date: 2015-10-28
Placeline: EDMONTON.
Source: The Canadian Press
Length: 14 seconds

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