The head of the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees says the province is making the best of a bad situation in its budget. Guy Smith is referring to the government not slashing jobs, while oil prices remain at drastically low levels. (Alberta is also sticking with its accelerated infrastructure program. But that means the province will run a 10-billion-dollar deficit this year, and is on track for 58-billion dollars in debt by 2019.)

Date: 2016-04-15
Placeline: EDMONTON.
Source: The Canadian Press
Length: 14 seconds

Transcript Prediction: << this is the measured reasonable budget based in the difficult Economic Times the government faces they obviously have determined that they want to keep service dropper and secure and stable which is the right thing to do during difficult times >>

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