VICTORIA – Finance Minister Colin Hansen presented a "status quo" budget Tuesday that he described as leaving a recovering B.C. economy for the next premier.
When the successor to Premier Gordon Campbell is sworn in early in March, it will fall to him or her to decide if carbon taxes will continue to rise and small business taxes will be eliminated next year as planned.
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