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It’s election time. That is why, after years of ignoring what matters to British Columbians, Christy Clark has brought in a “forget everything budget”.

The premier wants you to forget the $300,000 second salary she took from her wealthy donors, and the billion-dollar tax break she gave in return to the richest earners in B.C.

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She wants you to forget you have been paying more taxes while her rich donors paid less.

Clark wants you to forget that half of British Columbians are living paycheque to paycheque. Too many people are buried by household debt and barely making ends meet with low pay and the worst wage growth in Canada.

Clark wants you to forget that her government doubled MSP premiums, and only now, on the eve of an election, she is promising to reverse that damage.

She wants you to forget that she hit everyday families with years of hikes to hydro bills, skyrocketing housing costs, and the growing family crisis of child care affordability.