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A sudden flurry of school district funding announcements by the B.C. government — after several years of all but ignoring the complaints of cash-strapped school boards — boils down to a very simple political calculation from Premier Christy Clark: Education will be a ballot box issue in next year’s provincial election.

Clark said as much in an interview with The Vancouver Sun two weeks ago, citing people’s satisfaction with their kids’ education as one of the key questions voters will ask in deciding whether to re-elect her government.

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“I think people will vote on their own personal best interests though,” Clark said. “What are my prospects of getting a job? What are my prospects of getting a promotion in the job that I have? What are the prospects of my kids to be able to get a great education and get their own job? I mean, that’s material for people.”

Key issues like growing the economy, protecting the environment, health care and “whether my kids are getting a good education” will be the deciding factors for voters in judging Liberal performance, she said.