If Doerkson promises no new taxes, does that mean Gordon Campbell style cuts are coming?
Considering the deficit is 13B, and if the Conservatives follow through with no new taxes, then obviously that means expect Gordon Campbell style cuts coming when they are back in power. If people are old enough to remember, the government workers have most to fear when about 12k positions were eliminated in 2002. There was also changes to welfare benefits, assistance rules and eliminated programs, msp premium hikes etc... This was all thanks to a landslide victory by then the BC Liberals taking 77 seats who did whatever they wanted without push back.
Of course that proved unpopular though they still won the election 4 years later but losing a lot seats and then another 4 years with CC until it finally came to an end.
This is all in contrast with the NDP announcing taxes on people making more than 190k a year to help pay for healthcare since they'd rather raise taxes on high income earners than go through austerity.
If there's no new taxes then expect very deep cuts which obviously he didn't want to say but is obvious what would happen instead