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There's no sign of the NDP reining in spending. If anything, the opposite

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The Pattullo Bridge replaced with a supposedly fixed budget of $1.377 billion .

After six years , the cost has now surged by $260 million .

The government also announced a smaller, though still significant, budget overrun of $127 million on the Broadway subway project.

The NDP line was that nobody cares about debit and deficits.

The payout has been costed at $1.8 billion , enough to eat up about half of the unallocated contingency funds in the budget.

The balance in contingencies, if left untouched until the March 31 end of the financial year , would presumably be enough put a dent in the projected $9.4 billion overrun.

That’s a long way from saying the New Democrats are getting the books under control.

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