Premiers fail to agree on equalization: Provinces to face Ottawa alone after strategy-building attempts break down
Vancouver Sun
July 28, 2006
By: April Lindgren

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... During a press conference, British Columbia Premier Gordon Campbell said his priority is across-the-board cuts in federal taxes.

"We think that tax cuts should come first. (And) should the federal government decide that they are going to have a tax cut, British Columbia does not intend to enter in that tax room. We want to leave those dollars in people's pockets."

Campbell said his list of priorities also includes increased federal investments in aboriginal health and education, as well as more federal money for transportation infrastructure and post-secondary education.