# Budgets are about not making choices

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Podcast: [PolitiCoast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/politicoast-2155184)
Published: 2026-02-21T05:09:44+00:00
Episode link: http://politicoast.ca/
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## Resource

A new provincial budget, an NDP debate, and a few more seats change hands federally

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