Costly Olympics open today in Vancouver – now the rest of the happy news
Feb 12, 2010 VICTORIA — The B.C. government plans to cut an estimated $10 million in funding from organizations that provide services to some of the province’s most vulnerable children and families. 
Highlights of the Throne speech this week also include these words:
Continuing a tone set in the previous speech from the throne, the government also stressed a need for continued fiscal restraint. ”We must curtail expectations of government and look for new ways of meeting our needs within the substantial spending increases already provided,” said the speech. ”Our dreams for our future will not be won with our eyes shut, our heads down and our minds closed to today’s hard realities,” it added. ”They will be won with our eyes wide open, our sights set on the future and common resolve.”