It's no secret that oil prices have hit record levels these past months, ... In fact, they have reached levels which few . . . analysts projected just six months ago.

We have a staggering debt level, and government must ensure our expenditure levels are kept within our means,

So, we have a significant problem that other provinces in the country are not facing.

We have a huge debt, and until we stop adding to debt, we haven't turned the corner, and we haven't seen the light at the end of the tunnel,

This one-time money allows us to (balance the budget) this year, but we still have a lot of work to do,

Over the past few weeks, crude prices and gas futures have dropped and increased and dropped. Until crude oil prices start to drop significantly -- and it's hard to figure out when that's going to happen -- I don't think we're going to see gas prices dropping.