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is trying oncé: again: to: get. the force of. law to a
stomp out the shortened: school week — some::. ten
thing she and others, have’ failed. to achieve by” oe

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“up to your premier. Halt the. gam-.
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The" ‘Liberals’.

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realities of ; governing and making «*
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id: the [Liberals are*doing?

knowing. they: are: hurting people,

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”* problem. gamblers’ in BC. The
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mean, another: 9,000. will’ ‘slid

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their) past statements, the-Liberals.
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fe py into the evening.

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