Al4- The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, her 28; 2004 ‘NHA health deficit shrinking, officials say NORTHERN HEALTH authorities: ate. ex ‘+ pecting.a smaller: deficit than originally forecast for the fiscal : year which ended: £ a March 3h. ; - + The. $32 million’ ‘figure’ is ‘well within. “job Joss..: i : the: range’ of a> $3.79 million. surplus, Although - happy ‘about the twocyear :* tucked ‘away from:the year : before: ar balanced budget- situation, . he’s. worried ~ Health. ority. chair: Harry. Gairns about future-years because the province is coniplimented™ the Cost cutting - work: -of ~ insisting ‘budgets be balanced. évery year.’ a “employees: to: o> And-it: looks~ ‘as if-any- sur- had. one: time! “threatened. pluses ‘ih any “given, ‘year “to be a deficit of $6 mi fave to: be-sent: to: Victoria, lion. Ns kei “Gairns continued. ° - Keeping - this year’ 5, “Not being: ‘able’ to tuck away deficit: to $3.29 ‘million : re surplus” in.-one year. to: was: crucial SO the. author cushion -defigits. ‘in’ future oo dity: ‘could: -balancé - ‘ils. years. will make it. harder. for: . budget over ‘the: pas Iwo : ‘the: ‘authority to manage. ils years, © - finances... he ‘said: ° The: health “aithority’ s “Tt doesn’t recognize ‘Tabour budgel ‘is ‘in. excess. of. disruptions, physician, short- - $425 million,” : B dges‘or any. other nuniber’of “Gairns: said the alithor situations that would: have ity’ s finariceswere also an effect on spending. i in: one improved’ when “it,