Yukon Premier Currie Dixon hopes the budget he tabled Thursday is the worst the territory ever sees, as he warned of “tough decisions” needed to get its finances in order. The budget for this year is Dixon’s first as premier and forecasts a record $81.8-million deficit — the largest recorded in the territory’s history — along with growing debt. Dixon placed the fiscal situation squarely at the feet of the territory’s former Liberal government. “This needs to be the worst budget the Yukon government ever tables,” Dixon, who also serves as finance minister, told the legislature. “Today’s budget represents the low benchmark. It is the floor from which we must get up off of. It will shape the tough decisions needed to get us back on track.” The Yukon Party…
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