British Columbia Finance Minister Katrine Conroy says the provincial budget she'll release Tuesday at approximately 1:30 p.m. PT won't be "quite as rosy" with deficits looming in the future.

Conroy says the prospect of a multibillion-dollar surplus similar to last year's budget is not in the forecast.

She says that almost $6-billion surplus was an anomaly that allowed the NDP government to announce numerous spending initiatives on health, affordability, infrastructure and housing.

At a pre-budget news conference at a Victoria-area elementary school, Conroy suggested her new budget will invest in health care, public safety and communities.

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