text: New premier to be sworn in March 14 – 100 Mile House Free Press
  Christy Clark confirmed Monday she will be sworn in March 14 as B.C.'s 35th premier, and promised to unveil a smaller cabinet than the last one appointed by Premier Gordon Campbell.
  Meeting with reporters at the legislature for the first time since her selection as B.C. Liberal leader March 26, Clark declined to say how much smaller she would make the government's executive council. It currently stands at an all-time high of 20 full ministries as well as ministers of state and parliamentary secretaries.
  She renewed her campaign pledge to restore $15 million in gambling grants cut from charities last year, and to launch a review of the British Columbia government's relationship with charities.
  Faced with a recession and budget deficits, former housing and social development minister Rich Coleman restricted arts and sports grants to those that benefit young people and the disabled.
  B.C. government revenues from lotteries and casinos have grown to $1 billion a year, with a large new destination casino being considered for downtown Vancouver.
  "My position on it has always been that if we're going to expand gambling in British Columbia, we need to make sure that there is money going back to communities and charities," Clark said.
  "I think that was the crucial tradeoff that citizens bought into, and so we need to make sure that if we're expanding gambling, that we keep that deal with the citizens of the province."