N.B. finance minister sports muddy work boots, offers few hints on eve of budget release - New Brunswick | Globalnews.ca

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“The work boots I’m wearing today, which are drop-dead sexy first of all… but these boots have gotten us this far, and they continue to get us through as we build our success in the years ahead,' says New Brunswick Finance Minister Ernie Steeves.

“No matter what they present to us, we’ve lost confidence in their ability to properly forecast and show reliable information in terms of what they present.”New Brunswick border town prepares for looser restrictionsHe asks how we can be sure the province’s PC government will actually use what it allots in the legislature Tuesday.

He says he does hope to hear spending planned in the education sector and on youth mental health, with students losing still more class time over the winter due to COVID-19. Housing and health care, meanwhile, are on the wish list of all three opposition parties in the house. “With a surplus exceeding $400 million, this budget is an excellent opportunity for government to provide resources to much needed areas,” says People’s Alliance Leader Kris Austin in a statement sent to Global News.© 2022 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.

 

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