FREDERICTON — Improving health care comes through better management, not spending more money, according to New Brunswick's Progressive Conservative leader, who says he'll bring"business acumen" to delivering services if he's re-elected to a third term as premier.
But less than two weeks from the provincial election, Higgs and his party are still light on details regarding their health-care proposals, promising to release their platform next week. In an Aug. 30 fundraising email, the Progressive Conservatives boasted there were 49 collaborative care clinics"currently operating" and that eight more are opening soon, the majority of which after the election.
For their part, the Greens have promised to invest $380 million annually to fix the primary health-care system.