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Upcoming budget represents unique opportunity for New Brunswick

Between 2014 and 2018, business investment in New Brunswick declined by 0.1 per cent annually.


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New Brunswick health-care wait times among longest in Canada

In 2020, patients in New Brunswick faced a median 41.3 week wait for medically necessary treatment.


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New Brunswick government finances officially unsustainable

New Brunswick has a “fiscal gap” equal to 0.6 per cent of the provincial economy.


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New Brunswick must improve investment climate during COVID recovery
The province's non-residential investment declined by -0.1 per cent annually.

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New Brunswick budget tackles debt but eschews meaningful tax relief

The Higgs government plans to increase program spending by 4.3 per cent.


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New Brunswick's debt load will climb to an estimated 115 per cent of GDP over the next 25 years.


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Adding more renewable electricity generation will not help Atlantic Canadians already burdened with high energy prices.

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Canada’s federal equalization program is motivated by good intentions. However, the program has unintended consequences, and creates perverse incentives that have allowed at least two “have-not” provinces to shun sensible economic opportunities.


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New Brunswick Premier Brian Gallant, seems poised to follow through on a campaign promise to institute a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing.