The province's program spending is projected to increase by a yearly average of 8.8 per cent.
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September 5, 2024
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May 13, 2024
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Head office employment in the province is down more than 300 jobs since 2014.
March 19, 2024
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The province's program spending this year will increase by 6.2 per cent, a rate faster than population growth plus inflation.
November 21, 2023
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The province's government debt has shrunk by more than $2 billion since 2019/20.
June 14, 2023
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The province's median employment income was $3,350 lower than the Canadian average.
December 12, 2022
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The province's median earnings were $29,323 compared to $41,341 in nearby Maine.
March 24, 2022
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The budget projects $40 million in personal income tax relief for more than 400,000 tax filers.
April 10, 2013
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Last weeks provincial budget was a heap of bad news for New Brunswickers. First they learned that they will continue to be burdened by a government with shaky finances driven by annual deficits and mushrooming debt. Topping that off, Progressive Conservative Finance Minister Blaine Higgs proposed a series of highly damaging tax increases as a way out of New Brunswicks deep fiscal hole. Unfortunately, these tax hikes will cast a dark cloud over New Brunswicks economic prospects and likely bring little revenue in return.