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Mainers make considerably more than New Brunswickers

The province's median earnings were $29,323 compared to $41,341 in nearby Maine.


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New Brunswick budget brings tax relief—but more is needed

The budget projects $40 million in personal income tax relief for more than 400,000 tax filers.


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Last week’s 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 Brunswick’s deep fiscal hole. Unfortunately, these tax hikes will cast a dark cloud over New Brunswick’s economic prospects and likely bring little revenue in return.