Holt Liberals reiterate promises in throne speech, with one wrinkle
Rather than eliminate sales tax on power bills, province will rebate the money
The Liberals will not eliminate the provincial sales tax on electricity bills, as it committed to do during the campaign.
It will instead pay for an equivalent rebate to ratepayers on monthly bills from N.B. Power and three local municipal power utilities.
The speech contains no explanation of why the government is opting for a rebate, and the savings for ratepayers would be the same.
Eliminating the sales tax on power bills was a signature promise of the Liberals that Holt made on the very first day of the election campaign.
"We're going to apply this 10-per-cent tax cut to bills you are already paying today so that you can save money immediately," she said on Sept. 19.
But she later clarified the savings wouldn't be immediate because removing the tax would require legislation, as well as 120 days' notice to the federal government — pushing the earliest possible implementation date to April 1, 2025.
Lt.-Gov. Brenda Murphy delivered the speech that was drafted by the government. (Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick)
Holt said during the campaign the promise would save the average household $192 per year and would cost the province $90 million annually in lost revenue starting in 2025-26.
Other affordability promises remain intact, according to the speech drafted by the government and delivered in the legislature by Lt.-Gov. Brenda Murphy.
"New Brunswickers are struggling to keep up with the rising cost of living as the price for things like gas, power and rent continue to go up," Murphy said.
"Your government is committed to making your life more affordable through targeted measures that will make a meaningful difference in your day-to-day life."
The province will repeal the so-called "carbon adjustor" from the province's gasoline price regulation law.
Tuesday's throne speech reiterated a range of Liberal campaign promises. (Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick livestream)
The Higgs government added the adjustor clause to allow gasoline producers and distributors to pass on the cost of federal clean fuel regulations to customers. The surcharge fluctuates and is 4.5 cents per litre this week.
The speech also re-commits to a legislated rent cap that will limit increases to three per cent a year.
Holt said when she was sworn in on Nov. 2 that the cap would take effect Feb. 1.
The speech confirms that all registered nurses, nurse practitioners and licensed practical nurses will get retention bonuses of $10,000 this year and $5,000 next year.
The Liberals said during the election campaign that this year's bonuses would cost $74.3 million, though Finance Minister René Legacy hedged on that figure last week when he released a fiscal update projecting a $92.1-million deficit this year.
The speech repeats Holt's campaign promise to deliver balanced budgets in "every year of its mandate."
Legacy argued last week that the current 2024-25 fiscal year, that began April 1, is not covered by that promise.
The speech also reiterates a range of other Liberal campaign promises including:
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Supporting the opening of 10 community care clinics in 2024, the first group of 30 that Holt has promised to open before 2028.
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Overhauling how doctors and other primary care providers are paid by Medicare to make it easier for them to work in community care clinics.
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Implementing universal free-breakfast and pay-what-you-can lunch programs in all New Brunswick schools.
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Working with municipalities to provide housing plus wraparound services to address chronic homelessness.
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Increasing the number of residency seats for psychiatrists and clinic psychologists and developing a training and retention plan, so that more professionals are available to address a growing need for mental health services, including within schools.
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Working with Ottawa to take the provincial sales tax off the construction of new rental housing as a way of spurring the creation of more housing.
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Ensuring that large industrial emitters "bear the brunt" of carbon pricing.
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Improving relationships with First Nations, including new tax-sharing agreements to replace the deals terminated by the previous Progressive Conservative government.
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Adopting a range of measures to encourage better transparency, such as changes to the province's right to information legislation, a strengthened registry of lobbyists, better protection for whistleblowers and a ban on out-of-province donations to political parties.
132 Comments
David Amos
Welcome back to the circus folks
David Amos
Need I say I chuckled to see the snobby dude I ran against seated behind the new premier???
Ronald Miller
Holt just needs to get our of the way of the progress that has happened under the PCs. Development is happening in all corners of the provinces, I could not drive for more than 15 minutes on our highways without coming across infrastructure work. Businesses were thriving with a gov't who wanted to help them, our employment, wage, and inflation numbers were beating national averages. Our healthcare system improved compared to other provinces when the PCs came in (let me know if you want some links to prove this). Hopefully Holt does not return us to the bottom of the pile we were in 2018.
Ronald Miller
The good news for Holt continues to be she inherited a province in very good shape financially as compared to when the PCs came in. She does not have to deal with out of control debt, rising debt service payments, and a credit rating that is about to be lowered costing us all more. So she gets an extra $100 million to spend each year thanks to Higgs.
Holt just needs to get our of the way of the progress that has happened under the PCs. Development is happening in all corners of the provinces, I could not drive for more than 15 minutes on our highways without coming across infrastructure work. Businesses were thriving with a gov't who wanted to help them, our employment, wage, and inflation numbers were beating national averages. Our healthcare system improved compared to other provinces when the PCs came in (let me know if you want some links to prove this). Hopefully Holt does not return us to the bottom of the pile we were in 2018.
Ronald Miller
The good news for Holt continues to be she inherited a province in very good shape financially as compared to when the PCs came in. She does not have to deal with out of control debt, rising debt service payments, and a credit rating that is about to be lowered costing us all more. So she gets an extra $100 million to spend each year thanks to Higgs.
David Sampson
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Higgs aligned himself with the religious fundamentalist movement who are fiercely opposed to vaccines and thus NB has the lowest rate of measles vaccination in the entire country. We are now seeing the direct ramifications of that decision!
Jimmy Cochrane
Reply to David Sampson
I guess you don't remember Higgs saying "We'll find ways to make you want to get vaccinated" ???
David Amos
Reply to Jimmy Cochrane
Good question
Ronald Miller
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Higgs aligned himself with the religious fundamentalist movement who are fiercely opposed to vaccines and thus NB has the lowest rate of measles vaccination in the entire country. We are now seeing the direct ramifications of that decision!
Jimmy Cochrane
Reply to David Sampson
I guess you don't remember Higgs saying "We'll find ways to make you want to get vaccinated" ???
David Amos
Reply to Jimmy Cochrane
Good question
Ronald Miller
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Reply to David Sampson
Give the rhetoric a rest, can you tell me what policies were put in place that align with anything religious. Higgs handled covid as well as any province. And the trucker rally that froze Ottawa (that was anti-vaxx) was stopped in its tracks by the good work of Higgs before it took root here. And if our current measles vax rate is the lowest in the country thank the current premier.
Jimmy Cochrane
Wrinkle. Is that the new political word for I told a fib to get elected ?
David Amos
Reply to Jimmy Cochrane
Perhaps
Give the rhetoric a rest, can you tell me what policies were put in place that align with anything religious. Higgs handled covid as well as any province. And the trucker rally that froze Ottawa (that was anti-vaxx) was stopped in its tracks by the good work of Higgs before it took root here. And if our current measles vax rate is the lowest in the country thank the current premier.
Jimmy Cochrane
Wrinkle. Is that the new political word for I told a fib to get elected ?
David Amos
Reply to Jimmy Cochrane
Perhaps
Allan Marven
Debt smebt.
David Amos
Reply to Allan Marven
Witty
Michael G. McKay
I find things very suspicious when I hear about this situation with the human brain illness, and or Neuro condition. I’m thinking it might be a side effect of this phoney vaccine that they’ve tried to force people to take thank God that I sense down deep in my gut to have nothing to do with it. In the meantime, my thoughts and my prayers go out to everyone who has been affected by this issue or situation I do not accuse anyone and my heart goes out to those people and families who have had severe and very real unhealthy side effects because of this. My prayers that the God who created us in his love and mercy will heal them and restore their health.
Helen Cochrane
Reply to Michael G. McKay
If this was caused by the vaccine, wouldn't more people be affected ? They seem to be talking about herbicides, I'll wait for that research.
Allan Marven
Reply to Michael G. McKay
lol.
Allan Marven
Reply to Helen Cochrane
Pray that they do it lol.
David Amos
Reply to Michael G. McKay
People were sick before the vaccine came along
Gordon MacFarlane
So it didn't take them long at all to start back tracking on election promises.
Right out of the red gate they go back on their word
NewBrunswickers....this could be a long few years
Jimmy Cochrane
Reply to Gordon MacFarlane
It's not backtracking Gord. Just a wrinkle.
Jim Lake
Reply to Gordon MacFarlane
Not at all what they’re doing … they’re actually honouring the promise by getting money back to New Brunswickers faster … it’s called adjusting one’s approach in order to be most effective, something more governments should be doing.
David Amos
Reply to Gordon MacFarlane
Relax and enjoy the circus you are paying for
Eugene Peabody
It is truly refreshing to have a premier that is taking actions to help ordinary people instead of the empire.
Allan Marven
Reply to Eugene Peabody
Nobody else would have the gumtion to get around our bureaucracy that way. Kudo's to her on that. All others would have claimed oops, it's out of my control.
She needs to start ruling by executive order, and abolish ALL the patron appointed boards, and abolish lobbying.
Ronald Miller
Reply to Eugene Peabody
Breaking promises is one form of "taking action" I guess.
Jim Lake
Reply to Ronald Miller
She’s not breaking a promise - she’s looking at a more efficient and effective way to deliver the desired result - more governments should try doing this.
Ronald Miller
Reply to Jim Lake
She starting breaking promises within 24 hours of the election, wake up.
David Amos
Reply to Ronald Miller
Did I miss something?
Ronald Miller
Reply to Jim Lake
PCs spent their entire time doing that yet you criticized them each time they did it. Yet another member of the Holt fanbase doing a 180 spin on what they now support.
Jim Lake
Reply to Ronald Miller
Oh, you make me laugh.
David Amos
Reply to Jim Lake
Me too
Sue Fillmore
I’m worried about the overhaul of compensation of primary care providers and making it easier for them to work in the community based clinics. A family member has been told that their family doctor may leave within a year because they may be penalized if choose to keep their own practice and not participate in working at a clinic.
David Amos
Reply to Sue Fillmore
Oh Dear
MR Cain
Reply to Sue Fillmore
That is how rumours start.
Sue Fillmore
Reply to MR Cain
It may just be a rumour but when you promise 10 clinics within a year, 30 within 4 years there is a question of where are you going to find the personnel to staff them.
Gilles Vienneau
Reply to Sue Fillmore
It will be staffed with the already hired personnel.
Ronald Miller
Reply to Sue Fillmore
Holt has a number of doctors and nurses hiding in her garage that she plans to unleash soon.
David Amos
Reply to Gilles Vienneau
Yea right
John Brown
As usual, the term "promises" has many different meanings with politicians...especially with whatever party won.
David Amos
Reply to John Brown
Reply to John Brown
Jake Newman
so breaking promises and hedging on others and she's barely been in power a month. no surprise though.
David Amos
Reply to Jake Newman
Par for the course
Lou Bell
And where do the Libeals think that 360 million will be coming from ? Really , can any Liberals explain where that 360 million dollars will come from ?
Lou Bell
Reply to Lou Bell
Gotta be those money trees we hear about . Or is it 500 dollar bills just " blowin' in the wind " ?
David Amos
Reply to Lou Bell
Why didn't you speak up months ago?
Premier's former spokesperson wants to run against Liberal Leader Susan Holt
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Allan Marven
so breaking promises and hedging on others and she's barely been in power a month. no surprise though.
David Amos
Reply to Jake Newman
Par for the course
Lou Bell
And where do the Libeals think that 360 million will be coming from ? Really , can any Liberals explain where that 360 million dollars will come from ?
Lou Bell
Reply to Lou Bell
Gotta be those money trees we hear about . Or is it 500 dollar bills just " blowin' in the wind " ?
David Amos
Reply to Lou Bell
Why didn't you speak up months ago?
Premier's former spokesperson wants to run against Liberal Leader Susan Holt
Nicolle Carlin sets sights on Fredericton South-Silverwood
Sam Farley · CBC News · Posted: Jun 06, 2024 6:00 AM ADT
Allan Marven
Reply to David Amos
You guys are getting ahead of yerselves lol.
Lou Bell
Much like DJT's tariffs , this is no more than taking from one pocket and putting it in the other . That 90 million will all be a part of the burgeoning deficit added annually to the provincial debt , and once again left to be cleaned up by the Conservatives . A shame , we are about to rid ourselves of the uncontrolled spending of the fed Liberals , and we're getting stuck with the uncontrolled spending of the Provincial Liberals .
David Amos
Reply to Lou Bell
Hey at least I got 42 votes that Higgy and the liberal didn't get eh?
Nicole B%C3%A9rub%C3%A9
Well her speech is the same as saying well the cheque is in the mail, but that mail is on strike right? Then it gets lost, right? Do you actually think she has a magic wand?
Lou Bell
Reply to Nicole B%C3%A9rub%C3%A9
In about 2 to 3 years those checks will bounce once the creditors place NB into bankruptcy .
David Amos
Reply to Nicole B%C3%A9rub%C3%A9
Need I say HMMM???
Steve Morningstar
Holt.. just because the conservatives were in power first half of the year.. It doesn't mean you should write a blank cheque and just blame it on them. My guess is half a billion by April, since they don't know tax code or how to do a budget..
Graham McCormack
Reply to Steve Morningstar
Not knowing how to create a budget was a Higgs shortcoming, keep trying.
Steve Morningstar
Reply to Graham McCormack
The budgets were only off by less than 1-2 % Just massive numbers. That said when these ones come in way off like the feds do hopefully you'll hold the liberals to the same standard. Even this budget they should project what they think will be in April and I bet is even farther off... wait and see but. just because they only have a little while shouldn't mean a blank check..
Lou Bell
Reply to Graham McCormack
Higgs gave us surpluses , Holt and her Liberals err in favour of huge deficits . They just can't resist ringing up our debt !
Graham McCormack
Reply to Steve Morningstar
LOL, they were surprised every time. The radio DJ had no freaking clue.
David Amos
Reply to Graham McCormack
Oh So True
John Smith
Well, that didn't take long, of course, it's good busy work for all the gov employees, in between their Netflix binges.
David Amos
Reply to John Smith
What sort of work day would it be without a Netflix binge?
Benoit Boudreau
Did they mention fixing the property tax system?
David Amos
Reply to Benoit Boudreau
Yup
Inger Nielsen
At least Holt is getting it done a lot sooner then April if she had of gone the other way. Job well done Holt and team keep up the good work
Lou Bell
Reply to Inger Nielsen
Holt costed only 30 of her 100 plus promises ! That means a promise every 14 days on average during her term in office ! Some will amount to hundreds of millions each , in increments of 2 to 4 . Like the Nurses bonuses !
Fred Dee
Reply to Inger Nielsen
good work??!! where will the money come from?
she is a female Justin, she just kept him in the closet till AFTER the election!!
David Amos
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Reply to Fred Dee
Perhaps he should have stayed in the closet
David Amos
Reply to Fred Dee
Bingo
Gregory Wulf
We only had to hire 500 more civil servants to untangle the mess, but hey! employment is up by 500!
Benoit Boudreau
Reply to Gregory Wulf
Is it fun being jaded?
Gregory Wulf
Reply to Benoit Boudreau
I suspect that it's more fun to be alive than the alternative. As for jaded... I think that I need a definition for that, and its alternative.
Benoit Boudreau
Reply to Gregory Wulf
Look it up
John Smith
Reply to Benoit Boudreau
reality is sometimes jade colored
David Amos
Reply to Gregory Wulf
There is always room for more clowns in a proper circus
Zoe Richmond
I see she was an advisor to the one term Premier Brian Gallant.
Keith McLellan
Reply to Zoe Richmond
And your point is???
Zoe Richmond
Reply to Keith McLellan
She was an advisor to the worst NB Premier I can remember.
Eugene Peabody
Reply to Zoe Richmond
You conveniently forgot about Hatfield and Alward ?
John Montgomery
Reply to Zoe Richmond
The important fact of course is that she is NOT gallant. You realize that right?
Benoit Boudreau
Reply to Eugene Peabody
And Blaine Higgs!
Benoit Boudreau
Reply to Zoe Richmond
Did you already forget Blaine Higgs? I know most NBers would like to.
Nicole B%C3%A9rub%C3%A9
Reply to Keith McLellan
Well Gallant left the province and got an impressive job and I am looking at him most nights on Power Play and wondering how he got there!
Graham McCormack
Reply to Zoe Richmond
And Higgs was a member of the COR party, what's your point?
Graham McCormack
Reply to Zoe Richmond
You forgot Higgs already?
David Amos
Reply to Nicole B%C3%A9rub%C3%A9
Me Too
David Amos
Reply to Eugene Peabody
Don't forget Little Louie and Franky Boy
David Amos
Reply to Benoit Boudreau
Why leave out our Little Lord?
MR Cain
Reply to Zoe Richmond
2 balanced budgets left with next government
Luc Newsome
“ The speech contains no explanation of why the government is opting for a rebate, and the savings for ratepayers would be the same.”
Politicians like to rebate because it comes from their office. They can promote and publicize how much they are doing for everyone……removing the tax is noticeably less visible….
Graham McCormack
Reply to Luc Newsome
I would never be explained in a Throne Speech but it was explained why shortly after.
David Amos
Reply to Graham McCormack
True
MR Cain
Reply to Graham McCormack
He's not even a stakeholder in this, just here to stir things up.
Matt Steele
Holt has the TWO and a HALF BILLION dollars that Premier Higgs paid down on the provincial debt to play with which should last a couple of years ; and then the province will be back to square one with massive tax hikes . By that time , there will be a different government in Ottawa , and the FEDERAL money taps will have been shut off , and the taxpayers will be left holding the bag on any deals that Holt makes with the current FEDERAL government . Difficult times ahead for N.B.ers .
Bob Smith
Reply to Matt Steele
That money Higgs used to pay down the debt partly came from the federal gov't that you and other Conservative supporters rail against. Btw, how's the coronation going for the next provincial Conservative leader going?
Douglas James
Reply to Matt Steele
None of it will matter when the recession hits next year or in 2026.
Reply to Matt Steele
None of it will matter when the recession hits next year or in 2026.
John Montgomery
Reply to Matt Steele
Money Higgs should have put into things to make NB better in the first place.
Reply to Matt Steele
Money Higgs should have put into things to make NB better in the first place.
David Amos
Reply to Douglas James
Its already here
David Amos
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Reply to Douglas James
Its already here
David Amos
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Reply to David Amos
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Gilles Vienneau
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Gilles Vienneau
Reply to Matt Steele
We are just out of the worst time in NB’s politics!!!
We are just out of the worst time in NB’s politics!!!
David Sampson
Reply to Matt Steele
If you bother to read the news you might
discover that the last Higgs government overestimated revenues and put
the province in a budget deficit situation that must be addressed by the
newly elected government. You constantly have praised not only Higgs
but also his mentor, PP and let’s see, once we have a new government in
Ottawa, just how the new PM fixes income insecurity as he daily promises
to do!
buster jones
All good , carry on.
David Amos
Reply to buster jones
So you say
Samual Johnston
$15,000 to every nurse in the province is ridiculous - nurses are already very well paid - the complaint is working conditions -- so take the 100 + million and hire more full time nurses to reduce the work load on the existing ones giving them a better quality of life - then they will stay on their own. where to find these nurses? that is another issue.
Bob Smith
Reply to Samual Johnston
Why are you opposed to nurses getting a raise? They work far harder than what you may think.
Samual Johnston
Reply to Bob Smith
this is not a raise this is a silly retention vote purchase bonus - yes they work hard and they get paid well --- read my comment for further explanation
Matt Steele
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Reply to Samual Johnston
So you have followed EVERY Nurse in the province around , and know for a fact that every single one works hard ? You must be really busy .
David Amos
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Reply to Samual Johnston
A bit redundant or were you blocked for awhile?
Matt Steele
Reply to Samual Johnston
Holt will squander that TWO and a HALF BILLION dollars in debt that Premier Higgs paid down ; then watch the TAXES SOAR !!!
Samual Johnston
Reply to Matt Steele
is already well on her way --- it is such a shame as we were really headed in the right direction debt wise anyway --
Bob Smith
Reply to Samual Johnston
Your comment said they get paid enough as is. Fact.
Bob Smith
Reply to Matt Steele
Nurses work harder than the traveling nurses Higgs demanded to be hired. You know, some of which sat and did nothing except draw the contracted pay he agreed to. Higgs was so fiscally responsible for those contracts, ayup...
Samual Johnston
Reply to Bob Smith
they do - and yes it is a fact
John Montgomery
Reply to Matt Steele
You think government runs for free???
David Amos
Reply to John Montgomery
I remember an old expression from my youth that would easily answer your question
Samual Johnston
$15,000 to every nurse in the province is ridiculous - nurses are already very well paid - the complaint is working conditions -- so take the 100 + million and hire more full time nurses to reduce the work load on the existing ones giving them a better quality of life - then they will stay on their own. where to find these nurses? that is another issue.
John Montgomery
Reply to Samual Johnston
Yet we don't have enough of them. If they were paid enough then we would have enough of them.
Samual Johnston
Reply to John Montgomery
You honestly believe that? Isn’t the issue there is a shortage? Here there and everywhere? Highest paid provinces have shortages as well.
John Montgomery
Reply to Samual Johnston
That's how job markets work.
David Amos
Reply to Samual Johnston
I concur
Jack Bell
"Working with Ottawa to take the provincial sales tax off the construction of new rental housing as a way of spurring the creation of more housing."
I noticed they said housing, not affordable housing.
And don't bore me with any tales of savings trickling down to the consumer, we've had decades of trickle down economics and money never trickles down.
Graham McCormack
Reply to Jack Bell
Most affordable housing comes in the form of rental units.
David Amos
Reply to Jack Bell
Trickle down economics is a myth
valmond landry
it seems to be awful quiet in the legislature, no more dancing ,no more firing of ministers ,everybody seems to get along just fine. What a change in the atmosphere.
Bob Smith
Reply to valmond landry
Comments here seem more active for Conservative supporters. They probably didn't get their invites to the coronation for the next Conservative leader as of yet.
Samual Johnston
Reply to valmond landry
ok give the newbies a chance to realize what they have gotten themselves into then you may hear about the dancing
Nicole B%C3%A9rub%C3%A9
Reply to Bob Smith
But it is coming...
David Amos
Reply to Bob Smith
I doubt Dawson wants the job anymore
All good , carry on.
David Amos
Reply to buster jones
So you say
Samual Johnston
$15,000 to every nurse in the province is ridiculous - nurses are already very well paid - the complaint is working conditions -- so take the 100 + million and hire more full time nurses to reduce the work load on the existing ones giving them a better quality of life - then they will stay on their own. where to find these nurses? that is another issue.
Bob Smith
Reply to Samual Johnston
Why are you opposed to nurses getting a raise? They work far harder than what you may think.
Samual Johnston
Reply to Bob Smith
this is not a raise this is a silly retention vote purchase bonus - yes they work hard and they get paid well --- read my comment for further explanation
Matt Steele
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Reply to Samual Johnston
So you have followed EVERY Nurse in the province around , and know for a fact that every single one works hard ? You must be really busy .
David Amos
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Reply to Samual Johnston
A bit redundant or were you blocked for awhile?
Matt Steele
Reply to Samual Johnston
Holt will squander that TWO and a HALF BILLION dollars in debt that Premier Higgs paid down ; then watch the TAXES SOAR !!!
Samual Johnston
Reply to Matt Steele
is already well on her way --- it is such a shame as we were really headed in the right direction debt wise anyway --
Bob Smith
Reply to Samual Johnston
Your comment said they get paid enough as is. Fact.
Bob Smith
Reply to Matt Steele
Nurses work harder than the traveling nurses Higgs demanded to be hired. You know, some of which sat and did nothing except draw the contracted pay he agreed to. Higgs was so fiscally responsible for those contracts, ayup...
Samual Johnston
Reply to Bob Smith
they do - and yes it is a fact
John Montgomery
Reply to Matt Steele
You think government runs for free???
David Amos
Reply to John Montgomery
I remember an old expression from my youth that would easily answer your question
Samual Johnston
$15,000 to every nurse in the province is ridiculous - nurses are already very well paid - the complaint is working conditions -- so take the 100 + million and hire more full time nurses to reduce the work load on the existing ones giving them a better quality of life - then they will stay on their own. where to find these nurses? that is another issue.
John Montgomery
Reply to Samual Johnston
Yet we don't have enough of them. If they were paid enough then we would have enough of them.
Samual Johnston
Reply to John Montgomery
You honestly believe that? Isn’t the issue there is a shortage? Here there and everywhere? Highest paid provinces have shortages as well.
John Montgomery
Reply to Samual Johnston
That's how job markets work.
David Amos
Reply to Samual Johnston
I concur
Jack Bell
"Working with Ottawa to take the provincial sales tax off the construction of new rental housing as a way of spurring the creation of more housing."
I noticed they said housing, not affordable housing.
And don't bore me with any tales of savings trickling down to the consumer, we've had decades of trickle down economics and money never trickles down.
Graham McCormack
Reply to Jack Bell
Most affordable housing comes in the form of rental units.
David Amos
Reply to Jack Bell
Trickle down economics is a myth
valmond landry
it seems to be awful quiet in the legislature, no more dancing ,no more firing of ministers ,everybody seems to get along just fine. What a change in the atmosphere.
Bob Smith
Reply to valmond landry
Comments here seem more active for Conservative supporters. They probably didn't get their invites to the coronation for the next Conservative leader as of yet.
Samual Johnston
Reply to valmond landry
ok give the newbies a chance to realize what they have gotten themselves into then you may hear about the dancing
Nicole B%C3%A9rub%C3%A9
Reply to Bob Smith
But it is coming...
David Amos
Reply to Bob Smith
I doubt Dawson wants the job anymore
Ronald Miller
Our new brewery master, aka Finance Minster, is already using the "yeah, that promise doesn't count" line.
Graham McCormack
Reply to Ronald Miller
Better a business owner than a DJ in that post.
David Amos
Reply to Graham McCormack
Are you sure about that?
Ronald Miller
Reply to Graham McCormack
Almost as good as a dietician running our education as compared to a teacher/principal, I look forward to more spin.
Ronald Miller
So their throne speech is letting us know they plan on breaking many promises and start racking up debt while nothing improves, NBers can't wait.
David Amos
Reply to Ronald Miller
Yes we can
Denis Van Humbeck
It would make more sense to eliminate the sales tax on bills. Rebates will cost more money doing all the extra work for this.
Kyle Woodman
Reply to Denis Van Humbeck
I think they are choosing the rebate to make it faster to implement.
Ronald Miller
Reply to Denis Van Humbeck
To cover a broken promise. Either they knew this while campaigning or their "finance" people are not that sharp to understand CRA tax rules.
Jack Bell
Reply to Kyle Woodman
They can do the rebate for the first year while letting the fed know they will be removing the tax in the next... but they didn't say that... or think of it.
Kyle Woodman
Reply to Jack Bell
How do you know they haven't thought of it?
Robert Buck
Reply to Ronald Miller
Well we all know the Conservative "Finance" Minister was not very good at estimating where and how much money was coming in!!
Nicole B%C3%A9rub%C3%A9
Reply to Denis Van Humbeck
Typical liberal movement, wait for the next axe to fall, saving time to find another excuse, do you actually think they have the money for this promise?
David Amos
Reply to Nicole B%C3%A9rub%C3%A9
Its our money
Ronald Miller
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Reply to Robert Buck
The Finance Minister does not calculate that, are you actually that slow to think the minister does that.
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