New Brunswick Tables Capital Budget Focused On Infrastructure
The government’s $746.8-million capital budget will address the province’s infrastructure while supporting sustainable economic recovery.
The government’s $746.8-million capital budget will address the province’s infrastructure while supporting sustainable economic recovery.
Saint John’s property tax rate could drop to its lowest level in more than two decades next year.
Iain Rankin is hopeful that the new federal budget announced Monday will pave the way for Nova Scotians to have $10 per day daycare within the next few years.
With $101.4-billion in new spending over the next three years, the federal budget charts a path to recovery from the pandemic with a focus on parents, small business owners, and young people.
Premier Iain Rankin faced pointed questions from Halifax’s business community on Wednesday at his first-ever State of the Province address.
Finance Minister Labi Kousoulis is surprised by the negative reaction to the budget, pointing to recent initiatives like property tax rebates to hotels, restaurants, and other tourism-and-hospitality businesses.
Finance Minister Labi Kousoulis’ budget outlines how the government plans to shepherd the provincial economy back to growth and outlining its spending priorities for the next fiscal year.
The province had been projecting a $55-million surplus before the COVID-19 pandemic. Finance Minister Karen Casey says the virus caused a massive drop in revenues.
Facing millions of dollars in cuts thanks to Covid-19, Halifax Regional Council has passed a recast budget that sticks to a small increase in the commercial tax rate and a freeze on the residential rate this year.
The vote was not expected until next Friday, but MLAs voted unanimously in favour of a motion to speed up the process.