The real question about Tuesday’s provincial budget will be how inaccurate the Higgs government’s projected surplus figure will be. For two straight years Finance Minister Ernie Steeves has underestimated how much revenue the province would collect and what that would mean for its bottom line.
Green Party Leader David Coon’s bill to provide all New Brunswick workers with access to paid sick days heard testimony in front of the law amendments committee Thursday.
New Brunswick’s Progressive Conservative government is proposing stricter rules around strikes and lockouts by essential workers in the public sector, including a change that would allow unionized workers to be replaced during a strike.