Charities ask for new deal with government NDP want more leave days for victims of partner violence Where the leaders head Saturday Ches Crosbie's Progressive Conservative party is pledging a "path to balance" — but no actual balanced budget for at least four years. The party's blue book platform, revealed Friday in St. John's, says a PC government wouldn't present a balanced provincial budget until a hypothetical second term. "The overwhelming focus has to be on jobs and growth," Crosbie told reporters in St. John's. "The other half of that, doing something about our expenditure problem. And I've told you that I agree something needs to be done. I made a few remarks as to how we're going to do that. But the focus has to be on generating the wealth, generating the jobs that will keep people here, that will unlock the potential of this province."