The provincial economy is not bouncing back from the recession of 2008 with New Brunswick at the bottom of the scale in economic growth. That message delivered by Provincial Finance Minister Blaine Higgs at his first pre-budget consultation meeting.
Higgs heard from alot of union members at the first of his pre-budget consultation meetings with the message from them being it’s time to tax the rich more. Higgs says if you tax small businesses too much then more people won’t be hired.
Peter Woychuk, who teaches skilled trades at Simonds, fears the province is failing its students even though Higgs pointed out student enrollment is falling but costs are still rising.
The leader of the provincial Green Party David Coon advocated personal income taxes be raised and a new tax created on junk food.
