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Vet cut protestors gathered at legislature

Over 100 rally opposing provincial vet service cuts

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Farmers, ranchers and livestock owners gathered in front of the Legislative Assembly to protest cuts to provincial field vet services.

Cuts to these services were announced when the Holt government tabled its 2026-27 budget.

Malcolm Gilbert, a beef farmer from Burton, was one of the farmers protesting cuts in Fredericton this week. He says the government needs to take a step back and change their plans.

“I’m a farmer, so I want to see those services maintained. I am here to protest to make sure they maintain the vet services and lab services for the farmers of this province,” said Gilbert.

Burton farmer Malcolm Gilbert / Image: Wilfred Fraser

The Burton local says people might not realize that farmers pay for these services. He says he would pay more to keep it around.

“This government is looking at a very small amount of money to keep this vet service compared to what else is being spent in the 1.3-billion-dollar budget,” Gilbert stated.

In the last month, Gilbert has had vet services out to his farm several times.

“I had vet services out for a plain calf and a C-section on a cow. I would have lost both of those if it weren’t for these services … whether it’s three o’clock in the afternoon or three in the morning, the vets respond, and they come,” he said.

Gilbert says if these services are privatized, he does not believe that readiness to respond will be there.

“We also need the lab for testing and the medications that the vets bring with them. [Holt] needs to talk to us about what we can do to maintain this service,” he said.

The province plans to phase services out over the next three years by discontinuing provincial vet field services by the end of March 2027, with services for horses concluding three months prior.

Lab functions would then transfer to the private sector, which currently has 72 qualified vet clinics across New Brunswick. The Holt government says this transition would create opportunities for those private clinics to expand their business and serve more clients.

The final phase would provide ongoing support for underserved areas, according to a pamphlet supplied to the media.

Jennifer Gordon of Off Grid Acres / Image: Wilfred Fraser

Jennifer Gordon runs Off Grid Acres, a small hobby farm in Carleton County, New Brunswick. She says that everyone north of Fredericton will be left without vet services.

“Well, the amount of private vets there are is limited, so logistically, as it is right now, it’s not even possible [to privatize vet services],” said Gordon.

Gordon says provincial vet services are essential to how farms like hers operate. “They are keeping our herds healthy. [Vets] are screening and preventing diseases from spreading to the herd, but also for public safety. Without our vets, we will have no farms, period.”

New Brunswick is currently one of two provinces that still provide veterinary services as a public service.

A petition put together by those opposed to the changes now has over 31,000 signatures.

Virtual care concept. woman doctor showing a tablet with medical app

eVisitNB contract extended 90 days

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Healthcare services from eVisitNB were expected to come to an end on March 31, but New Brunswickers were informed this week they’ll continue until June 30.

eVisitNB notified users of the extension on March 23 via their FAQ page.

“We have received an extension to continue serving you until June 30, 2026. eVisitNB will be available every day from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. to support New Brunswickers with a valid Medicare card issued by the Government of New Brunswick,” the platform said in an update.

eVisitNB added that users will still be able to access their medical records after June 30 by logging into their Maple account.

The platform also stated the Government of New Brunswick would share details on how to access virtual care once services have switched to the new provider.

New Brunswickers received their first notification on February 6 that the provincial government was switching to a new provider, beginning on April 1.

RELATED: eVisitNB to conclude virtual healthcare services

New Brunswick’s Health Minister John Dornan responded to concerns about the impending changes in a statement on Feb. 10, reassuring that a new service would be implemented without interruption.

“There have been questions about the future of virtual care and its status after March 31. I can confirm that eVisitNB’s contract has been extended 90 days, and they will provide virtual care as we transition to a new vendor in June, with the goal of a full transition following the extension period,” said Dornan.

RELATED: New virtual care option planned, says N.B. health minister

The new provider is expected to be based in Europe, with their headquarters located in the United States.

“The selected vendor has strong Canadian roots, all patient records will be securely stored in Canada, and the company brings more than 28 years of experience serving New Brunswickers in both official languages, with 150 employees here in the province,” said Dornan.

In a release from the Department of Health on March 24, Dornan addressed the 90-day contract extension.

Dornan says New Brunswickers will receive more information about the transition and how they can access care from the new provider before the transition date.

Medical diagnostic tools mounted on a wall.

14th N.B. collaborative care clinic to be established in Saint Andrews

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The province is investing $1.7 million for infrastructure upgrades and additional staff at an existing healthcare space to create a collaborative care clinic.

The Department of Health says that 603 residents of Saint Andrews and neighbouring communities who are currently on the N.B. Health Link wait lists are expected to be patients of the Saint Andrews Wellness Centre within six to 12 months.

The existing centre currently serves 2900 patients and provides primary care, counselling, physiotherapy and respiratory therapy services. Enhancements will allow for the addition of other services, including blood collection and lab services.

Upgrades at the centre, which is owned and operated by the Town of Saint Andrews, are expected to be completed by mid-April.

“Improving New Brunswickers’ timely access to primary care is our number one priority,” said Premier Susan Holt.

“By investing in collaborative care clinics like the one in Saint Andrews, we are strengthening team-based care and ensuring more New Brunswickers are connected to the health services they need close to home.”

According to a news release, the investment will also support additional staff for the centre. It states a phlebotomist has already been hired, and recruitment will begin soon for a registered nurse, two licensed practical nurses, a licensed counselling therapist, a patient care attendant, and two administrative support staff.

“Collaborative care works best when health-care providers, partners, and communities work together,” said Health Minister John Dornan. “With the support of the Town of Saint Andrews and local partners and providers, this clinic will serve as the medical home for residents and connect hundreds more people to the primary care they deserve in their own community.”

Kate Akagi, acting Mayor for the Town of Saint Andrews, says the town is excited by the benefits the collaboration will bring to its residents.

“The Town of Saint Andrews is extremely pleased to enter this partnership to enhance our medical facility and increase available services within the town,” said Akagi. “We offer thanks to the government and the Horizon Health Network for their commitment to better health care in our community and all of New Brunswick.”

“For more than 50 years, the people of Saint Andrews have believed in caring for one another close to home,” said Margaret Melanson, president and CEO of the Horizon Health Network. “This expansion builds on that strong foundation, creating more space for health-care providers to work together and support residents for generations to come.”

This clinic marks the 14th collaborative care clinic announced by the provincial government since April 2025, and is the third announced this year.

Main Estimates 2026-27 N.B. Budget

Critics question what happened to budget cuts

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New Brunswick’s 2026-27 budget forecasted the $1.39 billion deficit as a result of a gap in revenue to expenses.

The projected expenses amount to $15.6 billion, while revenues are only projected to be $14.2 billion. This increases the province’s debt-to-gross domestic product (GDP) ratio.

Finance Minister René Legacy says the budget reflects a changing economic reality and uncertainty in the global economy. He says the challenge of making significant investments in what is important to New Brunswickers and bolstering the economy while working to reduce the province’s debt remains.

Concern surrounding province’s debt

Devin Drover, Atlantic Director and General Counsel of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, says New Brunswickers’ biggest concern should be that the government is redirecting tax dollars to service government debt.

Devin Drover, Atlantic Director and General Counsel of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation (Image: Wilfred Fraser)

“Right now, about $1000 that a New Brunswicker pays in taxes just goes towards servicing existing government debt as a result of this budget; we’re seeing a lot of borrowing,” said Drover. “As a result of that, a lot of money is being siphoned away servicing government debt rather than money that can be used towards healthcare or other investments or money that could be used to return to taxpayers in the form of tax cuts.”

Legacy referenced during the tabling of the budget that the province’s net debt-to-GDP ratio remains one of the best in the country.

Drover says that if the government continues to increase spending, New Brunswickers will see increased expenses in the form of interest debt charges going up annually, which will result in a worse debt-to-GDP ratio.

“I think the province is certainly heading in the wrong direction when it comes to government debt,” said Drover.

Green Party Leader David Coon says the deficit is manageable in the short term.

Green Party Leader David Coon (Image: Wilfred Fraser)

“This deficit is not something anyone should light their hair on fire for. Given our fiscal situation, we can manage,” said Coon, “but when you look at the trajectory that they are proposing, that’s a concern.”

The province’s current net debt-to-GDP ratio sits at 27.9 percent following the revised 2025-26 budget that was initially tabled last year.

The projected net-to-GDP ratio for 2026-27 is 30.8 percent as a result of the continued deficit. The trajectory that Coon mentioned points to the years to follow, that would see 2027-28 and 2028-29 plans reaching net-to-GDP ratios of 33.6 percent and 36 percent, respectively.

“Right now, given our needs in healthcare, long-term care, social services and education, as we have been saying all along, this budget and New Brunswickers could not sustain significant cuts.”

This goal of debt reduction was initially expected to have assistance from spending cuts. Premier Susan Holt wanted all government departments to look for savings of 10 to 15 percent, but the budget tabled only sees a reduction in spending from three departments, and none of them reach close to 10 percent.

What happened to the cuts?

Legacy says they are choosing to invest in health care, education, social programs, and economic opportunities as opposed to making cuts. He says the province’s strategic position means they do not have to act rashly.

“We could have chosen to respond to the pressure by slashing programs and services across government to reduce the deficit faster, but New Brunswickers told us clearly that is not what they want, and we agree.”

Don Monahan, the Progressive Conservative finance critic, says there were not major difficult decisions made despite the talk around it.

“$1.39 billion is definitely a big number. They were talking about a lot of difficult decisions and what it’s going to mean for New Brunswickers, and at the end of the day there’s a lot of fear around that,” said Monahan. “In the end, there weren’t difficult decisions made.”

Monahan mentioned cuts identified by the Office of the New Brunswick Advocate when it released a review of the 2025-26 budget, in which a $47.1 million cut to child welfare services in the Department of Social Development was identified. There was also an identified budget redirection that resulted in librarian layoffs in 2025, according to Monahan.

Alex White, N.B. New Democratic Party leader, says the budget tabled is a backtrack from massive cuts that were proposed in the pre-budget consultation.

New Democratic Party Leader Alex White (Image: Wilfred Fraser)

“Now they’re coming out and saying it’ll be $100 million in cuts over three years. That’s not what we will get out of this … I am waiting for the other shoe to drop.”

The $100 million in cuts White referenced relates to the government’s announcement that they will be reducing the size of Part 1 of the civil service by 12 percent through attrition, or the gradual reduction of a workforce by voluntary departure.

As of Dec. 31, 2024, 11,801 employees made up Part 1 and represented 22 percent of GNB’s workforce. According to the math, the Holt government would be cutting roughly 1400 positions, which represent only a small fraction of the total GNB workforce: just above 2.5 percent.

White suspects there will be more changes announced in the next six months.

René Legacy at Press Conf.

New Brunswick government projects $1.39B budget deficit

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The Liberal government is calling it a day for difficult decisions in the province.

For the second year in a row the budget is predicting over a billion dollar shortfall so cuts are being made.

Premier Susan Holt made a campaign promise to balance the budget every year of her term, but this is the second consecutive year where there is a gap.

Finance Minister René Legacy said today’s budget reflects an economic and fiscal reality that has evolved significantly in a short period of time.

“However, our mission stays the same: invest in New Brunswickers by growing our economy and delivering essential public services efficiently.”

Legacy said the challenge of making significant investments in healthcare, affordability, and the economy while working to curb the province’s upward trend in expenses and increase revenues remains.

Right sizing civil service

The province is planning to save up to $100 million by reducing the size of the civil service. Over the next three years the government is looking to reduce the number of employees working for the province by 12 per cent. The plan is to look for voluntary departures and eliminating non-critical unfilled vacancies.

This year’s budget includes $15.6 billion in spending including nearly $800 million more than the year prior, but the revenue is only projected at $14.2 billion.

Legacy says this budget is transformative for the province. “These are not easy decisions, but they are necessary ones,” said Legacy.

Investment in health care but freezing post-secondary funding levels

The Holt government plans to spend roughly $4.8 billion on health care, an increased investment of $710 million from last year, a total increase of a billion dollars from the 2024-25 budget.

The budget includes an investment of $170.4 million as part of the Physician Services Agreement signed earlier in the month. Other larger investments in health are $50 million dedicated to modernizing and digitizing the health-care system, moving from a collection of stand-alone hospital information systems to a standardized system consistent across the province.

$30 million will go towards expanding collaborative care clinics throughout the province. This investment will allow New Brunswick to open and expand 12 more clinics. In combination with the 11 announced last year, the Holt government’s commitment to 30 collaborative care clinics is in sight.

At the same time the province notes enrollment in post-secondary institutions peaked in 2004 and has been in a steady decline. The budget is calling for a freeze of post-secondary operating grants at 2025-2026 levels and asks the leadership of New Brunswick institutions to address the challenges facing the sector.

New ways to make profit

Tolls on non-New Brunswick vehicles will be introduced and operational by 2028 in Aulac. Annual revenue of $10.4 million will be directed to road and bridge maintenance.

$1.2 million will be invested to tackle the issue of contraband tobacco in the province via a dedicated contraband tobacco enforcement team. A $3-million annual increase in revenue is expected from decreasing contraband tobacco purchases by five percent.

The province also plans to invest $667,000 to crack down on unreported lobster sales. Fisheries and Oceans Canada has estimated between 10 and 30 per cent of lobster sales in Atlantic Canada are unreported, which suggests between $29 million to $87 million in unreported sales, which represents $5 million to $8 million in missing tax revenues for the province.

Provincially operated veterinary services will be phased out by 2029. This creates an opportunity for the 72 qualified veterinary clinics across New Brunswick to expand and serve clients provincially.

Investments in affordability, housing, and social supports

To meet housing needs of lower income residents in the province, $17 million is being invested in a new Community Housing Retention and Expansion Program, which is being developed with the non-profit housing sector.

$10.2 million in wrap-around services for supportive housing is also being invested.

An additional $5 million set aside for the Energy Efficiency Fund will total $25 million provided to support energy conservation for non-electric fuel types like oil and gas, and to support low-income individuals and families.

$98.1 million in relief for New Brunswickers’ power bills are provided through a 10 percent rebate on monthly residential electricity usage first introduced last year.

For the first time, $1 million will be provided in funding for the Indigenous Domestic Outreach Program, for gender-based violence programming in transition houses in First Nation communities, and to support the implementation of support programs.

Investments in teachers, EAs, students

Following last year’s implementation of the free breakfast program for all New Brunswick schools, an additional $7 million will be provided to deliver a school lunch program province wide. It will be accessible to all students starting in September, according to Legacy.

To further support students and teachers, $19.3 million will help add educational assistants and address the gap between available resources and student needs in both the anglophone and francophone sectors.

$5.8 million will be invested in additional academic support teachers, resource teachers, and guidance counsellors.

An additional $1.4 million will be invested in recruiting and keeping employed teachers, bus drivers, custodians, and educational assistants.

New Brunswick’s economy

“New Brunswick has what the world needs, and this budget makes investments to prove it,” said Legacy. “The world is looking for critical minerals to power next-gen technology and the energy transition. We have them.”

Legacy said the bottom line cannot be managed without expanding upwards.

As the Sisson mine was recognized as a top nation-building project last November, the recognition demonstrates that New Brunswick can play a bigger role in Canada’s economy, according to Legacy.

$9.9 million will be invested to prepare for additional nuclear development at Point Lepreau.

The budget will also invest $2 million in the Agriculture Growth Action Plan and $750 thousand in the Local Food and Beverages Program to accelerate food production in New Brunswick.

$22 million will be invested ONB’s Competitiveness and Growth Pilot, turning it into a full program.

There will also be $1 million for the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation and $1 million for Research N.B.

Tourism and Arts in N.B.

Visitors to the province spend $2.7 billion annually. The Holt government’s new tourism strategy sets an ambitious target of $3.7 billion. To help reach these goals, an investment of $2 million will be made.

“Our government believes that dollars invested in arts and culture have huge impacts both to the economy and for community participation and well-being,” said Legacy.

To help stabilize the sector, $2.8 million will be invested as part of a five-year action plan that will be presented later in the spring.

Strengthening New Brunswick

$141.1 million is being provided to support local governments, an increase of $47.5 million over last year.

$4.2 million will be invested to facilitate foreign credential recognition for priority occupations in healthcare, education, and skilled trades.

In response to New Brunswick surviving the 2025 wildfire season, one of the most severe in the province’s history, $6.7 million will be invested to strengthen wildfire preparedness and response.

The funding will provide the budget to make 74 seasonal forest ranger positions year-round roles.

Susan Holt November 20 2024

Holt government prepares to table second budget

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New Brunswick’s Liberal government will deliver its second budget on Tuesday, which Premier Susan Holt warned during her 2026 State of the Province Address would come with some difficult but necessary decisions.

The province’s deficit is projected to hit $1.33 billion to the end of March 2026. A year ago, in the Liberals first budget since taking office, the budget forecasted a deficit of $549 million.

Health was projected to be over budget by $432.5 million due to higher operating costs while social development was projected to be over budget by $127.1 million due to increased demands for services, according to New Brunswick’s 2025-26 third quarter report.

“New Brunswickers are tired of waiting for healthcare. We are making the investment to ensure you can access timely care, close to home,” Holt said in a post to social media regarding the upcoming budget.

“This budget is laser focused on the priorities that matter to New Brunswickers: accessible health care, a strong education system, making your life more affordable, while growing our economy and making the difficult decisions to keep it all sustainable. I’m looking forward to sharing it with you.”

Health care has been the number one priority for the Holt government, having recently signed several agreements to strengthen the province’s primary care resources, collaborative care clinics, and to tackle reducing the list of New Brunswickers that are without primary care providers.

However, the Holt government fell short of its 2025 goal to increase the percentage of people with a doctor or nurse practitioner to 81 percent. Instead, the number was just 72.5 percent, according to statistics presented at the 2026 Address. This percentage has been steadily plummeting for the past seven years.

“We’re not going to hide from the truth of how things are going in New Brunswick and we’re not going to make excuses for what the numbers tell us. We’re going to use these measures to motivate ourselves and focus our efforts more,” said Holt in her 2026 Address.

Finance and Treasury Board Minister René Legacy said in the third-quarter financial results that this deficit is not the financial situation the province wanted to be in, but that “we have an opportunity to make some strategic investments now, while we have some fiscal space.”

“While these numbers reflect significant fiscal challenges, they also underscore the importance of making thoughtful, informed decisions as we prepare for the next budget,” said Legacy.

The 2026-27 budget is expected to be announced at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday.

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Heritage advocates tout economic impact ahead of potential budget cuts

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With heritage and arts facing possible cuts in the upcoming provincial budget, advocates are highlighting the sector’s economic value.

They argue the sector shouldn’t be viewed as a cost, but as part of the solution.

Facing a record $1.3‑billion deficit, Premier Susan Holt has warned of “difficult decisions” in next Tuesday’s provincial budget

Janet Clouston is the vice-president for the Association of Heritage New Brunswick and one of the proponents of the campaign Save Our Museums, a campaign started in February by the association to make sure heritage is protected in the province.  

Clouston, along with other advocates, have been trying to remind the province how the arts are a key economic driver for communities.

“We actually take a dollar and turn it into $10 easily,” she said.

Clouston explained that through fundraising, guest admissions, cultural performances, tourism, gift shops, and museums, arts and heritage not only have cultural and social significance but are part of the economic picture of why people come to the province.

Clouston added that in a meeting with Finance Minister René Legacy on Wednesday, the organization mentioned marketing campaigns and initiatives they plan to implement to get people visiting museums across New Brunswick.

“We are looking at this from a businesslike perspective,” she said. “We all have to operate our facilities fiscally responsibly, and we do that.”

Clouston said that in their bid to the province, the organization is not looking to receive more funding but maintain what they’ve already been working with.

“We are just [asking] to be taken seriously, that our sector matters, that heritage is an important cultural fiber of who we are as a province,” she said.

Expert warns cuts in the sector can cause significant economic implications

Alberta-based cultural curator, consultant, and researcher Erin McDonald said funding cuts in the arts and heritage would mean losing far more than cultural, educational, and historic value.

They explained that capacity for storytelling, tourism, destination marketing, and to create self-generated revenue for the community is erased when funding is taken away.

“We are basically cutting the economic engine of communities,” they said.

McDonald said that once operational capacity at heritage sites and museums is diminished by funding cuts, it can’t simply be restored in the next budget cycle.


They noted that because so much of the work relies on volunteers, it’s unlikely those same volunteers will return after being lost during one round of cuts.

According to a report done by Canadian Chamber of Commerce’s Business Data Lab, Canada’s arts and culture sector contributed $65-billion to the country’s GDP in 2024.

For McDonald, the economic contribution of the sector is clear.

However, they believe the language used around the sector makes it more challenging for governments to not see the arts and heritage as just “something nice to have,” but as a sector able to create revenue.

“My hope is we change the way we talk about this sector, [and] we start talking about it as a $65 billion a year sector, just like the oil and gas sector does,” they said.

What’s Next

In their meeting with Minister Legacy, Clouston said the organization felt like their voices were heard.

However, until the budget is released, the future for the arts and heritage in the province remains uncertain, she said.

Audience at SOTP 2026

Varying grades on New Brunswick’s education report card

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How are students performing in literacy and math in the province?

Premier Susan Holt provided a look at the past year during her State of the Province address delivered in Fredericton last week.

The province had set goals for proficiency in literacy and math for both anglophone and francophone districts.

Holt expressed that the province’s school systems have experienced both successes and failures.

One of the province’s goals with education was to lower chronic absenteeism rates in both school systems. The premier reported that the goal was met.

“We were really pleased to see a decrease in chronic absenteeism in both of our school systems. We are not going to move the needle on literacy or numeracy if kids are not in school,” said Holt.

The chronic absentee rate currently sits at 29.3 percent, which not only outpaced the 2025 target of 30.9 percent, but already comes close to the projected 2026 target of 29 percent.

Math outcomes, however, failed to meet 2025 targets. English students missed their target of 54.4 by three per cent, scoring just 51.4 per cent. French students also missed their target of 69.6, falling almost four per cent short at 65.9 per cent.

The province’s schools delivered encouraging results in literacy for Anglophone and immersion schools.

“We thought that we would be at 53.8 per cent next year and we are at 55.3 per cent this year [in anglophone schools],” the Premier explained. “That is movement in the right direction.”

Holt partially credited her colleagues from the previous government for setting the foundation for literacy improvement by introducing a curriculum teaching the science of reading.

“What we did last year was put the right resources around that program. Academic support teachers, in the classroom beside the students, focused on making sure the curriculum was helping students realize their full potential.”

Although francophone schools fell short of the 2025 target of 71.5 by just two per cent, the Premier reminded the audience that French literary outcomes are still the highest.

Looking towards the future, Holt said the negative numbers received on the 2025 progress report card help her and her team know what the focus should be in the following year.

For more in-depth information about these numbers, please refer to the education section of the Government of New Brunswick’s government priorities page.

Premier Susan Holt at the State of the Province Address

Health care and the economy focus of Premier’s state of the province address

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In her annual state of the province address, Premier Susan Holt admitted 2025 was a year of uncertainty with threats of tariffs. She went on to highlight to the crowd in Fredericton her government’s achievements while not shying away from some areas for improvement.

“We know that health care and the economy are top of mind for New Brunswickers, and tonight’s speech drives home our commitment to improve outcomes for both,” said Holt. “While we are seeing progress in New Brunswickers’ ability to access care within five days, there is much more to be done on attachment to primary care. We will be adding more fuel to our plan, building on the foundation laid in 2025, adding more primary health-care professionals and opening more collaborative care clinics so that New Brunswickers can get the care they need.”

The provincial government had set a goal to increase the number of people in the province with access to a primary care doctor or nurse practitioner to 81% but it came in at 72.5%.

While speaking of the upcoming budget Holt warned that this is a time for difficult but necessary decisions.

“It’s no secret that we are facing major economic headwinds – especially in a tariff environment,” said Holt. “But there are also many growth opportunities at our fingertips, with our natural and human resources. The world’s best products are found right here in New Brunswick alongside the world’s best people. In order to support them, we need to make the strategic investments that set us up for long-term economic success.”

The latest projections have the deficit for the province estimated at $835 million.

Holt was joined on stage by Health Minister John Dornan and Finance and Treasury Board Minister René Legacy, who spoke about progress made on the accountability metrics announced at last year’s state of the province address, the challenges faced, and plans for the year ahead within their portfolios.

You can find the government’s report card by clicking here.

New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt

ICE agents at border between Calais, Maine and N.B., Premier says

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New Brunswick’s Premier agrees with statements made by Prime Minister Mark Carney, “almost nothing is normal” right now with the United States.

“We don’t recognize our longtime friends and trading partners. For us, our family members, we have families that are on both sides of the border that run from New Brunswick all the way down to Louisiana, but we see what’s happening in the country,” Susan Holt said during a news conference in Ottawa yesterday.

She also confirmed that there are ICE agents on the border of New Brunswick and Calais, Maine.

“It makes all of us very uncomfortable,” Holt added.

“There’s nothing that we recognize in our neighbours right now with the leadership that they have, and we’re eager to support them in a return to the longstanding and strong partnership that Canada and the U.S. have had for generations.”

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