Just
prior to the unveiling today of the provincial budget by Finance
Minister Blaine Higgs, the Canadian Taxpayers Federation has released
its Stop the New Brunswick Debt Clock.
The
Federation's Atlantic Director is Kevin Lacey who tells Tide News the
provincial government can't afford any big pre-election spending spree.
He says the provincial debt is rising by 600 million dollars a year
which comes to 1.6 million dollars a day or nearly 11 hundred dollars an
hour.
Lacey
says the province is broke and he would like to see the Alward
Government's plan to get a balanced budget, if there is one.
DEBT CLOCK: click here