FREDERICTON — The final New Brunswick budget before residents head to the polls in a provincial election this year contains virtually no new spending on health care and no voter-friendly measures like tax cuts.
And while the government boasted that the budget contains the most spending on health care in provincial history, there is only $2 million more than what will have been spent when the current fiscal year ends on March 31. He said government services are under pressure because of the fast rise in the province's population. Over the last five years, he said the population has increased by more than 64,000.
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