Finance, Health, Social Development, Education and Early Childhood Development, Education, January 13, 2011 - Fredericton
Province on track to reduce budget spending by one per cent
The provincial government has approved more than 100 cost-cutting measures to reduce this year’s projected deficit by about $42.9 million, mostly by trimming administrative budgets, taking advantage of staff attrition and eliminating non-essential expenditures. From left: Health Minister Madeleine Dubé; Social Development Minister Sue Stultz; Finance Minister Blaine Higgs; and Education and Early Childhood Development Minister Jody Carr.