Premier Blaine Higgs delivered his very first State of the Province Address on Thursday night.
To a packed House at the Fredericton Chamber of Commerce and to those watching live on Rogers TV, he told New Brunswickers his provincial government will balance the 2018-2019 budget.
“I’m also pleased to say here tonight that the budget will continue to be balanced in 2019-2020, well we can’t go beyond that maybe, we’re not sure,” said Higgs. “For as long as we are here, the budget will be balanced because it should be a given. It shouldn’t be an option, it should be a given.”
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— Blaine Higgs (@premierbhiggs) February 1, 2019
Higgs also noted in the next 10 years, about 120,000 jobs will become available in the province, which he said will mean more jobs than people who can fill them.
He said about 75,000 of these jobs will require some form of post-secondary education.
“We can keep demanding more taxes from workers, but soon we will have fewer and fewer people,” Higgs said.
“The province we choose to be in the next five years will determine whether or not my grandchildren, your grandchildren, your children see a space for their dreams right here in New Brunswick.”
