Health spending helped push New Brunswick deficit to record $1.3B in last fiscal year
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The New Brunswick government posted a record deficit of $1.3 billion for the last fiscal year, driven largely by increased health spending. The final shortfall is more than double the $549-million deficit that had been projected in the March 2025 budget.
Despite the record-setting deficit, the provincial government reported that its overall finances had improved slightly by the end of the fiscal period in Fredericton.
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Global News (CA)Focuses heavily on the budget variance, highlighting that the deficit doubled projections.
Toronto Star (Toronto, Canada)Emphasizes a slight late-fiscal-year financial improvement alongside the record deficit.
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