Jim Parsons says there was a lot of expectation set that a new government would be able to make a lot of big changes.
The provincial government tabled its first budget this week with an $11.5 billion plan for spending focusing on lower taxes, health care and safer communities. It included lower income tax for taxpayers, $5.4 billion for health, and new police officers as well as judges, crown attorneys and support staff. Corner Brook MHA Jim Parsons says there was a lot of expectation set that a new government would be able to make a lot of big changes. He says it was an incremental budget and for the next number of years, NL will remain in deficit which is a reason to get a deal on Churchill Falls
Meanwhile, Parsons was pleased to hear Corner Brook mentioned with the announcement of 45 more long term care beds but there was nothing about the opening of the family care team at the old hospital site.
Parsons says there was little to do with new child care spaces, with only 400 new ones as opposed to the 11,000 developed over the past few years with the ten dollar a day program. He says the YMCA here in Corner Brook has been pushing for such a daycare, and there was nothing for Early Childhood Educators. The provincial deficit is now at $688M.
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