N.B. Tories Promise Fewer Taxes, Balanced Budget in New Throne Speech

N.B. Tories Promise Fewer Taxes, Balanced Budget in New Throne Speech
New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs at the New Brunswick Legislature in Fredericton, N.B., on Nov. 20, 2018. The Canadian Press/James West
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FREDERICTON—New Brunswick’s new minority Tory government has delivered a throne speech that promises a balanced budget by March 2020 or sooner.

The 10-page document, read by Lt.-Gov. Jocelyne Roy Vienneau, sets out five main themes—finances, energizing the private sector, health care, education and helping the poor.