Finance Minister Karen Casey To Give Budget Update, This Morning

Provincial Finance Minister Karen Casey will present the first update on the 2019-20 budget, this morning.

Casey delivered a budget in April projecting a small surplus of 33.6 million dollars.

The 11 billion-dollar fiscal blueprint contains a 200 million-dollar increase in health spending and 691 million for capital projects including schools, roads and highways.

Casey is due to begin speaking to reporters at around 10:00.

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