Summary/Political Context New Brunswick (N.B.) Finance and Treasury Board Minister René Legacy tabled the province’s $1.26 billion capital budget for 2025-26 on Tuesday, March 18, 2025. This year’s budget, titled Driving Change, Delivering Progress, is focused on investments in healthcare, education, housing, and economic resilience. This is the first budget after the election of Premier Susan Holt’s...Read More
October 22, 2024New Brunswick (NB) likes change – since 2006 it has alternated between the NB Liberals and NB Progressive Conservatives (PCs) with Premiers only being able to serve one term. While Premier Blain Higgs broke this pattern and served two terms, last night he lost his seat and the election to the Liberals. Among...Read More
Today was Budget Day in New Brunswick. As expected, the province’s focus on tackling COVID and ensuring the necessary supports for residents and businesses to emerge successfully from the pandemic far outweighed the need for a balanced budget. Indeed, Finance Minister Ernie Steeves was clear that the focus was on a strong recovery, noting in...Read More
If Canadian politics were playing out in the scene of a movie right now, it would be Ben Stiller’s Zoolander with political observers and pundits doing their best Mugatu impression when talking Atlantic Canada: it’s so hot right now. As I write this from Charlottetown, Atlantic Canada is getting hit with the strongest winter storm...Read More
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! BUDGET SEASON and pre-budget consults are happening federally and provincially! Diplomat Consulting can help you pull together a submission sure to score you a nod from a Finance Minister! Reach out to us at hello@diplomatconsulting.com. Alternatively, check out the various consultations going on federally and in #Manitoba,...Read More
