Excerpts from a speech by finance minister Tom Marshall, in Corner Brook, as reported by the Western Star:
Although he said the rate the province has been spending is not sustainable, Marshall said spending on new programs and projects will highlight the next budget.
“We have to get control now,” said Marshall. “I’m not talking about cutbacks. There will be new initiatives and programs, but we have to temper our expectations and we have to keep things under control. We have to make sure the spending we do today is sustainable for the children of the future.”
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“We have to get control now,” said Marshall. “I’m not talking about cutbacks. There will be new initiatives and programs, but we have to temper our expectations and we have to keep things under control. We have to make sure the spending we do today is sustainable for the children of the future.”
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“Now we have to benefit from new industry, benefit from the knowledge economy, the innovation economy.”
Knowledge economy.
Innovation.
Hmm.
Those ideas sound awfully familiar.
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