New Brunswick·Analysis
What if every season were budget season? That’s where the Holt government may be headed.
Finance minister says he’ll use quarterly reports to rollout new spending measures, including cuts
Jacques Poitras · CBC News
· Posted: Mar 20, 2026 5:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 27 minutes ago
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Finance Minister René Legacy said there might be more cuts beyond what was announced this week. (Savannah Awde/CBC)
What if every season were budget season? That’s where the Holt government may be headed.
The recent suspense and controversy over what the government should spend money on — and should not spend on — could become a more frequent feature of the calendar.
“There’s nothing that stops us from finding cuts mid-year,” Finance Minister René Legacy said this week.
“It doesn’t have to be done once a year. We can certainly find more spending, so we can find more cuts.”
A provincial budget is normally an annual milestone, a government’s big moment to announce major spending decisions.
But in response to criticism that the Liberals put off difficult decisions and set the province on a track to endless deficits and higher debt,
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