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On Friday, sector representatives met with the minister of agriculture after a different cabinet minister suggested that cuts to provincial vet services could be delayed or halted.
Agriculture minister met with stakeholders after his cabinet colleague suggested planned cuts could be shelved
Savannah Awde · CBC News
· Posted: May 01, 2026 8:50 PM EDT | Last Updated: 35 minutes ago
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Agriculture Minister Pat Finnigan met with representatives from the farming sector on Friday. (Chad Ingraham/CBC)
The province is moving ahead with much of its plan to stop funding large-animal veterinary and laboratory services, a sector group said, but will maintain equine services for a few months longer than planned.
That was the conclusion of a Friday meeting between the Agricultural Alliance of New Brunswick, Agriculture Minister Pat Finnigan and Premier Susan Holt, according to a news release.
That meeting came two weeks after Natural Resources Minister John Herron said in a public meeting that the cuts could be delayed or shelved, adding that they would “create a lot of grief” for $4 million in savings.
The province announced the cuts as part of the budget in March,
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