two people 90 and over. Two new cases are located in the Moncton region (Zone 1), involving an individual in their 30s, and an individual in their 60s. Both cases are related to travel, including one temporary foreign worker. Three new cases are located in the Saint John region (Zone 2), involving two individuals in their 20s, and one individual in their 30s. All three cases are related to travel outside of New Brunswick. Two new cases are located the Fredericton region (Zone 3), involving two individuals in their 30s. One of the cases is travel related and the other is under investigation. One new case is located in the Bathurst region (Zone 6), involving an individual in their 50s, and is travel related.
N.B. premier blasts federal budget for not making one mention of health-care funding
New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs is criticizing the latest federal budget for not including provisions on health-care funding for provinces, and says the budget was made to appease residents in large urban centres like Toronto.
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is joined virtually by Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland as they talk online to a group of front-line pharmacists from across the country to discuss the ongoing vaccination efforts in the fight against COVID-19, from the Prime Ministers office on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, April 20, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick April 20, 2021 - 12:12 PM
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland sent a warning to provinces about her budget s pledge on child care, saying she would negotiate in good faith but not bend on reducing parental fees, as several provinces questioned the tight strings on the promised new spending.
OTTAWA – Multiple provincial governments are questioning the Liberals’ promise of a national child-care system, saying they either feel the strings on the cash are too tight, or won’t necessarily help their provinces.
Yesterday’s federal budget outlined $27.2 billion over five years, starting this fiscal year, in new spending the Liberals want to send to provinces to subsidize daycares.
The specific strings attached on the spending pledge would dictate what forms of child-care could be eligible for federal funding, and how much parental fees must drop.
Alberta and Ontario have already said the proposed measures don’t meet the unique needs of parents in their provinces, while New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs wondered if the money is aimed at buying votes in large urban centres.
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