P.E.I.’s opposition parties are calling on the province’s finance minister to release the fiscal update that usually gets unveiled in the fall each year.
The report is a checkup on the province’s fiscal health, and is usually made public weeks before January.
“I think that is just a blatant disregard to the taxpayers of Prince Edward Island,” interim Liberal Leader Hal Perry said of the lack of an update so far.
Perry points out it has been more than 300 days since the last budget, back on Feb. 29, 2024, and nearly 400 days since Finance Minister Jill Burridge released her last fiscal update.
“Either this government doesn’t care about being open and accountable to the taxpayers of Prince Edward Island or this government’s financial position is so poor that they’re going to do everything they possible can to delay putting this out to Islanders,” Perry said.
Lack of update ‘a real problem’
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