Surprise Surprise Surprise

@kevin james Are you aware of my idea to pay off our provincial debt and put the budget in a surplus?

Less than 8 million per deal? That isn't bad. The other way to look at it is for each project:
* The estimated completion cost is far more.
* Each project will have a cost overrun.

I would not be surprised to see the cost overruns alone would be more than $8 million each. I don't think I've seen a project that doesn't underestimate.

@Tim Astle True

And unemployment is up .3 % under the Prince of Bermuda's watch,
only the beginning !
Gotta love the CORservatives!

@Lewis Taylor Clearly you have no clue as to who I am

Unfortunately governments of all stripes enter contracts and make commitments they knowingly can never afford and the citizens are stuck with the bill. Citizens should only vote for politicians that have a moral compass and can be held accountable for their negligence.

@Stephen Doran Good luck finding a political party willing to be held accountable for their negligence.

Nothing for those who did not vote for the two COR parties. It is what it is.

@David Amos
Your sentence makes absolutely no sense...pull up on the substances.

It's an accounting issue... the money was already spent, but because the projects have been canceled it can't be amortized of several years and has to be accounted for in the year it was spent... the headline "$31M in cancellation costs" makes it seem like that was the penalty for stopping those projects, but it's actually it's the worth that was already done on those projects - that money is already spent, it now just shows up on this years budget instead of a little bit every year for the next several years.

@James Reed I believe you are largely correct except that amount may be penalties

Highway 11 upgrade is simply liberal vote buying.

@Mario Doucet, the north will get nothing from the two COR parties.

Better to take a one time 30 million hit now than to continue down the path of spending 300 million you don't have and can't afford. The credit card is maxed out....reality checks are often unpleasant but you reach a point where they are unavoidable.

@Graeme Scott "Better to take a one time 30 million hit now than to continue down the path of spending 300 million you don't have and can't afford."

I concur

conservatives penny wise and pound foolish. some things just never change

@Rosco holt YUP

Guess the budget isn't balance after all. Higgs tax cuts while have to wait.

@Brad Little
His plan was to cut taxes, instead of paying down the debt. He isn't my hero, pay down the debt quickly, then we can look at lowering taxes.

Some of the projects that were cancelled are needed for safety sake.

Who cares, no different than paying an early term fee for breaking your mortgage in order to save in the long term. Great news!

@Les Cooper
Don't worry about my job...I worry more about lack of economic development and tax increases for the 40 thousand or so fellow tax payers that keep this province afloat.

Not spending money is one thing...leaving money on the table for unfinished projects is stupid. Many contractors are now in a position to sue the government for breach of contract for all the costs they incurred etc....This will not be a moment to remember for this PC govt...let's hope the premier stops acting like a bull in a china shop and an Irving sycophant and starts to make rational decisions.

@Les Cooper
Why does racism always have to come up?

No vision here! More people to die on Route 11. Blame Higgs.

@Harold Wood
Real intelligent.