Battlefords MLA calls provincial budget ‘pretty positive’
Battlefords MLA Herb Cox has seen his share of provincial budgets since he became the area representative in the Saskatchewan legislature in 2011 and while he knows not everyone will be pleased with the document presented by Finance Minister Donna Harpauer, he believes Tuesday’s budget is exactly what is needed for the province at this time.
The veteran MLA told battlefordsNOW he feels the first budget under Premier Scott Moe’s administration was a “pretty positive” budget which he thinks has something in it for everyone.
“When you look at it, there are a lot of good things in this document,” said Cox. “Health care funding is up, social services and education funding has also increased with this budget so I think we are headed in the right direction.”
Cox added the budget also featured two items that were very important to him the first being improvements to the highway between North Battleford and Cochin.