FREDERICTON - Highlights of the 2010-11 New Brunswick budget:
-$754-million deficit recorded for 2009-10, highest deficit in province's history.
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-$749-million deficit projected for next fiscal year.
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-Net debt to reach more than $9.5 billion by 2011 - also a record high - meaning share of the debt for every man, woman and child in New Brunswick would be about $12,700.
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-A plan to return to balanced budgets in 2014-15, two years later than originally expected.
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-Health budget increases by $82.8 million to $2.46 billion.
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-University tuition fees frozen for third straight year, community college tuition fees frozen for the fifth consecutive year.
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-Launch of a five-year, $400-million plan to improve nursing home infrastructure.
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-$896 million in capital spending.
