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P.E.I. capital budget coming Friday, Nov. 15

SaltWire Network | Posted: Nov. 14, 2019, 5:18 p.m. | Updated: Nov. 14, 2019, 5:18 p.m. | 1 Min Read
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Premier Dennis King’s minority government will lay out its capital priorities Friday morning.

Finance Minister Darlene Compton will present the capital budget at approximately 11 a.m.

This is the first capital budget for the Progressive Conservative government.

Last November, then Liberal finance minister Heath MacDonald presented a $156.6 million capital budget which included a new high school in Stratford and a new elementary school in Sherwood.

Full coverage online Friday at theguardian.pe.ca and in Saturday’s print edition.

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