The provincial government on April 12 released its annual budget announcing a whopping $19.271 billion in spending in 2022, an increase of about 2.4 per cent from last year, or $466 million overall.

As usual, spending on Health takes up a major part of the budget, about seven billion dollars; with 3.488 billion dollars for Education and Early Childhood Learning; some two billion dollars for Families; $524 million for Transportation and Infrastructure; $495 million for Agriculture; $168 million for Environment, Climate and Parks; and $54 million for the new department of Seniors and Long Term Care.

Read more in this week's Review.