Disclosure Statement Concerning an Election Commitment
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P 10 005
(2024-03-14) |
| Part A: Election commitment | |
| Registered political party | Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick |
| Number | 2 |
| Title | Expanding Scope of Practice |
| Description
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A re-elected PCNB Government will enhance access to primary medical care by expanding the scope of practice of all primary care health care providers. This will ensure that New Brunswickers can access the care they need, when and where they need it.
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| Type of commitment | Party commitment Leader commitment |
| Party platform reference |
Platform has not yet been published. |
| Type of disclosure statement | Check one of the boxes:
(a) Cost estimate; i.e., an estimate of the commitment’s cost or financial implications.
(b) Maximum cost statement; i.e., if the commitment relates to a new or expanded program or service, the maximum cost to which the party commits if it forms the next government.
(c) An estimate of the financial implications of the election commitment has not been prepared because:
Insufficient information was available to prepare a cost estimate; The election commitment will not have financial implications for the Province; or The party declines to prepare a cost estimate or a maximum cost statement with respect to the election commitment. |
| Complementary disclosure statement
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If a maximum cost statement is checked above and the election commitment indicates it will also increase or reduce revenue, the following disclosure statement is also filed:
Number and Title
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| Part B: Financial implications | |||||||
| Fiscal Year | 2024-25 | 2025-26 | 2026-27 | 2027-28 | 2028-29 | Subsequent | Total |
| Operating Budget – Revenue | |||||||
| Operating Budget – Expenses | 0 | $24,589,770.33 | $24,589,770.33 | $24,589,770.33 | $24,589,770.33 | $98,359,081.32 | |
| Capital Budget – Expenditures | |||||||
| These financial implications are included in the Summary of Election Commitments filed with this disclosure statement. | |||||||
| Part C: Additional required information |
| Each significant assumption made in determining the cost estimate or maximum cost statement.
· It is assumed that expanding the scope of practice of primary health care providers will modestly increase the quantity of primary care billings to the province.
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| The sources of information used in preparing the cost estimate or maximum cost statement.
· Publicly available budgetary documents from the Government of New Brunswick.
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| The computations done to prepare the cost estimate or maximum cost statement.
· A three-year rolling average of primary health care expenses was calculated. · The three-year rolling average was increased by 10 per cent to estimate the net new yearly spending associated with this proposed commitment.
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| Part D: Publication |
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This disclosure statement has been made public by the registered political party; i.e., by or through any media, including a press release, a post on a website or any other public information media. |
| Part E: Signature | |
| Official representative of the registered political party, or
Chief agent of the registered political party |
Name
Wesley McLean |
| Written signature
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Date |
| or Electronic signature (Type name)
Wes McLean
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Date September 23, 2024 |
| Transparency in Election Commitments Act, s.5(1) / Loi sur la transparence des engagements électoraux, par. 5(1) | P 10 023 | ||||||||
| Registered Political Party: / Parti politique enregistré : | Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick | (2024-03-14) | |||||||
| Summary of Election Commitments to Number: / Résumé des engagements électoraux au numéro : |
2 | ||||||||
| Cost Estimates / Estimations des coûts | Estimate of financial implications not prepared / Estimation des incidences financières non préparées | ||||||||
| Number / Numéro | Title of Election Commitment / Titre des engagements électoraux |
2024-25 | 2025-26 | 2026-27 | 2027-28 | 2028-29 | Subsequent / Postérieur | Total | Reason / Raison (a, b, c) |
| OPERATING BUDGET – REVENUES / BUDGET DE FONCTIONNEMENT – RECETTES |
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| 1 | HST Cut | – | (225,000,000) | (450,000,000) | (450,000,000) | (450,000,000) | (1,575,000,000) | ||
| – | |||||||||
| – | |||||||||
| – | |||||||||
| Total Increase in Operating Budget – Revenues / Augmentation totale du budget de fonctionnement – revenus |
– | (225,000,000) | (450,000,000) | (450,000,000) | (450,000,000) | (1,575,000,000) | |||
| OPERATING BUDGET – EXPENSES / BUDGET DE FONCTIONNEMENT – CHARGES |
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| 2 | Expanding Scope of Practice | – | 24,589,770 | 24,589,770 | 24,589,770 | 24,589,770 | 98,359,081 | ||
| – | |||||||||
| – | |||||||||
| – | |||||||||
| Total Increase in Operating Budget – Expenses / Augmentation totale du budget de fonctionnement – charges |
– | 24,589,770 | 24,589,770 | 24,589,770 | 24,589,770 | 98,359,081 | |||
| Operating Budget – Revenues less Expenses / Budget de fonctionnement – recettes moins charges |
– | (249,589,770) | (474,589,770) | (474,589,770) | (474,589,770) | – | (1,673,359,081) | ||
| CAPITAL BUDGET – EXPENDITURES / BUDGET D’INVESTISSEMENT – DÉPENSES |
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| – | |||||||||
| – | |||||||||
| – | |||||||||
| – | |||||||||
| Capital Budget – Total Expenditures / Budget d’investissement – dépenses totales |
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Net Financial Implications for Operating and Capital Budgets / Incidences financières nettes sur les budgets de fonctionnement et d’investissement |
– | (249,589,770) | (474,589,770) | (474,589,770) | (474,589,770) | – | (1,673,359,081) | ||
| Insufficient information was available to the party to prepare a cost estimate / Le parti disposait d’informations insuffisantes pour préparer une estimation des coûts (a) | |||||||||
| The election commitment will not have financial implications for the Province / Les engagements électoraux n’auront aucune incidence financière pour la province (b) | |||||||||
| The party declines to prepare a cost estimate or a maximum cost statement with respect to the election commitment / Le parti refuse de préparer une estimation des coûts ou un énoncé des coûts maximaux en ce qui concerne les engagements électoraux (c) | |||||||||
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