N.S. Liberals to support budget

Published Saturday May 10th, 2008

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia Liberals removed any lingering suspense around the Conservative government's budget yesterday by coming out in support of the fiscal document.

The endorsement by the legislature's third-place party ensured the survival of Premier Rodney MacDonald's minority government ahead of next week's crucial budget vote.

Although Liberal Leader Stephen McNeil had expressed some doubts as late as last week, any pretense the budget would be defeated was quashed Wednesday when the government announced it had agreed to a Liberal demand to train more doctors as a way of battling chronic shortages.

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