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Nunavut tables near-balanced budget for 20th-anniversary year

Feb 20, 2019 | 2:29 PM

IQALUIT, Nunavut — Nunavut has tabled a mostly stand-pat budget that plans modest spending increases to fight some of the territory’s social problems.

Finance minister George Hickes forecasts a tiny deficit of $12 million on revenues of about $2.2 billion.

New social spending includes almost $5 million for addictions and trauma treatment.