The Atlantic Director of the Taxpayers Federation, Kevin Lacey tells CHSJ News that's a must because spending on health care takes up from 40 to 50 per cent of the provincial budget and he believes health care costs can be cut without jeopardising standards of care.
Lacey also warns raising the H-S-T would cost average families in the province a thousand dollars a year which they can't afford right now.
He concedes unemployment will likely go up with a reduction in spending by the province but he calls that "a necessary evil" to get the job done.
