Interim Liberal Leader Victor Boudreau says the increase of the provincial debt by a billion dollars cannot be placed solely on the shoulders of the former Graham government.
He tells CHSJ News they got hit by the worst financial crisis in 70 years, and the Liberal government was spending money in order to stimulate the economy, much like the federal government.
He says a Liberal government would have balanced the books by growing the economy and managing spending.
But he says the Alward government acts as if the economy is non-existent.