Premier promises a second balanced budget for P.E.I.

The P.E.I. government will table its operating budget on Friday, and Premier Wade MacLauchlan is promising Islanders they will like what they see.

"It will be an opportunity for Islanders to see what the benefits are of good stewardship and a strong economy," MacLauchlansaid in an interview.

This will be Finance Minister Heath MacDonald's first budget. MacDonald took over from Allen Roach in a cabinet shuffle in January, with Roach announcing he would not be running in the next provincial election.

Last spring, Roach promised a $600,000 surplus for 2017-18, and MacLauchlan confirmed Wednesday that this year's budget would be the first surplus in a decade, and promised another surplus budget for 2018-19.

MacDonald will stand to deliver the budget at 11:30 a.m. Friday.

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