PCs also pledge support in their blue book.
Liberal Leader Dwight Ball has committed to spending $1.3 million each year to fund operating costs at a proposed end-of-life care centre in Grand Falls-Windsor.
The board of the Lionel Kelland Hospice project received the commitment Wednesday, one day after a town hall meeting was held in the would-be facility.
Allan Bradley, chair of the project’s board of directors, says the group believes the promise means they have the go-ahead from the incumbent government to press on with their centre.
“We feel really positive about Premier Ball’s commitment to us today,” said Bradley. “There’s a lot of work that we have to do as a board to do this work, and we’ll start that as soon as we have the official, in-writing approvals.”