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The campaign consultant hired by the Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick for this year’s election has landed a second position a taxpayer-funded job in the office of Premier Blaine Higgs.
Hand-picked Higgs officials living outside Fredericton cost taxpayers extra
Two New Brunswick deputy ministers who have been commuting to Fredericton from the Saint John area to run their departments accumulated thousands of dollars in accommodation and mileage expenses last year moving back and forth between the cities, records show.
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1 deputy got help with Fredericton housing and for drives to 24 meetings in Saint John area, where she lived
Posted: Feb 22, 2021 6:00 AM AT | Last Updated: February 22
Yennah Hurley was personally recruited by Premier Blaine Higgs to advise on tourism matters and eventually run the Tourism Department as its deputy minister. She lives in Quispamsis and billed the province for 24 trips to Saint John in 2020 to attend in-person meetings.(CBC archives)