Since Premier Blaine Higgs first touted $300 ‘affordability payments’ in January, it’s been revealed that citizens must apply for the money and retirees are excluded.
Following a letter in January saying Premier Blaine Higgs’s election speculation cost taxpayers $1.7 million, the head of Elections New Brunswick told MLAs on Thursday that her office had told Higgs's staff that money was being spent because of his election musings.
Kim Poffenroth has said her office spent more than $3.2-million in total pre-election expenditures last year, including nearly $2-million that cannot be recovered
The chief electoral officer has said her office spent more than $3.2 million in total pre-election expenditures last year, including nearly $2 million that cannot be recovered.