Interest in calling a snap election this fall by Premier Blaine Higgs may have faded, but the bills from floating the idea for several weeks are still coming in and may eventually surpass $1 million.
For months Higgs waffled on calling an early election, repeatedly saying since June he needed a new mandate to quell the political drama that had gripped his party.
New Brunswick s elections agency says it doesn t know exactly how much it spent while Premier Blaine Higgs pondered whether to call voters to the polls a year early, but opposition parties claim he cost taxpayers money.