FREDERICTON — New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs is expected to officially kick off a provincial election campaign Thursday morning with a visit to the lieutenant-governor.
Opposition parties have got a head start, with the Liberals releasing their platform 10 days ago and the Greens launching their campaign today.Central campaign themes are expected to include economic issues, health care, the Progressive Conservative government's gender identity policy in schools, and Ottawa's request that the province welcome more asylum seekers.
Higgs, who was first elected in 2018 and was re-elected in 2020, has already promised to lower the harmonized sales tax to 13 per cent from 15 per cent over a two-year period.The Greens say they will create an"electricity support program," which would give families earning less than $70,000 annually about $25 per month to offset rate increases.
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