in 2014, David Alward will seek re-election while New Brunswickers pay more tax

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New Brunswick Premier David Alward makes a statement following his address to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta at the Alberta Legislature in Edmonton on November 28, 2013. (REUTERS/Dan Riedlhuber)

We are likely to see provincial elections in 2014 in Ontario and Quebec but we will certainly see one in New Brunswick. Votes will happen in Ontario and Quebec, of course, only if the minority governments that lead those two provinces cannot get their budgets through the legislature. But New Brunswick Premier David Alward faces a “hard count”, a fixed election date on September 22.

Alward’s prospects for re-election, nine months ahead of the formal campaign, are bleak. Continue reading in 2014, David Alward will seek re-election while New Brunswickers pay more tax