New Brunswick Premier Calls for Election Amid Pandemic

New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs talks with journalists after calling an election following a visit with Lt.-Gov Brenda Murphy at Government House in Fredericton on Aug. 17, 2020. The election will be held September 14. Andrew Vaughan/The Epoch Times

Premier Blaine Higgs has called an election in New Brunswick for Sept. 14, making it only province so far to go to the polls since the COVID-19 pandemic hit.

Citing the need for stability during the COVID-19 pandemic, Higgs had asked the leaders of the four other parties to put off forcing an early election until the pandemic is over, or until the scheduled date in October 2022.