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New Brunswick
In office
Premier
Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick
1,923 days in office
59th legislature of New Brunswick
09 Nov 2018 - 17 Aug 2020
60th legislature of New Brunswick
29 Sep 2020 - Present

The 2020 New Brunswick general election was held on September 14 to elect the 49 members of the 60th Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick.

The Progressive Conservative Party, led by incumbent Premier Blaine Higgs, won 27 seats, forming a majority government. Higgs was head of a minority government since the 2018 elections.

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Promise History

2.11.01 - “Our government plans to further increase rural broadband speeds in over 70,000 households to 100 mbps over three years [by 2023].”

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16-Mar-2021

“Today’s budget will invest $3.0 million to address gaps in our brandband network[.]”

In progress
13-Nov-2020

“Seventy-three thousand rural New Brunswick households will have access to high speed Internet service thanks to an agreement with Xplornet (XCI) to undertake upgrades to the province’s rural broadband. […] The Phase 2 goals are: provide 63,000 rural households with access to internet service with up to 100 Megabits per second (Mbps) […] Today’s announcement is the next step in the government’s plan to bring faster internet speeds to rural New Brunswick over the next four years.”

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Reference Documents

“Modern high-speed internet is an essential service and 36 % (67,000) of rural New Brunswick households did not have access in 2019”

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