{"id":23492,"date":"2014-08-25T18:21:24","date_gmt":"2014-08-25T10:21:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=23492"},"modified":"2014-08-25T18:21:24","modified_gmt":"2014-08-25T10:21:24","slug":"new-brunswick-tories-promise-to-boost-seasonal-workers-pay-if-elected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/08\/25\/new-brunswick-tories-promise-to-boost-seasonal-workers-pay-if-elected\/","title":{"rendered":"New Brunswick Tories promise to boost seasonal workers’ pay if elected"},"content":{"rendered":"
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New Brunswick Premier David Alward (Screengrab from JDIrving Company<\/a> footage)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

CARAQUET, N.B. — Topping up seasonal workers’ hourly pay is the most recent campaign promise from New Brunswick Premier David Alward, made during Day 4 of the provincial election.<\/p>\n

On Sunday, the Tory leader announced the four-year Seasonal Workforce Pilot Project, which would increase workers’ pay by $2 an hour for up to 14 weeks a year.<\/p>\n

Alward said the move would not only benefit 2,500 of the province’s seasonal workers but would also strengthen key sectors of the provincial economy, including forestry, fisheries and agriculture.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere on the campaign trail, the New Brunswick Liberal Party announced it would increase the number of moose hunting licences if elected to govern in September.<\/p>\n

The change would mean more New Brunswickers would be able to take part in the annual event, said Liberal Leader Brian Gallant.<\/p>\n

He said more licences mean more of an economic impact from the hunt, including more jobs in rural parts of the province.<\/p>\n

The Liberals also proposed reversing the Conservative government’s decision to extend the moose hunting season to five days, advocating for a return to the traditional three-day period.<\/p>\n

Extending the season was intended to keep the province’s moose population down, but Gallant says increasing the number of hunting licences would have the same effect.<\/p>\n

New Brunswickers head to the polls on Sept. 22 in an election being fought on a new electoral map that cuts the number of seats in the legislature from 55 to 49.<\/p>\n

At dissolution, the Tories had 41 seats, the Liberals 13 and there was one Independent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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