Despite criticism from former Federal Liberal leader Stephane Dion, Premier David Alward is moving forward with his plan to have Senators from this province elected and he's getting support now from the Canadian Taxpayers Federation.
The Taxpayers Federation maintains an elected Senate will give New Brunswick the power to have real influence in Ottawa and Alward argues having a stronger voice in the Senate is vitally important for this province's future.
The Premier says there are three Senate positions that will be vacant in the next couple of years with the first in 2012 and the other 2 in 2014.
Meantime, The provincial deficit continues to rise by $65.5 million to a total of $514 million in 2011-12, according to the latest fiscal update which also reports overspending in health care by over 19 million dollars and 9.1 million in Social Development.
