Premier Blaine Higgs calls N.B. election
Premier Blaine Higgs calls N.B. election as approval ratings tank
New Brunswickers will go to the polls on Oct. 21 after Premier Blaine Higgs called a provincial election amid slumping approval numbers, saying his government ‘can’t turn back now’ on protecting New Brunswick’s economic stability.
CP NewsAlert: New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs calls election for Oct. 21
FREDERICTON — New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs has called a provincial election for Oct. 21. The Progressive Conservative premier made the announcement this morning after visiting Lt.-Gov. Brenda Murphy at her official residence in Fredericton.
New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs kicks off provincial election campaign
FREDERICTON — New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs has called an election for Oct. 21, signalling the beginning of a 33-day campaign expected to focus on pocketbook issues and the government’s provocative approach to gender identity policies.
The New Brunswick election is a referendum on Blaine Higgs’s divisive conservatism
By Andrew Nurse, Mount Allison University; The Conversation The Campaign Life Coalition (CLC), a right-leaning lobbying group that describes itself as pro-life, recently mailed flyers to 160,000 New Brunswick homes
N.B. Elxn: Tory Leader Blaine Higgs has lowest approval among Canada's premiers
FREDERICTON — New Brunswick Progressive Conservative Leader Blaine Higgs has started his campaign for re-election with the lowest approval rating of any premier in the country, according to a new survey.
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New Brunswick Liberals ask Higgs to apologize for joke about dead supporter
The New Brunswick Liberals are asking Progressive Conservative Leader Blaine Higgs to apologize for a joke he made at the launch of his party's re-election bid.
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Higgs doubles down on asylum seekers rhetoric in meeting with Fredericton council
When Fredericton Mayor Kate Rogers asked what the government was doing to reduce the number of residents in the city without a primary care provider, Progressive Conservative Leader Blaine Higgs ...
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Son of man who died in N.B. ER says premier using death to score ‘political points’
Ryan Mesheau said he was taken aback by Premier Blaine Higgs’s recent vow to shield health-care workers from legal action in response to a lawsuit filed by the Mesheau family alleging their ...
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Migrant advocate responds to Higgs's comments about asylum seekers
Refugees are being used as political scapegoats after Premier Blaine Higgs made comments about asylum seekers earlier in the week, said Adi Rao, a board member at the Madhu Verma Migrant Justice ...
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Election is a dilemma for anti-Higgs PC members
It's decision time for the Progressive Conservatives in New Brunswick who were hoping to replace Blaine Higgs as leader this time last year. With the start of the provincial election campaign less ...
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The New Brunswick election is a referendum on Blaine Higgs’s divisive conservatism
Progressive Conservative Premier Blaine Higgs has been urged to denounce the flyers. New Brunswick Liberal Leader Susan Holt — Higgs’s main rival in the October provincial election ...
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Higgs doubles down on asylum seekers rhetoric in meeting with Fredericton council
While leaders from all three political parties represented in the legislature spoke at the special event, Progressive Conservative leader Blaine Higgs' comments about asylum seekers and their ...
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The New Brunswick Election Is A Referendum On Blaine Higgs's Divisive Conservatism
Progressive Conservative Premier Blaine Higgs has been urged to denounce the flyers. New Brunswick Liberal Leader Susan Holt - Higgs's main rival in the October provincial election - condemned ...
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'We can't turn back now,' Higgs says, as he calls election
Outside Government House on Thursday, PC Leader Blaine Higgs portrayed the campaign as a choice between his sound fiscal management, including six straight years of budget surpluses, and a ...