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Just two points to wrap this up. First, we are one of only five countries in the world that is still using the first-past-the–post system, and one of the other ones is the United States. We can see how that’s working out for them. Second, consider New Zealand. They switched from first-past-the-post in 1996. Then in 2011 as part of that year’s election, they had a referendum asking if citizens would like to switch back. The response – no way.
While Higgs only scored one more seat than Gallant did, that one could make all the difference. Not that he couldn’t be defeated on his own confidence vote, but he won’t be, because no one wants an election.
It is almost a sense of resignation that it doesn’t matter, that nothing is going to change. I can certainly understand the cynicism.
So we have Gallant who appears to not care about how much we owe at all, and Higgs who may care but doesn’t appear to have a plan.
Does Brian Gallant care about the debt? Does Blaine Higgs have a vision for the province? Is David Coon in trouble? Is Kris Austin dog whistling to the anti-bilingualism crowd? The Political Observer’s Panel is back with a mid-campaign assessment.
The Liberals are spending like crazy, especially in Saint John, based on the tried and true strategy that you can buy people’s votes with their own money. The Tories, on the other hand, are hoping that for the first time in history, that strategy won’t work, and voters will see that Higgs offers the more responsible approach given our precarious economic reality.
There’s no need of the continued secrecy over what Chris Collins did. There’s good reason for disclosure of the facts.
We are used to the government and Ambulance New Brunswick trying to keep the public in the dark. But it is especially disappointing to find the paramedic union has become a complicit partner in this campaign of non-transparency.
It was one more chapter in the uneasy relationship between the Auditor-General and the government. And that’s great. The AG should make the government uncomfortable.
the key question remains of how city hall could be so tone deaf as to not understand how cutting down these majestic trees wouldn’t rub a lot of people the wrong way.
we have to wonder - with the combination of climate change and clear-cutting making flooding worse, is this the new normal? Do we even have any idea where the flood plain is anymore?
When there is a crisis, in this case the flood, a politician’s reputation is either enhanced, or diminished, depending on how he or she responds.
People’s Alliance candidate Stewart Manuel has used his Facebook page to compare Liberals to Nazis. This creates a challenge but also an opportunity for party leader Kris Austin.
Trudeau was supposed to be a breath of fresh air after Harper, but he is proving to have the same kind of ethical shortcomings
From daycare subsidies and the Medavie contract, to Irving's influence with government. this week's political observer's panel looks at the top stories of the past week.
