All tagged Gallant
“It is an example of the kind of speech we can expect under Proportional Representation or minority government. Aside from the fact had no vision, it was pretty good. He (Gallant) got rid of the stupid stuff like the freeze on NB Power rates, and a lot of the good ideas that came from the other parties, because he was trying to apease them, were there.”
Now that we are seeing who the pot smokers are, we see they are us. They are not a subculture, not a marginalized or deviant culture, just regular folks and this is how they relax (perhaps that will help eliminate the ingrained stigma around cannabis.)
“And you’re saying it is because of the secrecy that this story has emerged that it is about language. Other people say it is because there aren’t enough paramedics out there to hire. That’s why I say let’s get to the bottom of it and find out.”
Maybe this sends a message to politicians in the future that you can’t buy elections anymore. Because Gallant tried to do that and it didn’t work.
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.
Because of the publicity it generated from him doing this, I’d have to chalk it up as a failed PR exercise.
“I would caution the Progressive Conservative party and their leader that negative ads like this in a coordinated strategy - you need to counter it.”
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.
