who knew (data my ass) wasn’t just a comment dropped into a specific heated discussion…but rather, his motus operandi for how to govern.
All tagged Kris Austin
More random thoughts about next week's election
He just looked at me and said, “You don’t know much about politics do you?” BAM!
Election thoughts with one week to go
A related point to keep in mind for those, and I sense there are many, that agree Higgs with a minority is preferable to Higgs with a majority, and that is that if we had proportional representation rather than our antiquated first-past-the-post system, the very system the vast majority of democracies did away with many years ago, minority governments would then be the norm not the exception.
Rolling the dice on a pandemic election
Here’s where it depends on whose version of events you want to believe. Nuances aside, it appears the government’s ask was a bit of overreach that perhaps Higgs figured other parties would have to agree with because they feared an election.
Political Observer's Panel - Nov. 2/18
“Higgs can’t be seen as making concessions to the Alliance on their language disposition or this province is going to shatter, and become even more divided than it is right now.”
Life of Brian. It's not going to be much longer as Premier, so why is he hanging on?
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.
Some final election campaign thoughts
It is almost a sense of resignation that it doesn’t matter, that nothing is going to change. I can certainly understand the cynicism.
Political Observer's Panel - Sept. 21/18
“That’s the party that has the most vision going forward. They are noticing and proposing things that the other parties aren’t”
Political Observer's Panel - Sept. 7/18
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 race is on and it looks like heartaches
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.
Kris Austin's challenge is also his opportunity
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.