All tagged minority government
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.
Our year end panel - a look back at the past year in New Brunswick politics, and ahead at how the new one might unfold.
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.
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.
