Round Three On The Day Brian Gallant Quits as Liberal Leader

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Methinks there are lots of interesting comments within CBC on the day Brian Gallant quits as Liberal leader N'esy Pas?

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Round # 2

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Round # 3

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/brian-gallant-plans-resignation-1.4906015

Brian Gallant plans to resign as Liberal leader

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Stephen Long

He's done a Cameron. Can't say I'm surprised.

David Amos

@Stephen Long I am

 

JJ Carrier

JC and Guy are frontrunners, but a former MLA will also be in the mix...Stay tuned for your NNB political updates, because the next premier could be sooner than you think...

David Amos

@JJ Carrier Too Too Funny

JJ Carrier

@Jim Reid Heck, I'd run, but my North Shore Rhino Party supporters all went Liberal in the 1980s...Besides, who wants an honest reporter like me running a dishonest system? As a premier, Gallant never got it, thus the loss...

David Amos

@JJ Carrier "who wants an honest reporter"

Methinks the whole world always does but everybody knows the Irving Clan will not allow such a mythical person as that to be employed in New Brunswick N'esy Pas?

  

Richard Dunn

Is this the party that nobody wants to be the leader of?

Did Gallant do that much damage?

Mack Leigh

@Richard Dunn

Oh Brian Boy had help .... Lots and lots of help !!!!

David Amos

@Mack Leigh YUP

Brian Robertson

Even with unanimous support from his Caucus.
Of course, he was in power then.
Few things are as finite as failure in politics.

David Amos

@Brian Robertson Nay not so. Methinks the sneaky lawyers such as Trudeau the Elder came back after a loss of a mandate just as Mackenzie King and John A Macdonald did before him. Hence the young dumb Gallant lawyer could have done the same but not now N'esy Pas?

Marguerite Deschamps

@David Amos, the elder Trudeau did resign, but they begged him to come back and stay.

 
philippe m martin

WHO WANT,S TO BE A PREMIER AT 150,000 SALARY.....LOCAL MBA DOES 150,00 , A SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR RUNS 110,000 TO 140,000.....FIRST CLASS ELECTRICIAN RUNE 130,000/ INSURANCE AGENT CERTIFIED A GOOD HARD WORKER , DOES 300,000 YEARLY, INVESTMENT BROKER 300,000 + man oh man a MLA makes 85,000. NOT ENOUGH TO BRING IN GOOD PEOPLE, EDUCATED, WANT,S TO WORK FOR THE PEOPLE OF NEW BRUNSWICK. PHIL

David Amos

@philippe m martin "WHO WANT,S TO BE A PREMIER AT 150,000 SALARY"

Methinks I would enjoy the job and I would work for 20 grand a year which is more than I live on now byway of my old age pension. However its hard to become a Premier when one runs as an Independent N'esy Pas?

Marguerite Deschamps

@David Amos, this is why it only attracts those a little better than you to run for political office.

 


 
Bob Smith

Is there anyone in the caucus who can be leader and appeal to all of New Brunswick? Not many names for Liberals come to mind...

David Amos

@Bob Smith The McKee kid comes to mine

 
Ian Scott

Failed due to over expenditure , language lack of common sense and promise of more over expenditure just to gain electoral vote. Cover ups , failed environmental controls lack of any real health care change , failed closure of 9 person student schools that employ more than the student number. That’s what yourissue is. And the failure to see that is just another example of piss poor government. And we still have obstetrics closed in Bathurst, southern hospitals overloaded lack of opening billing numbers limited retirement facilities , but we have a millions donation to Moncton arena for which there is no answer on its benefit and we have lots of dope plants .

June Arnott

@Ian Scott and all politicians still getting lots of money paid into their bank accounts. We have no money in NB (deficit) yet the useless politicians get paid

David Amos

@June Arnott Oh So True

 
Mack Leigh

Remember what you are feeling Brian !! Remember long and hard this feeling that you have of failure, of not being good enough, or smart enough..........That same feeling is the one that the majority of people in this province have had for the past 40 plus years all because of you and your ilk..... Marginalized, disenfranchised, treated as second class, remember, remember well !!

Dianne Bastarache

@Mack Leigh Forty years? Did you mean 4 years?

David Amos

@Dianne Bastarache Nope Methinks Mr Leigh is referring to the fact that it has been over forty years since Little Louie, Hatfield and Trudeau the Elder did in the Anglophones in New Brunswick N'esy Pas?

Marc Martin

@Mack Leigh

Again please point out how you are not treated the same? You wont find any , they have all been debunked.

David Amos

@Marc Martin Why should he reply to you? Methinks you forget some folks are tired of all the special treatment you get right there N'esy Pas?

 
Matt Steele

Well , it did not take long for the knives to come out , and throw Gallant out as leader . Through wild out of control spending and massive tax increases , Gallant managed to turn the voters against the Liberal party . Gallant has done a lot of damage to the Liberal party , and failed to realize that Anglophones vote as well . No doubt Dominic LeBlanc will find Gallant a nice easy Federal govt. position where he will have to do little to no work . Bye Bye Brian !!!

Mack Leigh

@Matt Steele

Brian Boy had lots and lots of help turning the voters against the Liberals.... Arseneault, Boudreau, LeBlanc, Rousselle, Melanson, along with several others helped steer this sinking ship....... Brian will just be the fall guy and now on to the next power hungry sucker...

Colin Seeley

@Mack Leigh

Arguably the worst of them all was C. Rogers. A finance minister who was not in charge of finance. Heads bobber & nodder extrodonair . Useless as well.

One has to wonder how Rogers ever got re-elected.

Marguerite Deschamps

@Colin Seeley "extrodonair"? - Did you invent a new word?

Ray Bungay

@Colin Seeley Some were desperate??

Clive Gibbons

@Colin Seeley

To be replaced by C103 hack Ernie Steeves, with his extensive financial background. He'll in charge of finance. Yep. Fer sure...

Dianne Bastarache

@Marguerite Deschamps I think that means *donair* alldressed. lol

Colin Seeley

@Marguerite Deschamps

Maybe.

Every now and again my Acadian DNA pops out.

David Amos

@Matt Steele "No doubt Dominic LeBlanc will find Gallant a nice easy Federal govt. position where he will have to do little to no work "

Methinks everybody has no doubt of that but an NDP dude like you should know that the position will likely come in the private sector with a link to the government like Bernie Lord enjoys N'esy Pas?.

David Amos

@Colin Seeley "Every now and again my Acadian DNA pops out."

Methinks vous comprends mon chiac tres bien N'esy Pas?

Marc Martin

@Matt Steele

You obviously know nothing about economics. He was the last person to bring up back the province finances, after a fiasco from the minister of finance of Alward mr. Higgs ruined this province. Mr. Higgs is also part of the government who signed of our forests to Irving with minimum to no royalties and he wants to do the same with other ressources....

Marguerite Deschamps

@David Amos, What you just wrote is not Chiac and very bad French.

 

David Amos

@Marguerite Deschamps "What you just wrote is not Chiac and very bad French."

Methinks the Lady doth protest too much especially now that her beloved leader quit N'esy Pas?

David Amos

@Marc Martin How is the hangover?

 
Marc LeBlanc

Why doesn't Dominic Leblanc take charge,he runs this province anyway.

David Amos

@Marc LeBlanc Methinks Franky Boy McKenna is helping Leblanc run the Circus as well Everybody is waiting and betting on who they pick to beat Higgs next year N'esy Pas?

 


Marguerite Deschamps

Always the same folks spending most of their time harping on here! Thank CBC for giving you a forum in order to vent your frustration!

Mack Leigh

@Marguerite Deschamps

And once again the kettle calling the pot black.........

Colin Seeley

@Mack Leigh

And a Marg-elite one at that.

Fred Brewer

@Marguerite Deschamps
Looked in the mirror lately?

Marguerite Deschamps

What did I tell you?

David Amos

@Mack Leigh "And once again the kettle calling the pot black........."

YUP

Ray Bungay

@Marguerite Deschamps Thank you for showing up here to point this out!

Joseph Vacher

@Marguerite Deschamps speak for yourself

David Amos

@Joseph Vacher Methinks her cheerleader Mr Martin will soon appear but in the "Mean" time the lady of many languages must speak for him as well N'esy Pas?

Marc Martin

@Marguerite Deschamps

I see your comment woke up the NB poison this morning...

Marguerite Deschamps

@Ray Bungay, you're welcome!

  
Gerry Ferguson

I think Blaine Higgs will do a good job and hold on to the premier's job for a few years to come.

David Amos

@Gerry Ferguson Dream On

 
Ray Bungay

Good bye Brian, thank you for you 4 years of non-leadership for the people of New Brunswick. You are young and bright so I am sure you can continue on in your life and represent te good people of your riding!

David Amos

@Ray Bungay Methinks thou doth jest too much N'esy Pas?

 
John Connelly

The Back Room of the Liberal Party should be ashamed of themselves, for taking a young man fresh out of college, with no experience with the intention of making them their puppet. The ethics and morals behind this room is awful. You set this young man up for failure for your greed..... You know who you are. Shame on you.

Brian Gallant has to take some responsibility... albeit, he was taken advantage of by the political backroom..... His ego let him believe his intelligence could make up for his lack of experience. Not.

We live in a Neoliberal society, where corporations shop for slave labour overseas in China, the Pacific Rim in general, Africa, Latin America, Mexico, Africa, and the list goes on...Close to 40 million slaves producing 150 billion dollars in slave made products....

The world's peoples are being exploited. These corporations are paying no taxes. They abandoned their home countries in search and exploitation of slave labour.

Then, there are the corporations that are staying "locally", but moving their profits to tax havens such as the Cayman Islands, Bermuda... and places you have never heard of.....

If you are wondering why your public services are suffering ......wonder no more... Your corporations are not paying their fair share of taxes.... Between moving to countries for slave labour, and / or moving their locally made profits to tax havens... the " we are all in it together" philosophy is gone with Neoliberalism.

This is what NewBrunswick and Canada has to wrestle with to save our future... If the climate does not kill us first.... And that is questionable.

Joseph Vacher

@John Connelly thank the acadian party for that

David Amos

@John Connelly "The Back Room of the Liberal Party should be ashamed of themselves"

Methinks everybody knows the backroom boys know no shame at all N'esy Pas?

 


 
Nicolas Krinis

Don't let the door hit you.

Joseph Vacher

@Nicolas Krinis
no - let the door hit him

David Amos

@Nicolas Krinis Methinks he has not left yet and there could be another election very soon N'esy Pas?

Marguerite Deschamps

@Joseph Vachier, and you can eat it too!

  
Bob Kennett

3 little provinces, 3 governments on the east coast of Canada. 2 million people. Great ports to nearby World markets. Great major roads. Predictable climate. Been some home grown successful entrepreneurs, already but...
We keep electing the same types in the same old system every 4 years and expect different results. What’s the problem? We need representation throughout the 3 provinces but only one Premier. The current system of government in PEI, NS & NB is financially doomed unless Atlantic Canada speaks as one political voice. We should not wait for Ottawa to expand our markets. We need to do it.

David Amos

@Bob Kennett Methinks you forgot Newfoundland N'esy Pas?

Dan Lee

it used to be so.......all of atlantic proinces and parts of maine were part of one name.................ACADIA.........till the british broke it apart...............

Marc Martin

@Fred Dee

There is no French challenge, there is only the anti-French crowd.

David Amos

@Dan Lee "ACADIA.........till the british broke it apart"

Methinks everybody who play politics seriously knows one of my Forefathers is Daniel Keith. He was a Kings Ranger in the 1700s. He is buried in Fundy Royal where I often run for public office. Trust that my Father a former Tax Supervisor of this province was very proud to be a descendant of that British Loyalist.

However unlike my Father I am more like another Forefather of ours. He was Adam Amos . He challenged William Pitt the Younger politically in Scotland. History byway of Wikipedia tells us that Pitt increased taxes to pay for the great war against France and cracked down on radicalism. To engage the threat of Irish support for France, he engineered the Acts of Union 1800 and tried (but failed) to get Catholic emancipation as part of the Union. He created the "new Toryism", which revived the Tory Party and enabled it to stay in power for the next quarter-century.

Anyway Adam was forced to flee Scotland and settle in New Brunswick in the early 1800s. I truly believe he may have been on the same boat as the the ancestors of the Irving Clan and is buried near Amos Point which not far from Shediac N'esy Pas?

David Amos

@Marc Martin "There is no French challenge, there is only the anti-French crowd.'

Methinks you forget my Scottish Ancestors who battled the British long before Acadians ever did and why the Amos Clan is not fond of the Tax Man N'esy Pas?

David Amos 

@Marc Martin

Speech in the House of Commons on the Stamp Act (14 January 1766), by William Pitt The Elder

It is my opinion, that this kingdom has no right to lay a tax upon the colonies. At the same time I assert the authority of this kingdom over the colonies to be sovereign and supreme in every circumstance of Government and legislation whatsoever. The colonists are the subjects of this kingdom, equally entitled with yourselves to all the natural rights of mankind and the peculiar privileges of Englishmen...The Americans are the sons, not the bastards, of England. Taxation is no part of the governing or legislative power...When, therefore, in this House we give and grant, we give and grant what is our own. But in an American tax, what do we do? We, your Majesty's Commons for Great Britain, give and grant to your Majesty,—what? Our own property?—No! We give and grant to your Majesty, the property of your Majesty's Commons of America...The distinction between legislation and taxation is essentially necessary to liberty...There is an idea in some, that the colonies are virtually represented in this House...Is he represented by any knight of the shire, in any county in this kingdom?...Or will you tell him that he is represented by any representative of a borough?—a borough which perhaps its own representatives never saw.—This is what is called the rotten part of the constitution. It cannot continue a century. If it does not drop, it must be amputated...I rejoice that America has resisted. Three millions of people so dead to all the feelings of liberty, as voluntarily to let themselves be made slaves, would have been fit instruments to make slaves of all the rest...The gentleman asks, When were the colonies emancipated? I desire to know when were they made slaves?














  
Joseph Vacher

Man i would hate to be David Amos right now

David Amos

@Joseph Vacher Methinks everybody know I am always up for a Circus hence I should take the bait and ask why N'esy Pas?

  
Jim Redmond

Good move my Mr. Gallant --- the federal Liberals will probably give him a patronage appointment like GG.

David Amos

@Jim Redmond Methinks he should stay an MLA long enough to secure his pension and protect himself from litigation like Shawn Graham did N'esy Pas?

 

Buford Wilson

His biggest mistake was the moratorium on resource development.

I wonder if Shawn will make a comeback.

David Amos

@Buford Wilson "His biggest mistake was the moratorium on resource development."

Methinks you are saying that just to pick a fight with the Green Meanies N'esy Pas?

 
June Arnott

You must realize that the politicians still get paid lots of money even though NB has no money (deficit).
So we NBers pay all their expenses though there is no money.

Are you that trusting of our government?

David Amos

@June Arnott "Are you that trusting of our government?"

Methinks it should be rather obvious that I don't Why else would I run against them 6 times N'esy Pas?

  
June Arnott

Fracking is not good for human survival. Make money elsewhere. Stop supporting consumerism.

David Amos

@June Arnott Methinks you are on the wrong webpage this article is about Gallant quitting N'esy Pas?

  
Eric Plexe

Having rid themselves of someone so inexperienced and lacking in good judgement, it might be useful for the Liberal Party of NB to reflect on their leadership selection process.

David Amos

@Eric Plexe Methinks Canada's self-described "Natural Governing Party" will never heed our advice N'esy Pas?

  
kelly sherrard

He was ill equipped for the job. He lacked maturity and leadership skills. The party would have been better off electing Mike Murphy as leader years ago. You can't buy maturity and experience. The last 4 years of politics in this province under the Gallant gov't have been nothing more for an joke with so many wrong decisions and it showed in the polls. When Gallant claimed that he didn't realize the divide between the anglophones and francophones in this province, it is proof of how out of touch he is with what is going on here in NB. The Liberals need to learn from this catastrophe and not make the same mistake twice.

David Amos

@kelly sherrard "The party would have been better off electing Mike Murphy as leader years ago"

Not thats funny Welcome to the Circus

Matt Steele

@kelly sherrard ....Gallant certainly realized that there was a divide between Anglophones and Francophones in N.B. as one of his primary goals was the total frenchification of N.B. . His mistake was to believe that all the Anglophones in N.B. could be bought off , and manipulated . Big mistake Brian ; now no more unlimited govt. credit card and travel expense account for you !!!

David Amos 

@Matt Steele So says the all knowing NDP dude.

Methinks the liberals deliberately exploited the divide between the two linguistic communities in order to pacify the support within the SANB electorate and more importantly hoping to split the vote on the right. Well they got the support they wanted in the north but it backfired bigtime in the south. The political rhetoric split the vote on the right enough to make Kris Austin a Kingmaker on the right. On the left except or the blueberry farmer up north the NDP bearly made dent in the liberal party bus but they lost two seats to the Greens in their traditional stomping grounds thereby making the Green leader who can't be named in CBC the Kingmaker on the left.

It is disgusting this French versus English nonsense has divided the province in two over something that should not have happened in this day and age whn we have so much more to be concerned about. However as an Independent I am enjoying the circus in the Legislature because the liberals and the PCs have lost a grip on our tax dollars and are grasping a straws to secure some sort of mandate. All the NDP candidates and many other political people who have laughed at me throughout 6 elections thus far are as much a loser as I am. With regards to your beloved party the actions of your old buddies Dominic Cardy and Kelly Lamrock now of the PC Party have caused the NDP have become a rather irrelevant party to most New Brunswickers Continue to ignore me if you wish. Yrust that I have grown accustomed to the NDP. I did run against your former president federal elections in 2004 and your latest leader in 2015. They would not talk to me in private let alone attempt to debate me in public N'esy Pas?

Marc Martin

@kelly sherrard

How old is Kris Austin again ? And what experience does he have in politics or in economics ?

Marguerite Deschamps

@Marc Martin, Austin is an ol'time preacher man.

Dan Lee

@Marguerite Deschamps
How many times has Austin lost .....
How many times did Alward win as premier

David Amos

@Marguerite Deschamps "Austin is an ol'time preacher man."

Methinks many right wing voters find that fact rather special N'esy Pas?

David Amos

@Dan Lee "How many times has Austin lost"

Methinks some folks heard Gallant warn Higgs today not to sell his soul to the devil in order to secure a mandate N'esy Pas?

 
Harold Benson

Let the fracking wars begin anew. You can't win in this province.

David Amos

@Harold Benson Yo Sam At least you won something by getting to change your ID N'esy Pas?

BTW this article is about Gallant quitting

 
Marguerite Deschamps

"Susan Holt, who ran for the Liberals in September election, says she found the party's message cynical and negative." - She should look herself in the mirror. Can her comment be any more negative than that? - Sour grapes because she lost her seat. The Liberals better not choose her as their leader if they intend to get my vote!

Harold Benson

@Marguerite Deschamps Have seen nothing of anyone who would know how to better this province yet.

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Lou Bell

@Marguerite Deschamps Ah , not " French " enough ?

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David Amos

@Lou Bell Mais Oui

David Amos

@Lou Bell I replied in the affirmative with the proper French lingo

 
Paul Bourgoin

Premier Brian Gallant don't feel bad, New Brunswick is a province with two Governments, one for the people and one for Industry making New Brunswick an extremely hard Province lead. You did your best and I thank you for your efforts as a Life Time New Brunswicker.

Harold Benson

@Paul Bourgoin If only someone could come up with some truly new ideas. Always the divide and conquer attitude.

David Amos

@Paul Bourgoin 'Premier Brian Gallant don't feel bad, New Brunswick is a province with two Governments"

Methinks everybody knows our government elected and funded by us only serves the interests of the latter who pay as little taxes as possible but receive lots of handouts under the guise of creating work so we can pay more taxes N'esy Pas?

 
Jonas Smith

If Liberals want to earn my vote, Brian is the beginning, clear the backroom of those who are giving advice that only suits their needs and not the needs of NB'ers.

David Amos

@Jonas Smith Good Luck with that wish Methinks you should send a note to Santa ASAP N'esy Pas?

 
Bernard McIntyre

I predict that Mr. Gallant will resign as a MLA next and start a new job given to him by his buddy JT. A job with which he will not be qualified for.

Marguerite Deschamps

@Bernard McIntyre, no matter the political party, they all have their handlers.

Bernard McIntyre

@Marguerite Deschamps. Yes I agree. You are right that all parties are the same. Politician's always take care of politician's. Even from different parties.

David Amos

@Marguerite Deschamps "no matter the political party, they all have their handlers"

Methinks you know the some of them quite well N'esy Pas?

 
Bernard McIntyre

Susan Holt says she might run for the liberal leadership. Now why would she think she would win when she couldn't even win her area as an MLA in the last election.

Marguerite Deschamps

@Bernard McIntyre, she shouldn't even think of running after what she stated. Same as Mike Murphy and Chris Collins. They are NOT team players.

David Amos

@Marguerite Deschamps Methinks you think this is a game N'esy Pas?

 
Lou Bell

Back to the drawing board for the Shediac puppet masters .

David Amos

@Lou Bell Methinks they never left the drawing board in the backroom since polling day because nothing has worked out yet Another Speech From The Throne is coming soon so they must have brand new plan N'esy Pas?

Brian Gallant plans to resign as Liberal leader

Former New Brunswick premier tells caucus members he's decided to quit

Jacques Poitras · CBC · Posted: Nov 14, 2018 6:40 PM AT

Former New Brunswick premier Brian Gallant has told caucus members he will announce his resignation Thursday as leader of the provincial Liberal Party. (Michel Corriveau/Radio-Canada)

Brian Gallant plans to resign as New Brunswick Liberal leader.

Moncton East MLA Monique LeBlanc confirmed to Radio-Canada that Gallant told the caucus of his plans Wednesday afternoon.

"I have to admit I was a little sad," LeBlanc said. "I went into politics because of Brian. … We had four great years. I'm proud of the work we did."

Gallant will make the announcement to reporters at 11 a.m. on Thursday.

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His decision comes in the wake of an election campaign in which the party was reduced to just 21 seats in the 49-member legislature. Gallant's government lost a confidence vote on Nov. 2 and the Progressive Conservatives were sworn into power last week.

Gallant's departure means the party must organize a leadership campaign quickly. With a minority PC government in power, an election could be triggered unexpectedly.

I think that the electorate wasn't convinced that our party was taking the financial situation seriously.- Susan Holt, unsuccessful Liberal candidate

Some Liberals have already signalled their interest in running for the leadership, with two of them saying the party needs a new direction.

Saint John-Rothesay Liberal MP Wayne Long and former provincial Liberal candidate Susan Holt both say Gallant's re-election campaign was hurt by a blitz of pre-writ government spending announcements, and a similar wave of campaign promises.

"The more and more good work we did and the more and more announcements we did, it seemed like the more and more people pushed away from that and viewed it very, very skeptically and with cynicism," Long said.

Sent mixed messages

He said the party needs a centrist message that supports spending on child care and education, "but we also have to make sure we're fiscally responsible."

Holt said that despite successive lower deficits in each year of the Liberal mandate, spending promises during the campaign made it appear the party was not committed to balancing the budget.

Susan Holt, who ran for the Liberals in September election, says she found the party's message cynical and negative. (CBC)

"I think that the electorate wasn't convinced that our party was taking the financial situation seriously," she said. "There was a sense we weren't serious about debt reduction, and I think we could have done a better job communicating our seriousness about the debt."

She also said she disliked the negative tone of the campaign, including Liberal advertising that attacked Progressive Conservative Leader Blaine Higgs, who is now the premier.

Party could be 'less negative'

"I think we could have been more positive and maybe less cynical in the campaign," she said. "Maybe by positive, I mean less negative."

Wayne Long, the Saint John-Rothesay MP, says the party's provincial election campaign was hurt by too many spending promises. (CBC)

Long said ahead of news of Gallant's announcement that he would not run for the leadership if the race began before next year's federal election, when he plans to run for a second term as MP.

Holt said she's merely responding to Liberals calling her to urge her to think about it.

"I'm not going to rush into a 'yes' if it doesn't feel like a 'yes.'"

Gallant admitted he was 'jaded'

In his closing speech before the confidence vote Nov. 2 and again at a news conference later that day and in opinion articles in newspapers, Gallant apologized for not doing a better job as premier.

He acknowledged that he won the leadership promising "a new approach" but became "too jaded and fell into some of the old adversarial ways of this place."

Premier Brian Gallant delivers his speech at the closure of the throne speech debate on Nov. 2. Gallant's Liberal government was defeated and the party leader will now resign from the post. (James West/Canadian Press)

He said the election result was a wake-up call and he would try to be more collaborative "no matter which position I'll be occupying."

Long and Holt are just two names circulating among Liberals as potential leadership candidates.

Liberal MLAs Roger Melanson and Benoî​​t Bourque, also seen as possible candidates, did not respond to interview requests Wednesday.

Mayor not interested

Former MLA Donald Arseneault said he had "no immediate plans as I am enjoying living in Fredericton and Ottawa and looking at politics from a different perspective."

Moncton Mayor Dawn Arnold confirmed she has been approached.

"Yes, it has come up," she said in an email. "However, I am fully committed to the City of Moncton and continuing to move our city forward."

Federal Health Minister Ginette Petitpas-Taylor didn't respond to a request for comment on whether she'd jump into provincial politics.

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