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Election talk picks up with 3 spending announcements by normally frugal PCs
More than a dozen PC riding nomination meetings are scheduled for coming days
· CBC News · Posted: Aug 07, 2020 4:31 PM AT
Trevor Holder, the post-secondary education, training and labour minister, brushed aside suggestions his announcement might be tied to an impending election call. (Connell Smith/CBC)
Election speculation continues to build as the Blaine Higgs government made high-profile funding announcements on Friday.
In Saint John, Trevor Holder, the post-secondary education, training and labour minister, rolled out $10 million in support for the creation and operation of a new regional economic development agency encompassing the city and surrounding municipalities.
In Shediac, Andrea Anderson-Mason, the minister responsible for the Regional Development Corporation, announced $10 million to be paired with federal and municipal contributions toward upgrades to the wastewater treatment plant operated by the Greater Shediac Sewerage Commission.
A further $4 million was earmarked Friday afternoon toward a new ice rink and recreation centre in Caraquet.
Other spending announcements in recent weeks from the normally frugal Progressive Conservative government include a 20 per cent in-province travel incentive and an apprenticeship program for women in the trades.
It's an unusual volume of announcements from a government not normally prone to such self-promotional events.
The New Brunswick government gave the City of Saint John $10 million to help with the creation and operation of a new regional economic development agency. ((CBC))
Speaking to reporters after Friday's Saint John announcement, Holder brushed aside suggestions his announcement could be tied to an impending election.
"We have been working hard on how to re energize the economy coming out of COVID," said Holder. "That's what today is about."
In the meantime, more than a dozen PC riding nomination meetings are scheduled for coming days, including those of Premier Higgs and Health Minister Ted Fleming on Saturday.
Holder's own nomination is scheduled for next Thursday while Anderson-Mason's is the following week.
Gerry Lowe, Liberal MLA, who was at the funding announcement in Saint John, said Progressive Conservative Premier Blaine Higgs is likely under pressure not to call an election this fall. (Connell Smith/CBC)
Even so, Liberal MLA, Gerry Lowe, who was present for Holder's announcement at Saint John's Marco Polo Cruise Terminal, said he's not convinced an election is coming.
He said it could be dangerous for the party's fortunes to campaign during what could be a difficult reopening of the province's schools.
"I think the premier's got a helluva lot of pressure on him not to have an election," said Lowe. "And he's probably got a helluva lot of pressure on him to have an election. So it will be decided probably by one gentleman and his name is: the premier."
Announcements don't mean election, says prof
UNB political scientist J.P. Lewis is likewise not sure the nominations and funding announcements guarantee an election is in the offing.He said Higgs may simply be sending up trial balloons to gauge reaction from the public.
It is difficult to predict how a public "hyper attentive" to government actions will behave six weeks down the road, he said
And it may be safer, Lewis said, for the Conservatives to fight three byelections, as required this fall, and wait until next spring to run a general election on the merits of a new budget.
"I would imagine that more than any other time in recent history people are following what the government is doing."
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David Amos
Methinks it would not be wise to bet the farm on anything a politician holding the public purse or publicly funded "political scientist" and media has to say particularly around election time N'esy Pas?
"UNB political scientist J.P. Lewis is likewise not sure the nominations and funding announcements guarantee an election is in the offing. He said Higgs may simply be sending up trial balloons to gauge reaction from the public."
Yea Right
Terry Tibbs
Reply to @David Amos:
The "real question" is: Has Mr Higgs convinced enough folks he is a "real politician" instead of the X - Irving song and dance man we all know him to be?
David Amos
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Reply to @Terry
Tibbs: Methinks the best survey results can be had on an election day
and the most telling tally of all is the number of folks who did not
bother to vote for any of the crooks N'esy Pas?
James Risdon
Reply to @Terry Tibbs: As opposed to whom?
Lou Bell
Reply to @Terry
Tibbs: Doesn't need to ! SANB Liberals have a stringed and " ready to
go " pah pett who we've heard little from . Anything and everything has
come from Melanson the backroom pah petteer whos , along with his
Shediac 5 cohorts and U de M endorsers control anything and everything
Liberal . " Dance Vickie , Dance " !!
David Amos
Surprise Surprise Surprise
Ray Oliver
Reply to @David Amos: WELCOME TO THE CIRCUS....ya knob
David Amos
Reply to @Ray Oliver:
"I hardly believe you've been unlawfully arrested, goods seized time
after time and now our precious Higgy won't give you Medicare."
So YOU Say EH?
So YOU Say EH?
Ray Oliver
Reply to @David Amos: Always the victim.
Justin Gunther
In Saint John, Trevor Holder, the post-secondary education, training and labour minister, rolled out $10 million in support for the creation and operation of a new regional economic development agency encompassing the city and surrounding municipalities.
Who's getting these jobs? If I search their last name in the NB government contacts page will it return 10 results? Will these people actually be good at what they're supposed to be doing or are they just friends and family of government, who of course speak Chiac, so they're good to go?
Justin Gunther
Reply to @Justin Gunther: Ben je doit go worker pour the government la
Justin Gunther
Reply to @Justin Gunther: Ben lalalalalaalalalallaal ca cest not fair juiiiceeeeee tin.
Terry Tibbs
Reply to @Justin Gunther:
You are assuming it even gets that far. You announce your razzle-dazzle program today, an election is called before it gets past the talking stage, likely as not all is forgotten, if not voted away.
You are assuming it even gets that far. You announce your razzle-dazzle program today, an election is called before it gets past the talking stage, likely as not all is forgotten, if not voted away.
David Amos
Reply to @Terry Tibbs: BINGO
Dave Girdwood
If the government falls due to a non-confidence vote, then sure you need to go ahead with the election. But if the Premier does an election just to suit him it might well backfire, as I'm sure not many citizens will want an election at this time.
Terry Tibbs
Reply to @Dave Girdwood:
Do you think, for longer than 10 seconds, that Mr Higgs cares about us peons?
Do you think, for longer than 10 seconds, that Mr Higgs cares about us peons?
David Amos
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Reply to @Terry Tibbs: The peons made everything I said go "Poof"
Reply to @Terry Tibbs: The peons made everything I said go "Poof"
Terry Tibbs
Reply to @Dave Girdwood:
Not completely true. If the government falls due to a non-confidence vote, and if the Liberals can pick up some by election seats, the Liberals can petition the Governor General of NB to form a government without an election.
This is why Mr Higgs is hot for calling an election before the by elections.
David Amos
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Surprise Surprise Surprise
Gerry Ferguson
Whatever the outcome I hope the greens lose their MLAs they are useless
David Amos
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Reply to @Gerry Ferguson: Whats a circus without some of the funniest clowns???
David Amos
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Reply to @David Amos: Hmmm
John Grail
Reply to @Gerry Ferguson: How so? I am not even a green supporter. I would argue that all politicians are useless though
Robert Buck
Reply to @Gerry Ferguson: What about the Peoples Alliance?
David Amos
Reply to @Robert Buck: Who?
David Amos
Reply to @John Grail: I concur
Terry Tibbs
Reply to @Gerry Ferguson:
Not as useless as an Education Minister concerned with public health rather than education, and a Health Minister essentially missing in action, I don't think you can think the Greens ever claimed to be something they are not?
Natalie Pugh
Reply to @Robert
Buck: "What about the Peoples Alliance?" The PANB are nothing like the
greens who are no more that green liberals with the agenda of taking the
french vote. Kris Austin is by far the most competent member of the
Legislature to run this province.
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