New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs officially calls provincial election
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New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs has called for a provincial election. Voters will go to the polls on Oct. 21, as prescribed by the province's fixed-date election law.
New Brunswick’s 41st provincial election is officially underway
Premier Blaine Higgs met with Lt.-Gov. Brenda Murphy at Fredericton’s Government House on Thursday morning and an election writ was issued for Oct. 21.
“This election is a clear choice for New Brunswickers,” said Higgs, speaking to reporters after meeting with Murphy.
Higgs’ first speech of the campaign included the Progressive Conservative’s pre-campaign strategy of connecting provincial politics with federal.
“We cannot let Susan Holt and David Coon do to New Brunswick what Trudeau and Singh have done to Canada,” said Higgs.
“When I tie the federal government, their process over the last number of years and what Canadians are thinking about that, which is pretty evident, that’s why I tie in the connection between Susan Holt and David Coon. Because that will be a carbon copy of what we’ve seen federally.”
An Angus Reid poll also released Thursday morning had Higgs with the lowest approval rating of all provincial premiers at 30 per cent.
