Opposition parties want N.B. premier to keep focus on COVID-19, not snap election That means ordering safety equipment and looking for polling locations large enough to ensure physical distancing.Election speculation has been ramping up in recent weeks, and now the Progressive Conservatives have scheduled nomination conventions for five ridings on Aug.
8, including Premier Higgs’ own riding of Quispamsis.Green party Leader David Coon says it appears the Tories are in a hurry to nominate candidates, and that doesn’t bode well for collaboration of an all-party cabinet committee created to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic.