New Brunswick’s general election campaign is a bit shorter than most.But the campaign will be remembered for another distinction: Canada’s first provincial campaign since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.Progressive Conservative leader Blaine Higgs called the election after failed negotiations with other parties over a proposal that would have kept his minority government alive for another two years.
Voters in Fredericton prepare for first election during COVID-19 pandemic On the streets of Fredericton, New Brunswick’s capital, there are mixed opinions about whether voters should be going to the polls during a pandemic.“That was a bit of a shock, you know.