The opposition would make it about incoherent and incompetent leadership.” But I think an election campaign would not be focused on that. “Maybe Higgs is thinking on that issue alone of parental rights, there’s support out there. “To call an election when there’s that much uncertainty within your own ranks strikes me as really rolling the dice with no idea how it might end up,” said Gillies. Gillies said the added development of eight Tory MLAs who have signalled dissatisfaction and the loss of two government votes in the legislature show “a party divided.” Thomas University’s communications and public policy program in Fredericton, said it’s not certain if Policy 713 would be the definitive campaign theme in a snap provincial election.
“Cabinet and caucus are routinely dismissed.” "I resigned because there is no process,” said Shephard. When Social Development Minister Dorothy Shephard resigned from cabinet on Thursday, she said the decision wasn’t only about changes to Policy 713 but her overall concerns about Higgs’ leadership style since October 2021. "If that is necessitating a leadership review, I guess it'll be what it'll be." "If this issue has brought this to a head, I'm equally confident that I'm speaking for many parents who want a voice," said Higgs to reporters on Friday. Higgs said he was open to a party review of his leadership.
#Trans tape review Pc#
Jean-Pierre Ouellet, a former minister in Richard Hatfield’s PC government and a party riding district association president, called for Higgs to face a party leadership review this week in a social media post, referencing controversies with the Official Languages Act, French Immersion, and health care. Additionally, universal washrooms must be private.įurthermore, the policy on sports no longer states students can participant on teams "consistent with their gender identity." Under recent changes to Policy 713, students under 16 will now need parental consent to change their name or pronouns at school. “So, I'm not going to delve into an election philosophy." Higgs was more coy on Friday when asked during a reporter’s scrum what the odds were of the province heading into an early election. Premier Blaine Higgs has repeatedly pondered in recent days if his Progressive Conservative party dissent over Policy 713 changes would prompt a provincial election. We should be involved in the conversation.” They shouldn’t be deciding what our rights are. “Right now our rights are being debated by cis, straight people. “The majority should not decide our rights,” said Lyons-MacFarlane. They said a snap provincial election would only elevate that. Lyons-MacFarlane, chair of Imperative Youth Association in Fredericton, said weeks of coverage and discussions about Policy 713 have been exhausting. Hearing this right-wing rhetoric being expressed by our premier has been incredibly difficult.” “Our lives and what we’re going through every day is a topic of debate. “It has been incredibly stressful and incredibly difficult hearing trans rights being debated by our politicians,” said Lyons-MacFarlane. But for Nicki Lyons-MacFarlane, it’s much more personal.
From musings about an early provincial election to calls for a leadership review, Policy 713 changes have prompted turbulence in New Brunswick politics.
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