N.B. election: Conservative candidate compares LGBTQ policy to residential schools

N.B. election: Conservative candidate compares LGBTQ policy to residential schools

A Progressive Conservative candidate in New Brunswick’s election is facing calls to withdraw after she compared the province’s former policy on gender identity in schools with the residential school system. Sherry Wilson, the minister responsible for women’s equality in the Blaine Higgs government, was referring to the policy allowing teachers to use the preferred first … Read more

N.B. election: Higgs went to ‘very dark place’ with Liberal joke, opponent says

N.B. election: Higgs went to ‘very dark place’ with Liberal joke, opponent says

A joke about a deceased Liberal supporter has landed New Brunswick’s Progressive Conservative Leader Blaine Higgs in hot water — mere hours after the province’s election campaign kicked off. Higgs shared the anecdote, which he told the crowd was a “true” event, at the end of his campaign launch speech Thursday evening in Quispamsis, N.B. … Read more