COVID-19 pandemic, political experts say.Premier Blaine Higgs has said he is willing to call an election as early as next week if the opposition refuses a deal to keep his minority Tory government in power until September 2022, or no earlier than 30 days after the pandemic is declared over by public health officials.
N.B. premier says snap election coming if opposition won’t sign ‘stability’ deal Talks continued Thursday in Fredericton between the Progressive Conservatives, Liberals, Greens and the People’s Alliance on Higgs’ proposal that the opposition support his minority government.