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Is conservatism really on the rise in Canada? Blaine Higgs’ big loss in New Brunswick suggests not

Make no mistake, New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs lost big on Monday night. The province’s voters delivered a forceful rebuke of Higgs’ Progressive Conservatives similar to the 1995 election, when the party won only six seats against Frank McKenna’s Liberals.

The Conversation · Oct 22, 2024

The New Brunswick election is a referendum on Blaine Higgs’s divisive conservatism

The Campaign Life Coalition (CLC), a right-leaning lobbying group that describes itself as pro-life, recently mailed flyers to 160,000 New Brunswick homes accusing provincial schools of “pushing” an unspecified transgender agenda. Progressive Conservative Premier Blaine Higgs has been urged to denounce the flyers.

The Conversation · Sep 5, 2024

Move over, Danielle Smith: What Canadians should know about New Brunswick's Blaine Higgs

Though he lacks Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s showmanship, New Brunswick’s Blaine Higgs has a hard-line conservative record to make right-wing ideologues giddy.

The Conversation · Jul 4, 2023