Category: Sydney

NS election poll

It could be a very close election.

A new poll by Forum Research shows the Liberals and Conservatives very close at 37% and 35% respectively, a statistical tie.  The NDP are at 25%.

Metro reports the Forum Research poll also showed 78% of the respondants said they were absolutely certain they will be voting, barring some unforeseen emergency.

NS election debate

Liberal leader Stephen McNeil fended off multiple attacks on his record last night as the major-party leaders clashed during a leaders debate on the CBC.

The Canadian Press says that Conservative Leader Jamie Baillie and the N-D-P’s Gary Burrill targeted McNeil’s broken promises on doctors and the film tax credit.  But McNeil brushed off the barrage of criticisms, pointing to his achievements while in office.

Still, his opponents pointed to what they painted as his penny-pinching, top-down style with teachers and other public-sector union while in government.