Last week, Premier Susan Holt launched her weekly livestreamed press conferences on her government’s tariff “action plan.”
New Brunswickers got to know the media room Holt was using — and the image of leadership in crisis — during Blaine Higgs’s frequent pandemic briefings, fed into laptop computers and smartphones.
The premier instead adopted the role of therapist-in-chief, pledging to use the weekly briefing to respond to questions sent to her office by anxious, frustrated New Brunswickers.
How about a 25% surtax on exported lumber. It’s also a tax for Irving industry that lives rent free in so many ways.
A provincial government with the courage to stand up to the Irvings? One can only dream…