News 1. Woodford Report, Province House edition: fixed election dates, rent control, inclusionary zoning “Like the Olympic Games for political nerds, Nova Scotians can now count on an election every four summers,” writes Zane Woodford in his report from Province House Wednesday. In the first session of the 64th general assembly of the Nova Scotia […]
Who’s Tory now?
So there are now three Tories — one official, two unofficial — running in next week's provincial byelection in Cape Breton's Northside-Westmount riding. Could this entire mess have been avoided if the PC brain-trust had not reacted in its usual over-reacting way to its first would-be candidate's supposedly controversial social media posts?
Quick now. Who’s the real Tory candidate in the Cape Breton Northside-Westmount provincial byelection? Yes, it is a trick question. And, yes, the answer is complicated. Best to start chronologically. Earlier this year, the Progressive Conservative Party recruited Sydney Mines musician Andrew Doyle to seek its nomination in the traditionally Tory riding for the next...