PC Leader Tim Houston arrives at the home of the lieutenant-governor on Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024, with his wife, Carol, and son, Zachary. Nova Scotians will go to the polls Nov. 26.
Tim Houston has turned his back on the fixed election date he passed into law in 2021, sending Nova Scotians to the polls in November. The Progressive Conservative leader visited Nova Scotia's lieutenant-governor Sunday to dissolve the House and kick off an election eight months earlier than planned.PC Leader Tim Houston arrives at the home of the lieutenant-governor on Sunday with his wife, Carol, and son, Zachary. Nova Scotians will go to the polls in November.
"It certainly shows a lack of respect for voters, for taxpayers, and I do think it shows that he will do unethical things as long as he thinks he can get away with it." "Elections Nova Scotia has reported that an early election call will increase their costs," he wrote in an email to CBC News. "I fear that a snap election will see many voters stay home, which is disheartening in this era of record low turnouts at the polls."Cape Breton University political scientist Tom Urbaniak expects the early election call to dominate the debate during the first few days of the campaign but suggested it may lose ground to other issues.
"It feeds into a credibility issue. If that starts to dominate the discussion then … the broken promise around Bill 1 will become part of the larger conversation." "Nova Scotians want to have confidence in their electoral system," he said. "Parties in opposition want a level playing field, and Elections Nova Scotia, Mr. Speaker, they want to be able to prepare as effectively and efficiently as they possibly can for general elections."
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