Sunday, May 24, 2009

Nova Scotia Election Blues?... maybe Red or Green...

For those of you with Nova Scotia roots or interests there is a provincial election underway and it appears that the incumbent Conservative government lead by Rodney MacDonald is now running third in the polls... CRA just surveyed 627 people and the general consensus is that the economy is the biggest issue at 40% followed by health care at 33% (very similar to BC) and the environment didn't make a big showing which is too bad... it appears that Darrell Dexter leading the NDP party is polling at the top but the liberals led by Stephen MacNeil have pulled into second and are getting close (see http://www.nodice.ca/elections/novascotia/polls.php ).... and as we get closer to election day on Tuesday June 9th things could change pretty dramatically as the question will be whether Nova Scotians' will want a NDP government or will they fully abandon the Tories and move their vote to the Liberals... on an interesting note Stephen MacNeil was on PEI in the new year and he dropped by my office to say hello and during the conversation we got talking about families and as it turns out Stephen is the 12th of 17 children in his family and I figure if you can manage your way through family dinner you should have some solid experience... for all you political "junkies" I think this will be a very interesting election so stay tuned for what might be a historic event on election night....

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