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Premier Blaine Higgs has rejected a pledge by six Progressive Conservative MLAs to support his legislation this fall so he can avoid an early election call.

New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs has refused to rule out an early election, but political watchers say there's both opportunity and danger in that decision.

Another Progressive Conservative MLA who defied Premier Blaine Higgs on a key vote in the spring says he’ll vote with the government this fall and that makes an early election unnecessary.

Should Blaine Higgs want to use the notwithstanding clause to protect changes to Policy 713, the government will have to get changes to the Education Act through the legislature.

The president of the PC riding association in Moncton East has resigned because he said as the proud father of a trans son, he could no longer be aligned with Premier Blaine Higgs.

Daniel Allain says the government should leave Policy 713 to the courts and focus on other issues like affordability and health care that are on the minds of the province.

A Progressive Conservative MLA is warning the premier not to call an early election and says a campaign based on Policy 713 may not go as planned.

The president of the PC riding association in Moncton East has resigned because he said as the proud father of a trans son, he could no longer be aligned with Premier Blaine Higgs.

Three former Progressive Conservative cabinet ministers are bringing a new level of inquisitorial zeal to the New Brunswick Legislature’s public accounts committee.

It is not extreme to want children to have privacy and autonomy when they are old and mature enough to exercise it, N.B.s Child and Youth Advocate said