{"id":50882,"date":"2024-08-29T00:11:06","date_gmt":"2024-08-29T03:11:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/?p=50882"},"modified":"2024-08-29T08:19:13","modified_gmt":"2024-08-29T11:19:13","slug":"levesque-talks-tantramar-candidates-issues-and-return-of-on-campus-polling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/levesque-talks-tantramar-candidates-issues-and-return-of-on-campus-polling\/","title":{"rendered":"Levesque talks Tantramar candidates, issues, and return of on-campus polling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Mario2-1280x853.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25953\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Mario2-1280x853.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Mario2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Mario2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Mario2-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Mario2-1320x880.jpg 1320w\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dr. Mario Levesque, professor of Politics and International Relations at Mount Allison University. Image: policychange.ca<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With the provincial election approaching this fall, CHMA called up Mount Allison political science professor Dr. Mario Levesque to talk about the new riding of Tantramar and get his take on how the vote may play out here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>To hear the full interview, click below:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Mario-Levesque-pre-election-talk-Aug-27-2024-EDIT.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Premier Blaine Higgs is expected to drop the writ on September 19, triggering an October 21 election. But Higgs could do so earlier, triggering an election about four weeks later. Levesque sounds doubtful of that happening at this point. \u201cI don&#8217;t see any advantage at all if he was going to call it earlier,\u201d says Levesque, unless it were early enough to hamper the student vote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An early September election &#8220;would create confusion among students,&#8221; says Levesque, which in turn &#8220;may sway some ridings that have a university, like ours right here in Tantramar, but also David Coon&#8217;s riding in Fredericton, and there&#8217;s the one riding in Saint John.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Though he\u2019s doubtful there\u2019s any advantage, he also says he would not necessarily be surprised if Premier Higgs did drop the writ early. \u201cHe\u2019s quirky that way sometimes,\u201d says Levesque. \u201cSo, it could happen, but if the opposition parties aren&#8217;t ready by now, they&#8217;re never going to be ready. So I don&#8217;t see any real advantage overall.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Incumbent advantage<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Levesque says that current Memramcook-Tantramar MLA Megan Mitton has a direct advantage heading into the campaign, as the twice elected incumbent, who is \u201cwell rooted\u201d in the riding and \u201cwell versed\u201d on the issues. Levesque says if anything the smaller riding of Tantramar (with Memramcook removed) benefits Mitton, \u201cbecause it takes away a lot more votes from the Liberals than it would from her directly.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He also says Mitton\u2019s engagement on files like road infrastructure and health care position her well in the riding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But one of her opponents, Liberal candidate John Higham, has also been active on the health care file, as one of the co-chairs of the Rural Health Action Group, the formal liaison with Horizon Health network administration. Higham is also former mayor of the town of Sackville, which Levesque says means, \u201che\u2019s probably going to give Megan a really good run for her money in this election.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe other wild card in this is that the Conservatives have chosen Bruce Phinney,\u201d says Levesque. Phinney is a long time Sackville town councillor, and worked for years at Mount Allison. \u201cHe knows the university community well. He&#8217;s on town council. He&#8217;s been very vocal on various issues and oftentimes votes in ways that he disagrees with a lot of the left-leaning orientations of what council has put forth,\u201d says Levesque. \u201cSo for the Conservatives, they have a very strong candidate in Mr. Phinney, there&#8217;s no question there.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt will be interesting,\u201d says Levesque, \u201cbecause all of a sudden, Megan&#8217;s going up with two other seasoned politicians.\u201d But ultimately, the political scientist says, \u201cthe fact that Megan is the incumbent candidate here will tilt it in her favour a little bit.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a distant fourth, Levesque says NDP candidate Evelyn Godfrey will have her work cut out for her, trying to rebuild the NDP\u2019s profile in Tantramar and throughout the province.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHurting Evelyn will be the fact that the party is largely disorganized at the provincial level,\u201d says Levesque. \u201cThey&#8217;ve had a lot of difficulty fundraising as well.\u201d He points out the NDP did not run a full slate of candidates in the 2020 provincial election. \u201cThere&#8217;s a lot of baggage there for Evelyn to take forward,\u201d says Levesque.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ultimately, Levesque is impressed by all candidates, and thanks all four for stepping forward. \u201cIt&#8217;s a big public service they&#8217;re doing,\u201d says Levesque. \u201cI wish them all the best in their campaigns.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The return of campus polling stations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou have to go to where the voters are,\u201d says Levesque, who welcomes the return of campus polling stations this October.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the last provincial election, not only was there no on-campus polling stations (either at Mount Allison or other university campuses), but some students in Sackville were turned away and told they were not permitted to vote by poll workers and at least one party representative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Levesque says a strong education and training campaign is needed for Elections New Brunswick poll workers this year. And with that in place, he expects student polling numbers to increase. Which begs the question, \u201cwhere do students park their vote?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Levesque says, \u201cright now there tends to be a large contingent of students that vote Green\u2026 but I think it goes in waves.\u201d When Levesque first came to Mount Allison in 2012 he recalls more students polling Liberal. \u201cThen there was a little bit of an NDP interlude there,\u201d recalls Levesque, \u201dand then Megan came along, and now it&#8217;s Green.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAll it takes is three or four really motivated students from a particular political persuasion,\u201d says Levesque, \u201cand all of a sudden, you know, students lean a different way or something. But right now, most of them on campus tend to lean Green, and secondly, Liberal. And then there&#8217;s small contingents of Conservatives and NDP as well.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Top issues health care and rising costs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Levesque says the top two issues in Tantramar will be health care, and the cost of living and housing. Voters will be asking, \u201cwho can fix healthcare?\u201d says Levesque. \u201cWe need doctors, here. Get us a model that works.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the housing and cost of living front, skyrocketing rents and grocery prices are forcing the issue to the fore. \u201cPeople are tired,\u201d says Levesque. \u201cHow do you make ends meet? How do you pay the mortgage?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Education funding and local infrastructure will also likely figure into Tantramar voters\u2019 decisions, says Levesque.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And Tantramar voters have a special status in this year\u2019s election. Based on population numbers used to redraw electoral boundaries last year, Tantramar has the lowest number of electors in any riding in the province, with just 9059. Neighbouring ridings of Shediac-Cap Acadie and Dieppe-Memramcook both have over 12,000 electors. \u201cWe deviate by just over a third in this riding,\u201d says Levesque. \u201cSo our vote has the most weight in this whole province.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-chma-voice-of-the-marshes wp-block-embed-chma-voice-of-the-marshes\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"8VID4Wm3p7\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/memramcook-tantramar-riding-to-split-up-parts-of-cap-acadie-to-join-tantramar-and-strait-shores-in-new-provincial-riding\/\">Memramcook-Tantramar riding to split up, parts of Cap-Acadie to join Tantramar and Strait Shores in new provincial riding<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Memramcook-Tantramar riding to split up, parts of Cap-Acadie to join Tantramar and Strait Shores in new provincial riding&#8221; 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