06/18/2023
So, the fundamental problem with Blaine Higgs’ latest debacle is that it was a largely singlehanded and unilateral attempt to force policy change. To wit, to force a policy change that detracts from the set of human freedoms we all enjoy, rather than adding to them.
Luckily it failed …this time.
The “You Are Not Allowed!” card (i.e., A youth is “Not Allowed!” to chose their own designation; a Health CEO is not allowed to continue) is a decidedly aggressive government posture that truly threatens each and every one of us.
ANYTIME a government bypasses debate and discussion, veering to the dangerous “YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED!”, is a time of encroachment upon the human freedoms that we have all paid so dearly to attain and maintain.
Given that this is only the latest example of Higgs’ posturing and browbeating manner, the time to bring out the ballot box is NOW. The time to return to Democratic governance was YESTERDAY. ��The type of governing Blaine Higgs believes in is dangerous to the freedoms of all New Brunswicker’s