N.B. news: Parties looking for election night breakthrough [Video]

Political parties outside of the New Brunswick legislature are seeking a breakthrough on election night, or in some cases, a comeback.

“The rebuilding season is behind us,” says New Brunswick New Democratic Party (NDP) leader Alex White. “We are now into the growth period.”

The provincial NDP hasn’t been represented in the legislature since former leader Elizabeth Weir left politics in 2015. White says about half of the party’s membership left under the leadership of Dominic Cardy, who also left the NDP in 2017, later becoming a Progressive Conservative (PC) cabinet minister.

“The unions have come back to us, the Francophone community is now supporting us again,” says White. “We’ve made inroads with all of our natural allies.”

The NDP is offering 22 candidates on the ballot, out of a total 49 ridings.

The party’s platform, called “Give People a Break,” promises a balanced budget within four years, a minimum wage of $20 over four years, a …