Coon said it may be easier for Blaine Higgs’ Tories to achieve a deal because the Greens’ three seats would ensure a majority, while Premier Brian Gallant’s Liberals would be one vote shy of a majority. The Liberals would need to find at least one other member of the legislature to support them on votes of confidence. Higgs met with the province’s lieutenant-governor on Thursday, and emerged to say Gallant should resign or immediately recall the legislature. The Tories won 22 seats in the 49-seat house, one more than the Liberals but not enough for a majority. “I am calling on Brian Gallant to do the honourable thing and recognize that he lost the election,” Higgs said outside the lieutenant-governor’s residence in Fredericton.

Source: thestar September 28, 2018 12:33 UTC