Tories launch campaign rally as Nova Scotia waits for election call
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia’s opposition parties have officially launched their campaigns in anticipation of an election call that could come as soon as this weekend thanks to an apparent gaffe by the governing Liberal party.
Progressive Conservative Leader Jamie Baillie was greeted by cheers as he took the stage before scores supporters at a campaign rally in Dartmouth, N.S., on Saturday. It didn’t take long for him to poke fun at his opponents’ seeming campaign misfire Friday, when the Liberals released — and promptly pulled — a video advertising a May 30 election date.
Premier Stephen McNeil has brushed off the video — which included a typo in the party’s slogan, “Building on a Stronger Nova Scotia,” spelling it as “Bulding” — as a mock-up of an ad rather than a signal of an imminent election.
The Elections Nova Scotia website says an election period is “not less than 30 days” from the date the writ.