Dexter needs to realize that he can’t solve our problems overnight. The things he’s looking at doing will have major consequences.”
The concerns of people like Michael LeBlanc, which have been echoed by others in the business community such as Canadian Federation of Independent Business president Leanne Hachey, could be among the stiffest opposition Dexter has faced in his career. After all, it’s simple, hard-working people like LeBlanc that put Dexter in power in the first place.
But political watchers say Dexter is working hard behind the scenes to maintain close ties with the other provinces. “I think he wants to be seen as a pro-business regional leader,” says allnovascotia.com political reporter Brian Flinn. “Dexter’s is clearly a team that has ideas they want to talk about and explain what they’re going to do before they do it.”
If Nova Scotia is staring down the barrel of deep cuts and hefty tax hikes, then there may be some solace in Dexter’s incrementalism. He’ll probably break his province into this new reality gently – one percentage point, and one program cut, at a time.
Your last issue featured the visage of Nova Scotia Premier Darrell Dexter. You identified him on the cover as the incrementalist. My dictionary “Funk and Wagnall’s Standard Dictionary” defines incremental as “a quantity added to another quantity”. Well, he’s making more headlines now for making a $2,000 plus acquisition of a camera at the expense of the taxpayer.
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As one might expect during these circumstances…’the premier is not available – he’s on a two week vacation.’
Under your headline you asked “what could possibly be next for Atlantic Canada’s First NDP Premier? From an incremental standpoint…1. he could recognize that he’s not really any different than his predecessor who apparently ran up a few thousand buying a screen to be used at “district meetings”. 2. Mr. Dexter could recognize the fact that he faces the same fate as Rodney in the next election. 3. perhaps he’s well suited now for another career move – photographer.
Oh yes, the word below ‘increment’ in the dictionary is “incriminate” and the word above it is “incredulous”!!!!!