The Canadian Press As New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs started his election campaign Thursday, he claimed his main rivals were already planning a power-sharing deal similar to the now-defunct one between the federal Liberals and NDP. Minutes after announcing a vote would be held Oct. 21, Higgs said provincial Green Party Leader David Coon was drawing up demands for Liberal Leader Susan Holt “in order to get into power” if Higgs’s Progressive Conservatives win a minority government. “This is a direct page out of the Justin Trudeau-Jagmeet Singh playbook,” Higgs said, referring to the confidence and supply agreement that saw Singh’s NDP support Trudeau’s Liberal minority government until earlier this month. “Susan Holt has refused to speak against anything Justin Trudeau has done … we cannot let Susan Holt and…
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