FREDERICTON — New Brunswick's Tories need to be united and have a clear Conservative identity, says former premier Blaine Higgs.

The Progressive Conservative who served as New Brunswick's premier from 2018 to 2024, was at the party's annual general meeting in Fredericton on Saturday.

"There has to be a reflection of what it means to be a Conservative. We had 10 per cent or so of our team who didn't like me personally and were willing to sacrifice the province to actually ensure that we didn't get elected," he said in an interview.

"Are they Conservatives? Are they Liberals? Are they NDP? Are they Green? Because they worked hard for the Liberals and endorsed other candidates. And so it's one thing to sit out the election, but it's another to actively campaign and work against. ... I don'

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