He haunts them still.

In New Brunswick politics, most defeated premiers exit quietly, staying out of debates within their parties about what future direction to take or who should be the next leader.

Blaine Higgs was always different. He still is.

Over the weekend, Higgs appeared at the Progressive Conservative Party’s annual general meeting and weighed in on possible leadership candidates, the 2023 caucus rebellion against him, and even on whether to rename the party.

He told reporters that trying to make the PCs a broad-based, “big tent” party was a fool’s errand because many “Progressive” Conservatives are really Liberal, NDP and Green sympathizers. WATCH | ‘It’s tough for me’: Higgs revisits old PC feuds:

Former PC premier haunts party’s debate over its future 5 hours ago |

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