Nova Scotia’s governing Liberals pull campaign ad suggesting May 30 election
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia’s premier did his best to laugh off a gaffe apparently revealing the provincial election date, after a campaign video was posted to the Liberal party’s website Friday.
The video, which was quickly taken down, showed Premier Stephen McNeil next to a campaign slogan and the message “on May 30th vote Liberal.”
It is the strongest hint yet that an election will be called in the coming days, although McNeil refused to confirm anything.
“You saw an ad that was a mock-up of an ad, I wouldn’t read too much into it,” McNeil told reporters at the legislature.