13 Yet Another Nuclear Initiative: The Higgs Government and SMRs in New Brunswick

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Tables and Figures vii
4. Acknowledgments ix
5. Abbreviations xi
6. Introduction 1
7. 1 The Centre Holds: The Executive Style of Blaine Higgs, 2018–24 24
8. Part one. Leading New Brunswick
9. 2 Accounting for the Higgs Factor in New Brunswick’s Fiscal Renaissance 41
10. 3 Local Governance Reform in New Brunswick: Normalization or Innovation? 60
11. Part two. Dividing New Brunswick
12. 4 Blaine Higgs and the Erosion of the Official Languages Compromise in New Brunswick 77
13. 5 Comparative French and English News Media Coverage of the Higgs Government Reform Agenda in New Brunswick, 2018–24 98
14. 6 The Chocolate Milk Debate: How a Dairy Beverage Became Politicized and Its True Meaning for School Food Policies in New Brunswick 124
15. 7 Reconciliation in Spite of the Higgs Ministry 140
16. Part three. Everyday Governing of New Brunswick
17. 8 How Has Access to Health-Care Services Changed in New Brunswick under the Leadership of the Higgs Government? 159
18. 9 Denial and Confusion: Rental Market Housing Policy in New Brunswick 184
19. 10 The Political Economy of Cannabis Retail in New Brunswick 205
20. 11 Representing Women in New Brunswick: Slowly Entering the Twenty-First Century 222
21. 12 Why Do Governments Fail to Fulfill their Pledges? The Case of the First Higgs Government, 2018–20 240
22. 13 Yet Another Nuclear Initiative: The Higgs Government and SMRs in New Brunswick 255
23. 14 Glyphosate-Based Forest Management in New Brunswick: Regulatory Context, Socio-Environmental Health, and Industry Discourse 272
24. 15 Staying Put or Passing Through? The Politics of Deep Decarbonization in New Brunswick’s Electricity Sector 288
25. Contributors 309
26. Index 315