A Progressive Conservative unhappy that Daniel Allain won the party leadership says he is going to start a centre-right party called the New Brunswick Party.
PC Party member says new leader Daniel Allain is too ‘socially progressive’
Jacques Poitras · CBC News
· Posted: Oct 22, 2026 1:17 PM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago
Listen to this article
Estimated 5 minutes
The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.
Jason Purdy disagrees with newly chosen Progressive Conservative Leader Daniel Allain, so he’s starting his own party. (CBC)
New Brunswick may be about to get yet another right-wing political party.
A Progressive Conservative Party member unhappy with the victory of new leader Daniel Allain says he is going to start a new centre-right party called the New Brunswick Party.
Jason Purdy says he’s not interested in being part of what Allain has called a “socially progressive and fiscally conservative” PC party.
“For a lot of the regular Tories, we’re not socially progressive,” Purdy said. “We’re conservative-minded. We’re fiscally responsible.”
Purdy was a vocal critic of Allain during the PC leadership race, calling him a “Liberal Lite, urban French activist.”
He slammed Allain for voting, along with five other PC MLAs,
This story was brought to Nouzie by RSS. The original post can be found on https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/nb-conservative-new-right-wing-party-9.7391834?cmp=rss
