Bon cop, bad cop

From across the Cabot Strait, the reckoning from yesterday's provincial by-election in Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage. David Jackson of the Chronicle-Herald reports:

On Tuesday night, [PC candidate Mike] Eddy sounded a sour note after showing up to concede the contest and congratulate Ms. Kent at her victory party, saying the byelection result means no improvements for the constituency.

"All I can say is the community has elected the person they want to be their representative, and if the last nine years are any indication, we deserve what we’ll get in the years ahead," he said.

"It means we’ve got nothing for the community in infrastructure in the last nine years, so if that’s any indication, we won’t see much progress in the years ahead."

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Premier Rodney MacDonald downplayed Mr. Eddy’s comments, though he repeated, as he had through the campaign, that he thought the constituency would be better off with someone in government.

"I can assure the people of Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage that I as their premier, and our government, won’t forget about them," Mr. MacDonald said.