The Fairy Godfather: Bernard Lord's List of Legacies

As the provincial election campaigns heat up in New Brunswick, many are getting ready to witness a close race between the incumbent Conservatives, whose majority government recently went "minor", and the Liberals, who were a seat short from forming the government during the last election and thus ended up being Opposition (ouch).

As one would think that the incumbents usually get a better "edge" for being the "familiar faces", it might not be the case for Bernard (Bernie) Lord, the current conservative premier of N.B. His bureaucratic style may explain why many New Brunswickers draw a blank when asked to list his accomplishments or failures. In a poll last winter, 60 per cent of respondents either didn't know, or answered nothing, when asked to list his accomplishments, while 39 per cent couldn't name his greatest failure.

The Fairy Godfather was outraged to hear that the majority of the public could not think of Bernie's achievements, so he drew up a List of Legacies for Bernie Lord. Hopefully that will make the public remember him better

Bernard Lord's List of Legacies

We'll remember him for ..........

Being bilingual (and keeps showing it off. Yes, Bernie, we get it! Tu parles en francais. Woohoo!)

Making some of the "most popular" changes to N.B. health care, particularly the closure of beds at hospitals in Miramichi and Dalhousie, and consolidation of 4 hospitals in the Supper St.John River Valley into one.

Whining at a press-conference about his family being "attacked" by a satirical website that bore his name. Of course, "protecting his family" is every man's job, and the best way to do it is by turning a hardly noticeable mention of his family into front-page news.