Quote from Steve on February 7, 2021, 9:27 am

Call it a changing of the guard.

After more than seven years with Stephen McNeil at the helm of the Nova Scotia government, Iain Rankin is preparing to take his place following a win in Saturday's Nova Scotia Liberal Party leadership convention.

And what is to be made of that?

Rankin is not McNeil — not in temperament, presence or policy priorities. Despite inheriting a province with a massive deficit, Rankin is less focused on balancing the books — a McNeil trademark — and more focused on framing an economic recovery through a greener provincial economy.