Greg Morrow says he didn’t get into politics to make promises he can’t keep.
Morrow, a long-time broadcast journalist, is running for the first time; he’ll represent the provincial PC Party in Guysborough-Tracadie for the upcoming election.
Morrow says in talking to people in the riding he heard two big concerns: access to quality internet coverage and healthcare.
“If anybody tells you they’re going to go in and fix healthcare all at once, they’re lying,” says Morrow. “Our healthcare system is a mess. But what I want to do is, let’s go in and bring in one new doctor to Guysborough, for example, or go find one more nurse for Canso.”
The goal is to get hospital emergency rooms operating on a more consistent and reliable basis, then focus on larger-scale solutions, he says.
Another issue facing the riding, Morrow says, is internet access.
During the pandemic, internet access in the riding also became a source of frustration as kids transitioned to online learning and struggled with lag and dropped connections.
“In rural areas that was just a nightmare for people,” he says.
Morrow says he’s excited to dive into politics from the other side, after spending his career reporting on all three levels of government and hosting election coverage and leaders debates.
He’ll go up against incumbent MLA for that area and the Liberal Party candidate, Lloyd Hines.
Morrow says he was drawn to the PC Party because of Tim Houston’s solutions-based approach to being an opposition leader.
“As an opposition leader, it’s so easy to sit back and criticize the government,” Morrow says. “But what Tim does, he’s still critical, but every time he is critical he offers a solution.”
Morrow, who just turned 40, says his relative youth and approachability make him the best candidate to serve the riding.
He also cites his long-term experience living in and reporting on rural areas as something that would serve him well should he be elected.
