Air Canada's announcement in early February of 1,500 job cuts included about 100 from the company's contact centre in Saint John, N.B.

"I think what's happening is we're not connecting with constituents, we're not connecting with voters," said Wayne Long of Saint John-Rothesay.

Some had suggested the Saint John-Rothesay race might be a close one, thanks to a dip in Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau's popularity — it was.

Incumbent Liberal Wayne Long is hoping to hold on to the seat he won from Conservative Rodney Weston who is the Tory candidate this time as well.

One Liberal candidate says Conservatives are stirring that 'pot of anxiety.'

"Saint John-Rothesay is one of ten ridings in the province that had the lowest voter turnout rate in the last election,"

A look at Saint John—Rothesay, one of New Brunswick’s 10 electoral districts in the 2019 federal election

Wayne Long, MP for Saint John-Rothesay, and Andy Filmore, MP for Halifax, made the announcement on Tuesday.

The funding will go to MAP Strategic Workforce Services Inc.'s First in Trades program, an attempt to increase Indigenous diversity in New Brunswick trade unions. 

Saint John-Rothesay representative Wayne Long joins other Liberal caucus members in addressing the issue surrounding former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould