It looks like the new provincial government won’t be sworn in by the end of this week.

According to the House of Assembly, there are several things that must happen in order for the election results to become final.

There must be the official count, which happened on October 17 – then 12 days must pass for the return of the writs of election. Then, the official results must be published, which is expected to happen on Friday.

That means Friday is the earliest date on which MHAs could be sworn in, brining an end to the caretaker mode government has been operating under since mid-September.

Meanwhile, it has been two weeks since election day and there hasn’t been much public activity since that time.

Premier-designate Tony Wakeham did media interviews the day immediately following the e

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