FOG BLOG NB POLITICS LOG: BLAINE HIGGS LOSING CHIEF OF STAFF IN LEGISLATURE!

Higgs losing chief of staff Louis Léger Top adviser to premier played 'a diplomatic role' to francophone community, Acadian leader says Premier Blaine Higgs is losing his chief of staff.

Louis Léger, a longtime Progressive Conservative staffer, operative and volunteer, confirmed to CBC News on Tuesday that he's leaving the position, nominally the top political adviser to a premier.

He said he made the decision during a Christmastime vacation to Hawaii.

"It was the right time for me to do that," he said in an interview.

Léger's departure coincides with several controversial moves by the government on language issues and calls for a party vote on Higgs's leadership from some francophone members of the PC party.

He said the premier encouraged him to "speak truth to power" about what was important to francophones.

"There are many things that the premier and I agreed on. There were things every so often that we less agreed on, but those things will stay between he and I," Léger said.