Mr. Speaker, I hear regularly from New Brunswickers living with chronic Lyme Disease, which is not recognized in Canada. Those who can afford it, travel to receive treatment from U.S. physicians who are able to prescribe the extended use of antibiotics. They get better. Those who can’t, continue to suffer and are unable to work. Members of the previous legislature […]
Read more
Mr. Speaker, today is the Transgender Day of Visibility. On this day, people around the globe are celebrating the accomplishments of the transgendered community while still fighting the transphobia that exists in our society. I’m sure many New Brunswickers would be shocked to learn that New Brunswick is the only province in Atlantic Canada that does not have direct recognition […]
Read more
Mr. Speaker, last night I read this government’s omnibus bill. It eliminates two Crown Corporations, transfers public property and public employees to a private corporation, it fundamentally alters the arbitration process in the Industrial Relations Act and the Public Service Relations Act to favour the employer. It amends the Highways Act, the Limitations of Actions Act, the NB Liquor Control […]
Read more
Mr. Speaker, it’s good to be back in the House. I wish I could say that the committees of this parliament were busy in the meantime. However, only the Committee on Estimates met. A decade ago, the Committee on Public Accounts had met 14 times by this time since the beginning of January. This year we have not met at […]
Read more