New Brunswick MLAs approved legislation that will help move the province out the state of emergency, which was issued by Premier Blaine Higgs in March 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
New Brunswick Liberal Party Leader Roger Melanson rebuffed the idea that leaders continue using the all-party COVID committee format for collaborating on other issues once the pandemic is over.
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New Brunswick s unique experiment with four-party oversight of its COVID-19 pandemic measures may soon be over.
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Premier Blaine Higgs formed the COVID-19 committee, made up of four party leaders and key Progressive Conservative ministers, at the beginning of the pandemic in March 2020.(Maria Burgos/CBC)
New Brunswick Social Development Minister Bruce Fitch says he will announce by the end of the month a plan to address an affordable housing crisis in the province, but opponents say he needs to act now.