FREDERICTON A New Brunswick judge on Monday reserved her decision on whether a national civil liberties group can challenge the province s abortion law, which bans government funding for abortions conducted outside approved hospitals. Court of Queen s Bench Chief Justice Tracey DeWare told the hearing Monday she ll decide by the end of June if the Canadian Civil Liberties Association should be granted public interest standing. The group launched legal action in January, seeking the court to declare unconstitutional a section of New Brunswick law that it says unlawfully limits access to abortion in the province. Regulation 84-20 of the Medical Services Payment Act prohibits provincial subsidies for abortions conducted outside government-approved hospitals.
Posted: Apr 29, 2021 1:59 PM AT | Last Updated: April 29
A judge will now decide whether a class action lawsuit alleging decades of wrongdoing at the Restigouche Hospital Centre in Campbellton will proceed to trial. (Radio Canada)
A judge says she will decide before Labour Day whether a proposed class action lawsuit alleging decades of negligence and mistreatment at the Restigouche Hospital Centre can proceed.
A statement of claim naming the New Brunswick government and Vitalité Health Network as defendants was filed in May 2019 on behalf of all patients who have resided or been treated at the facility in Campbellton since 1954. It seeks $500 million in damages.