Halls of Power: Dissolving DEC not that easy, says lawyer
'They are diverting almost $300,000 from classrooms to Ontario-based lawyers,' says Hogan
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Disbanding DEC no simple process: lawyer
New Brunswick’s education minister says he is taking action to disband the Anglophone East District Education Council over its Policy 713 court challenge but a constitutional law expert says it’s a complicated process.
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N.B. delays introduction of forced drug rehab legislation
The Higgs government has backed out of introducing forced rehab legislation until after the fall election, if re-elected, following the province’s psychiatrists speaking up against the proposed law.
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University rejects province’s housing money
Fredericton’s St. Thomas University has rejected the government’s offer of money to help build more student accommodation – a plan that was supposed to help ease New Brunswick’s housing shortage.
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Contractor, province in $27M bridge work fight
An Ontario company with bridge construction contracts in Fredericton, Miramichi and Mactaquac is suing the government for $27 million, alleging it sets “unfair” standards for out-of-province operators that local companies aren’t subjected to because they have “close personal relationships with government inspectors and officials.”
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