Tuesday 17 November 2020

Higgs agenda to be unveiled with first throne speech of majority government

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Methinks Higgy et al the RCMP and the CBC should try to explain to me real slow Billy Buckner's comment and why my reply was blocked N'esy Pas?

 

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Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2020 00:38:35 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: Methinks Higgy et al the RCMP and the CBC
should try to explain to me real slow Billy Buckner's comment and why
my reply was blocked N'esy Pas?
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---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2020 20:38:31 -0400
Subject: Methinks Higgy et al the RCMP and the CBC should try to
explain to me real slow Billy Buckner's comment and why my reply was
blocked N'esy Pas?
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Higgs agenda to be unveiled with first throne speech of majority government
One academic expects to see hints of the premier's true priorities in
today's speech from the throne

Jacques Poitras · CBC News · Posted: Nov 17, 2020 8:00 AM AT


60 Comments


David Amos
Methinks it would make my day to see the disenchanted former cabinet
ministers Anderson, Wilson, Wetmore, Carr and Stewart follow former
Deputy Premier Gauvin's lead and sit as independents today. I bet the
PANB, the liberals, their green meanie buddies and many folks in New
Brunswick would love the possibility of Humpty Dumpty falling off the
wall when they vote on the Throne Speech then we could celebrate
Higgy's police state fading into history before the Yuletide season
begins N'esy Pas?

David Amos
Reply to @David Amos: Dea Vu anyone?

Several high-profile ministers dropped as Blaine Higgs unveils new cabinet

Premier appoints 6 women to 16-member cabinet in Tuesday's swearing-in ceremony
Jacques Poitras · CBC News · Posted: Sep 29, 2020 2:40 PM AT

"Premier Blaine Higgs has jettisoned six members of his previous
cabinet and has appointed six women as ministers in a sweeping
post-election shuffle.

The six Progressive Conservative MLAs who served in Higgs's cabinet
from 2018 until they were dropped Tuesday include high-profile members
Andrea Anderson-Mason, who was attorney general, Jeff Carr who was at
Environment and Local Government, and Jake Stewart who was minister of
Aboriginal affairs.

Bill Oliver, Sherry Wilson and Ross Wetmore are also out.

Dorothy Shephard, who oversaw a bitter battle with nursing-home unions
through most of 2019, has been promoted to health minister.

Besides the COVID-19 pandemic, Shephard faces pressure for Medicare to
fund abortions at Fredericton's Clinic 554, which is on the verge of
closing."

Dianne MacPherson
Reply to @David Amos:
What a nasty thing to post !!
If any of those MLAs were in my Riding
they would not get my vote...again.

David Amos
Reply to @Dianne MacPherson: So says a Higgy fan

Billy Buckner
Reply to @David Amos: Methinks they all have a stronger backbone than
Gauvin and his coward ways, and turning his back on those who voted
him in. Considering your picture and name is listed on every gov'ts
building POI list I think we can all safely disregard anything you
post as nonsensical and irrelevant. But I enjoy reading your posts for
the pure entertainment factor N'esy Pas?


David Amos
Content disabled
Reply to @Billy Buckner: Try telling me something I don't already know

Methinks you have no idea how illegal posting my picture was N'esy Pa

 

---------- Original message ----------
From: "Higgs, Premier Blaine (PO/CPM)" <Blaine.Higgs@gnb.ca>
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2020 17:41:03 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: Methinks Anderson-Mason, Carr, Stewart,
Wilson and Wetmore should follow Gauvin's lead and sit as Independents
ASAP and rule over Higgy's circus N'esy Pas?
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From: "Brown, Nick (ECO/BCE)" <Nick.Brown@gnb.ca>
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2020 17:41:03 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: Methinks Anderson-Mason, Carr, Stewart,
Wilson and Wetmore should follow Gauvin's lead and sit as Independents
ASAP and rule over Higgy's circus N'esy Pas?
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I am out of the office. For assistance please contact Flavio Nienow-
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Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2020 18:03:18 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: Methinks Anderson-Mason, Carr, Stewart,
Wilson and Wetmore should follow Gauvin's lead and sit as Independents
ASAP and rule over Higgy's circus N'esy Pas?
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Replying to   @alllibertynews and 49 others 
Methinks Andrea Anderson-Mason, Jeff Carr, Jake Stewart, Sherry Wilson and Ross Wetmore should follow the French comedian Bobby Gauvin's lead and sit as Independents ASAP and rule over Higgy's circus N'esy Pas?
 
 

https://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2020/09/several-high-profile-ministers-dropped.html

 

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/higgs-throne-speech-majority-1.5804094

 

Higgs agenda to be unveiled with first throne speech of majority government

One academic expects to see hints of the premier's true priorities in today's speech from the throne

 

Jacques Poitras · CBC News · Posted: Nov 17, 2020 8:00 AM AT 

 


The speech from the throne will be delivered in the legislature today, a first look at the priorities of the new Higgs majority government. (Karissa Donkin/CBC)

The New Brunswick Legislature begins a new session Tuesday that could finally reveal how far Premier Blaine Higgs wants to go in transforming the province.

Higgs's government, which won its first majority in September's election, will lay out its agenda when Lt.-Gov. Brenda Murphy delivers the speech from the throne shortly after 1 p.m.

The premier no longer has to worry about the three opposition parties teaming up to defeat him, as they threatened to do in February over his plan for health care reform.

"Because Higgs defended his call for an election based on wanting a majority … it must mean something," said  University of New Brunswick political scientist J.P. Lewis.

"There could be directions in which the government wants to go in that were not possible when they didn't have a majority of seats in the legislature." 

Higgs has frequently said he is on a "mission to save New Brunswick."


UNB Saint John political scientist J.P. Lewis says if the Blaine Higgs government were to make a controversial move, it would be more likely early in the new mandate. (Graham Thompson/CBC)

The PC government has identified local government reform as a top priority, and Health Minister Dorothy Shephard said Friday she wants to wrap up consultations on health reform by the end of March.

February's health plan, which included reductions to emergency departments at six small hospitals, was withdrawn within days after all three parties said they might bring down the government over it.

The PCs survived and Higgs called a summer election after trying to get the other parties to agree to a two-year deal to give him the stability he said he needed to keep managing the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Higgs made few new promises, offering to continue existing initiatives and let voters judge him on his handling of the pandemic. He even refused to promise a return to balanced budgets after the pandemic's economic hit created a deficit this year.

His party won 27 of 49 seats.

Lewis said now, "at the furthest point from the next election," is the ideal time for Higgs to take major steps that might be controversial. 


Higgs defended his election call earlier this year by saying his government needed a majority to be effective. (Submitted by the Province of New Brunswick)

"If he had certain policy legacies that he wants to leave, or certain ways he wants to change New Brunswick, the only thing that's tempering that is that we're still in a pandemic," Lewis said.

"If we were ever to look for what was Higgs's ideal imprint on New Brunswick, it would be the speech from the throne, the legislation and the budget that follows him forming a majority government." 

At the same time, there are calls for action on affordable housing and on systemic racism.

On Monday, six Wolastoqey chiefs called on PC MLAs with First Nations in their ridings to break ranks with their party and support a motion calling for an inquiry on systemic racism.

Higgs has resisted calls for an inquiry. In the wake of separate police shootings of two Indigenous people earlier this year, Chantel Moore and Rodney Levi, he said he would support an inquiry if the federal government took part. 

Former Aboriginal affairs minister Jake Stewart, who Higgs dropped from cabinet in a post-election shuffle, said in September he'll keep lobbying for an inquiry.


People's Alliance Leader Kris Austin is facing a very different role in this majority legislature. (CBC )

"We call on these MLAs to consider their conscience and their obligation to their Indigenous constituents and vote accordingly," said Chief Gabriel Atwin of Kingsclear First Nation, also known as Pilick. 

The government must also announce a process for a mandatory 10-year review of the Official Languages Act by the end of 2020. 

Among the three opposition parties in the legislature, the People's Alliance will likely see the biggest change now that Higgs has a majority. 

Before the election, the three Alliance MLAs frequently voted with the PCs to keep them in power in exchange for being consulted on major initiatives.

Now reduced to just two members, they're getting less attention from the Tories. 

"In previous throne speeches, we had the opportunity to have more direct input and ensure that our fingerprints were within its contents, whereas now you've got to wait until it comes out and decide which angle to go from there," said People's Alliance Leader Kris Austin. 

Without the leverage they once enjoyed, the Alliance is hoping the relationships it built with Higgs and his ministers will give it the opportunity to keep influencing decisions. 

Whether he adopts a more confrontational approach now that he's more fully an opposition figure will depend on the government, Austin said. "At this point it's a wait and see for the throne speech to see what the contents are."

The Official Opposition Liberals chose Dieppe MLA Roger Melanson as their interim leader after Kevin Vickers failed to win a seat in the election.

About the Author

Jacques Poitras

Provincial Affairs reporter

Jacques Poitras has been CBC's provincial affairs reporter in New Brunswick since 2000. Raised in Moncton, he also produces the CBC political podcast Spin Reduxit. 

 

 


60 Comments
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David Amos
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Methinks it was rather blatantly obvious to me that all the MLAs knew the fix was in long before Higgy announced at the end of the day that he wanted Sherry Wilson and Andrea Anderson-Mason to be Deputy Speakers under his former Chief of Staff Bill Oliver because I did not hear one "Nay" come from the floor. Now I can't help but wonder what backroom deal was cooked to keep the other 3 Stooges Happy Happy Happy before the vote on the Throne Speech is history. However I trust that time will tell the tale even it Higgy never will N'esy Pas?   
 
 
 
 
 
 
David Amos
"Political scientist J.P. Lewis says if the Blaine Higgs government were to make a controversial move, it would be more likely early in the new mandate"

DUHHH??? Methinks everybody should know that by now I know that the Irving and McCain Clans figured out long ago that political science ain't rocket science particularly in New Brunswick N'esy Pas?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
David Amos
Methinks it would make my day to see the disenchanted former cabinet ministers Anderson, Wilson, Wetmore, Carr and Stewart follow former Deputy Premier Gauvin's lead and sit as independents today. I bet the PANB, the liberals, their green meanie buddies and many folks in New Brunswick would love the possibility of Humpty Dumpty falling off the wall when they vote on the Throne Speech then we could celebrate Higgy's police state fading into history before the Yuletide season begins N'esy Pas?
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @David Amos: Dea Vu anyone?

Several high-profile ministers dropped as Blaine Higgs unveils new cabinet

Premier appoints 6 women to 16-member cabinet in Tuesday's swearing-in ceremony
Jacques Poitras · CBC News · Posted: Sep 29, 2020 2:40 PM AT

"Premier Blaine Higgs has jettisoned six members of his previous cabinet and has appointed six women as ministers in a sweeping post-election shuffle.

The six Progressive Conservative MLAs who served in Higgs's cabinet from 2018 until they were dropped Tuesday include high-profile members Andrea Anderson-Mason, who was attorney general, Jeff Carr who was at Environment and Local Government, and Jake Stewart who was minister of Aboriginal affairs.

Bill Oliver, Sherry Wilson and Ross Wetmore are also out.

Dorothy Shephard, who oversaw a bitter battle with nursing-home unions through most of 2019, has been promoted to health minister.

Besides the COVID-19 pandemic, Shephard faces pressure for Medicare to fund abortions at Fredericton's Clinic 554, which is on the verge of closing."
 
 
Dianne MacPherson
Reply to @David Amos:
What a nasty thing to post !!
If any of those MLAs were in my Riding
they would not get my vote...again.
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Dianne MacPherson: So says a Higgy fan
 
 
Billy Buckner
Reply to @David Amos: Methinks they all have a stronger backbone than Gauvin and his coward ways, and turning his back on those who voted him in. Considering your picture and name is listed on every gov'ts building POI list I think we can all safely disregard anything you post as nonsensical and irrelevant. But I enjoy reading your posts for the pure entertainment factor N'esy Pas?
 
 
David Amos
Content disabled
Reply to @Billy Buckner: Try telling me something I don't already know

Methinks you have no idea how illegal posting my picture was N'esy Pas?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Pierre Cyr
We pretty much know where hes gonna go with this. Doug Ford in Ontario cut nursing home budgets by 100 million$ just last week. Pandemic what pandemic? Oh and hospitals def gonna cut that. Whatever it takes to save and distract from the fact the Irving empire pays little to no tax here.
 
 
Billy Buckner
Reply to @Pierre Cyr: well if you say hospitals are going to get cut then it must be so. The gov't has stated if you can create 15,000 jobs they will get rid of the Irvings, good luck.
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Billy Buckner: Who do you know will pay for my Health Care?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Brian Robertson
Motivation for yet another official 'inquiry' is far more political than it is in pursuit of uncovering some hidden truth.
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Brian Robertson: Amen
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Robert G. Holmes
Keep an eye on the Energy File policy shift. Maybe a nod and a wink to "Green New Deal". NB, the Hub in the Atlantic Loop. By the way, did Maine voters OK the Hydro Quebec Transmission Line?
 
 
Robert G. Holmes
Reply to @Robert G. Holmes: Blind as a bat
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Robert G. Holmes: Methinks you should ask the EUB or mon ami Roger Richard and i what we know about the information you seek N'esy Pas?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Justin Gunther 
 
 
Justin Gunther 
Reply to @Justin Gunther: I know the event isn't occurring on Spin Reduxit Mr. Poitras, but I figure it's probably better for the people of NB to actually know how to watch it than not.

Thanks to the moderots for letting this highly controversial post get through.
 
 
David Amos
Content disabled
Reply to @Justin Gunther: Methinks lots of folks must have noticed the MLAs sitting around chatting without masks on after the Queens Vice Regal Representative left the Chucky's beloved old maison N'esy Pas?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Paul Bourgoin
Higgs will follow the instructions outlined by his biggest New Brunswick Supporter and That is That!
 
 
David Amos 
Reply to @Paul Bourgoin: Of course
 
 
Billy Buckner
Reply to @Paul Bourgoin: he will continue to do what all NB govts have done for decades regardless of party when it comes to the Irvings, and that is that.
 
 
David Amos 
Content disabled
Reply to @Billy Buckner: Methinks Higgy et al should agree that you post things just like a the average run of the mill Fake Left spin doctor N'esy Pas?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Matt Steele
The Throne speech should be interesting and entertaining . Dominic Cardy is Blaine Higgs puppet master , and Higgs will do as Cardy tells him to do ; just as Kevin Vickers was was the SANB lap dog . Make no mistake about who is really running the Premiers office as Cardy pulls Higgs strings , and Higgs dances to Cardy's tune .
 
 
Justin Gunther
Reply to @Matt Steele: I would like to subscribe to your newsletter.
 
 
David Amos 
Reply to @Matt Steele: Yea but they are running low on butter tarts and Cardy is beginning to babble again
 
 
Emery Hyslop-Margison
Reply to @Matt Steele: Higgs led one of the largest companies in Canada for more than two decades. He’s not the type of person who waits for other people to tell him what to do.
 
 
Matt Steele
Reply to @Emery Hyslop-Margison: ....I think you will be hearing something in today's Throne Speech that will show just how much control Cardy has over Higgs ; be sure and listen for it .
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Rob LeBlanc
In a twist, the LG will not deliver the speech after all. Instead it will be delivered by John Lunney flanked by two "border guards" and broadcast from Checkpoint Charlie.
 
 
David Amos 
Reply to @Rob LeBlanc: It would not surprise me if your joke came true
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Justin Gunther
I can't wait for the dual-language broadcast replete with clumsy voiceovers mixed with the skill of a four year old running a fisher-price mixing board. The 53% functionally illiterate population of NB can't wait. We're all going to learn so much and it won't be unnecessarily confusing at all.
 
 
Justin Gunther
Reply to @Justin Gunther: And please keep the mostly incoherent signalling and messaging to a minimum.
 
 
David Amos 
Content disabled
Reply to @Justin Gunther: Methinks you should follow your own advice N'esy Pas?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
JOhn D Bond
Will the speech provide real details or simply be directional. Politicians of all stripes seem to have an issue with identifying a specific problem and then defining what they will do to resolve it.
It would be nice to hope that Higgs is going to try to be different and provide useful information that NBers can essentially take to the bank.
Only a few hours till we find out. Here's to hoping for something of substance.
 
 
Terry Tibbs
Reply to @JOhn D Bond:
It will be more, of what Mr Higgs is good at, undefined goals, and vague promises. I would think the opportunity to announce patronage appointments will not be passed up.
 
 
David Amos 
Reply to @Terry Tibbs: Methinks its comical that Higgy forgot to reappoint some of his lawyer buddies because their jobs expired before he had the writ dropped Yet they talk like they still have a mandate today N'esy Pas?
 
 
David Amos 
Reply to @David Amos: This was a 7 year tour of duty even though d'Entremont was replaced early because she embarrassed the conservatives too much.The other two are still collecting a pay cheque to this very day

3 new watchdogs appointed

Premier names child and youth advocate, official languages commissioner and ombudsman
CBC News · Posted: Jun 14, 2013 3:24 PM AT

The Alward government has announced the appointment of three new people to watchdog positions in the province, based on a new selection process.

The new child and youth advocate is Saint John lawyer Norm Bossé, who represented victims in the Kingsclear reformatory sex abuse case.

Katherine d'Entremont, a career civil servant, will be the new commissioner of official languages.

And the new ombudsman is Charles Murray, a civil servant and former political assistant to one-time Tory MP Elsie Wayne and to former PC cabinet minister Brad Green.

"I am confident that their experience and education will help them to carry out their respective duties effectively," said Premier David Alward.

He said Murray's appointment is not political."
 
 
Graeme Scott
Reply to @JOhn D Bond: The throne speech is more about a broad outline of government goals and intentions. Details tend come in the budget and the estimates of the various departments.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Terry Tibbs 
Remember folks, Mr Blame Higgs is going to stand up, and make more promises. These promises will be in addition to those made in 2 election campaigns that have had difficulties, it seems, materializing. We all know the substance/value of a politician's promise.
 
 
Billy Buckner
Reply to @Terry Tibbs: their first term was 2 years, and you must not have been paying attention but without a majority they could not do everything they wanted to. The last campaign was 2 months ago, shame on them for not doing everything they said they would already.
 
 
Darryl Hill
Reply to @Billy Buckner: Mr. Buckner, Higgs has a habit of promising things, like a balanced budget, and then coming up with excuses.
 
 
Billy Buckner
Reply to @Darryl Hill: we had 2 straight balanced budgets under this current gov't.
 
 
Marc Martin
Reply to @Billy Buckner: The first budget was balanced by the surplus the Libs left him, and the second he couldn't spend anything as he was being kept in check, you Con supporters are hilarious.
 
 
Billy Buckner
Reply to @Marc Martin: you lost all your credibility long ago, but you just went negative when you said "the surplus the Libs left him". Is that the one that magically appeared on the eve of the election? Do you really believe that? I mean really? Where were the surpluses during their 4 years in charge? You would support Liberal if they were being lead by a tree branch because you do not know any better.
 
 
Terry Tibbs
Reply to @Marc Martin:
Very selective short term, and long term, memories, probably due to the lobotomy received at birth.
 
 
Darryl Hill
Reply to @Billy Buckner: I think, Mr. Buckner, people are getting tired of sniveling bureaucrats of all stripes. This would include the Tories.
 
 
Billy Buckner
Reply to @Darryl Hill: they may be but you should get your facts straight before posting.
 
 
David Amos 
Reply to @Terry Tibbs: Methinks you know that I don't forget much N'esy Pas?
 
 
Darryl Hill
Reply to @Billy Buckner: I agree, Mr. Buckner. Though, do remember, that sometimes the straight facts don't favor the Tories.
 
 
Terry Tibbs
Reply to @Darryl Hill:
Or ANY "facts". When you elect a bunch of bumblers, and they bumble about not doing much of anything, facts are rather short in supply.
But the pay cheques aren't "short".
 
 
Archie Levesque
Reply to @Darryl Hill: At least Higgs & Co are producing a budget unlike the Federal Liberals ....
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Billy Buckner
Here is hoping the Throne speech has clear, detailed agenda items and not the circus that happened in Ottawa where they simply promised everything to everyone with no details on how they would do it or pay for it.
 
 
James Edward
Reply to @Billy Buckner: it will likely be clear, the north won't like it.
 
 
Billy Buckner
Reply to @James Edward: I read an article that Higgs wants to stop the duplication in the Health Care system, and while this helps all NBers in saving us money it also means the French lose at least part their "own" system so they will complain, as always.
 
 
Kevin Cormier
Reply to @Billy Buckner: I'm a French and I won't complain... duplication in both the healthcare system and with the school districts is a total waste. But I would caution on joining the tents as the savings will be upfront but there will be added stress on delivering services for all.
 
 
Marc Martin
Reply to @Billy Buckner: *the French lose at least part their "own" system* There is no French system, there is a bilingual system and an unilingual English system.
 
 
Billy Buckner
Reply to @Kevin Cormier: - a voice of reason, nice to see, the savings would be ongoing with a reduction in staff doing the same thing year in and year out but I do agree that added stress could be also an ongoing issue if things are not dealt with properly.
 
 
Eric Saulnier
Reply to @Kevin Cormier: Minority language education rights is literally in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, §23 specifically.
 
 
Archie Levesque
Reply to @Marc Martin: there is the bilingual system & the Francophone system - fixed that for you MArc
 
 
Dianne MacPherson
Reply to @Archie Levesque:
I agree and we can blame the NB Liberals for that !!!!
 
 
David Amos  
Reply to @Archie Levesque: Methinks Higgy et al are very well aware of the reasons why I will only go to hospitals overseen by Vitalité "The Francophone leader serving its communities" and more importantly why I am required to pay for my Health Care N'esy Pas?
 
 

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/new-throne-speech-higgs-1.5804990

 

Throne speech promises to 'renew and reinvent' public services

'We understand there will be a time when the pandemic will end, and we must be ready to emerge stronger'

 

Jacques Poitras · CBC News · Posted: Nov 17, 2020 1:05 PM AT

 


The speech from the throne Tuesday was the first for the newly re-elected Progessive Conservative majority government. (CBC) 

The Higgs government is leaning heavily on what it says it learned from fighting COVID-19 as it charts a path to a post-pandemic future.

Tuesday's speech from the throne, the first for the newly re-elected Progressive Conservative majority government, promises to "renew and reinvent" how public services are delivered to provide better value to taxpayers.

"We understand there will be a time when the pandemic will end, and we must be ready to emerge stronger," it says.

It points to pandemic innovations such as virtual doctor visits, which reached a peak of 85 per cent of all doctor visits early in the crisis.

It also cites the blended learning model adopted as a necessity in provincial schools as a model to build on to help students use more online tools "to make learning more personalized to their specific interests."

"Your government understands how to navigate tough headwinds and has demonstrated that it is ready to grapple with challenges and meet them head on," Lt.-Gov. Brenda Murphy said, reading the speech prepared by the government. 

"Your government invites all New Brunswickers to engage and keep asking: just how good can we be? Collectively, we must challenge ourselves to think differently about ways of working, like citizens did in responding to COVID-19."


Premier lays out new legislative agenda with promise to deliver better service to his "customers." 4:40

Tackling third rails

That includes tackling potentially controversial issues. 

The speech mentions plans for reforms to local governance and health care, asking what lessons the pandemic has taught the province about more "co-operation" in the health system.

Higgs told reporters he wants to see less overlap and duplication both within the two regional health authorities and between them. 

He said centralizing hip surgeries at St. Joseph's Hospital in Saint John and processing large numbers of COVID-19 tests at the Dr. Georges-L. Dumont Hospital in Moncton are examples of how hospitals can specialize for the benefit of the entire province.

On local government reform, "it's time to move to action and implementation" of ideas from the "dozens of studies" that already exist on the issue, the speech says.


The speech cites the blended learning model adopted as a necessity in provincial schools as a model to build on 'to make learning more personalized to their specific interests.' (Submitted by Nick Smith)

Higgs said one possible model is a greater role for the eight regional service commissions created almost a decade ago to manage services shared between municipalities and local governments.

"Some have adopted very much a regional approach and it's working very well," he said. "Others haven't done it at all.

"So there are some examples we can look at across the province and say 'Okay this is working well as a community, as a region,' and then we expand upon it."

But he said he would not prescribe a solution and even suggested reform may not be finished in the government's four-year mandate.

The three opposition party leaders criticized the speech for a lack of detail on key issues and almost total silence on others, including affordable housing and systemic racism.

Opposition focus on what's missing

"Some people will say you've got to pay attention not to what's in the speech, but to what's not in the speech," said Opposition Liberal Leader Roger Melanson.

He called the speech an "operational" outline rather than a statement of vision or inspiration. "A society is more than just a budget or a financial statement."

The speech also promises a legally required review of the Official Languages Act but also commits to a discussion of "existing barriers and potential solutions" for language proficiency requirements for government jobs.

Earlier this year, the People's Alliance lobbied for less stringent language requirements for some front-line positions.

The speech suggested bilingualism requirements could make it harder for the province to recruit professionals to the province at a time when the workforce is aging and filling vacant positions is a challenge in some sectors.

The PCs also say they will bring back a controversial bill on binding arbitration that was strongly opposed last year by unions representing police officers and firefighters.

Municipal governments lobbied for the bill, which would require an arbitrator to look at a municipality's ability to pay when considering wage increases.

The bill was sent to a special stakeholder committee for discussions. That group could not reach an agreement and the bill died when Higgs called the election in August, but now it's coming back.

Exploring airports

The PCs also plan to "ask the fundamental question about our airports," facilities that have seen passenger traffic plummet during the pandemic but that the speech says are key to economic growth.

"Is our existing infrastructure meeting the needs of travellers to and from New Brunswick, and is it meeting the needs of the business community and university students who want to call New Brunswick home?"

The speech does not explicitly mention the idea of merging the Saint John, Fredericton and Moncton airports into a single centralized facility, and it's not clear a provincial government would have a role in that because airports are a federal responsibility.


The PCs also plan to 'ask the fundamental question' about New Brunswick airports, which have seen passenger traffic plummet during the pandemic but which the speech says are key to economic growth. (Fredericton International Airport)

But it notes that Halifax Stanfield International Airport has three times the passenger traffic as the three main New Brunswick airports combined, despite Nova Scotia's population being only 25 per cent larger than this province's.

"What are the barriers?" the speech asks. "What are the qualities our province must possess to attract more growth?"

Higgs told reporters that he has seen government money spent on all three main airports and it was worth looking at whether there was a way to do things better. 

The speech credits good fiscal management before the pandemic with putting the province in a relatively good position to handle the financial impact of the virus.

It also says New Brunswickers' own following of Public Health guidelines helped limit spread of the virus, which in turn limited the economic damage.

The province is on track for a $183.3 million deficit this year, much lower than earlier projections thanks to injections of federal money.

But the speech also acknowledges that 25 per cent of children in the province live in poverty and 34 per cent of households have incomes so low that they pay no taxes. 

About the Author

Jacques Poitras

Provincial Affairs reporter

Jacques Poitras has been CBC's provincial affairs reporter in New Brunswick since 2000. Raised in Moncton, he also produces the CBC political podcast Spin Reduxit. 


  

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David Amos 
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Welcome to the circus 

 

 

 https://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2020/09/several-high-profile-ministers-dropped.html


Tuesday, 29 September 2020

Several high-profile ministers dropped as Blaine Higgs unveils new cabinet

https://twitter.com/DavidRayAmos/with_replies

 



Replying to   @alllibertynews and 49 others 
Methinks Andrea Anderson-Mason, Jeff Carr, Jake Stewart, Sherry Wilson and Ross Wetmore should follow the French comedian Bobby Gauvin's lead and sit as Independents ASAP and rule over Higgy's circus N'esy Pas?
 
 

https://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2020/09/several-high-profile-ministers-dropped.html

 

#cdnpoli #nbpoli

 

 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/new-brunswick-cabinet-unveiled-premier-higgs-1.5743318

 

Several high-profile ministers dropped as Blaine Higgs unveils new cabinet

Premier appoints 6 women to 16-member cabinet in Tuesday's swearing-in ceremony

 

Jacques Poitras · CBC News · Posted: Sep 29, 2020 2:40 PM AT

 

158 Comments 
Commenting is now closed for this story.

 

David Amos
Methinks Higgy and his blogger buddy Chucky had an interesting conversation yesterday about his former Chief of Staff who was ousted from cabinet and now expects to be the next Speaker N'esy Pas?



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTFiOfUGrrQ

 

 


New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs confronted by Blogger after new Cabinet is reveille!!!


Sep 29, 2020

 

3 Comments

Methinks CBC and the their buddies Chucky and Higgy et al must ask themselves why I save everything I deem important then blog, email and tweet about it before it evaporates N'esy Pas?
 
 
 
Look at how much he's adjusting his mask while Charles is making the comments on this video.
 
 

 

 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YUWpI7SDfw 

 


Soon to be name Speaker of the New Brunswick Legislature Bill Oliver is questioned by Blogger!!!!

Oct 7, 2020

 

 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8ocjAl5c6E

 


Former Agriculture Minister Ross Wetmore is confronted by the Pain in the Ass Blogger!!!!

Oct 7, 2020

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwnB07ZBP7g 

 

 

Minister of Justice, Public Safety and Attorney General Ted Flemming is hunted down by a Pest!!!

Oct 7, 2020

 

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnQouRSqXPc

 


Leader of the People's Alliance Party Kris Austin was ambushed by the Pain in the Ass Blogger today!

Oct 7, 2020

 

 


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lqM5rjb800 

 


Green Party Leader David Coon confronted on the New Speaker of the New Brunswick Legislature!!!!


Oct 7, 2020

 

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0E6ulCrRggM

 


Go Figure what going on in Jake's mind and why Chucky never posted this video in his blog etc

Oct 2, 2020


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5tvhK5N8YM 

 

 



Methinks Jeffy Baby Car ain't laughing now N'esy Pas?

Oct 2, 2020

 

Meet Higgy's latest French Leutenant Notice Allain laughing and oking with Jacques Poitras of CBC in the video above while Car double talks with Chucky Baby?

 

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_a8lnkDz8Q

 

 


Nouveau-Brunswick Vice-Premier Ministre Daniel Allain est confronter par le tannant Blogger!!!


Sep 22, 2020

 

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Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2020 16:34:26 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: Methinks it was comical that a dude named
Windsor made fun of Higgy's choice of a tie when his dubious cabinet
appeared while everybody ignores the fact that a Keith speaks for the
Irving Clan N'esy Pas?
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Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2020 12:34:20 -0400
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David Raymond Amos‏ @DavidRayAmos
Replying to @DavidRayAmos  @alllibertynews and 49 others
Methinks Andrea Anderson-Mason, Jeff Carr, Jake Stewart, Sherry Wilson
and Ross Wetmore should follow the French comedian Bobby Gauvin's lead
and sit as Independents ASAP and rule over Higgy's circus N'esy Pas?

https://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2020/09/several-high-profile-ministers-dropped.html

#cdnpoli #nbpoli

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/new-brunswick-cabinet-unveiled-premier-higgs-1.5743318

Several high-profile ministers dropped as Blaine Higgs unveils new cabinet
Premier appoints 6 women to 16-member cabinet in Tuesday's swearing-in ceremony
Jacques Poitras · CBC News · Posted: Sep 29, 2020 2:40 PM AT


157 Comments
Commenting is now closed for this story.


David Amos
Methinks Higgy and his blogger buddy Chucky had an interesting
conversation yesterday about his former Chief of Staff who was ousted
from cabinet and now expects to be the next Speaker N'esy Pas?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTFiOfUGrrQ





New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs confronted by Blogger after new
Cabinet is reveille!!!
Sep 29, 2020
Charles Leblanc


3 Comments

David Amos
Methinks CBC and the their buddies Chucky and Higgy et al must ask
themselves why I save everything I deem important then blog, email and
tweet about it before it evaporates N'esy Pas?

 https://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2020/09/several-high-profile-ministers-dropped.html


Cyphrinfinity
Look at how much he's adjusting his mask while Charles is making the
comments on this video.


Cody Tuttle
lit!







https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YUWpI7SDfw

Soon to be name Speaker of the New Brunswick Legislature Bill Oliver
is questioned by Blogger!!!!
Oct 7, 2020
Charles Leblanc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8ocjAl5c6E

Former Agriculture Minister Ross Wetmore is confronted by the Pain in
the Ass Blogger!!!!
Oct 7, 2020
Charles Leblanc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwnB07ZBP7g

Minister of Justice, Public Safety and Attorney General Ted Flemming
is hunted down by a Pest!!!
Oct 7, 2020
Charles Leblanc

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnQouRSqXPc

Leader of the People's Alliance Party Kris Austin was ambushed by the
Pain in the Ass Blogger today!
Oct 7, 2020
Charles Leblanc


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lqM5rjb800

Green Party Leader David Coon confronted on the New Speaker of the New
Brunswick Legislature!!!!
Oct 7, 2020
Charles Leblanc


 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0E6ulCrRggM

Go Figure what going on in Jake's mind and why Chucky never posted
this video in his blog etc

Oct 2, 2020
Charles Leblanc


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5tvhK5N8YM

Methinks Jeffy Baby Car ain't laughing now N'esy Pas?

Oct 2, 2020
Charles Leblanc


Meet Higgy's latest French Leutenant Notice Allain laughing and oking
with Jacques Poitras of CBC in the video above while Car double talks
with Chucky Baby?


 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_a8lnkDz8Q


Nouveau-Brunswick Vice-Premier Ministre Daniel Allain est confronter
par le tannant Blogger!!!
Sep 22, 2020

Charles Leblanc


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David Raymond Amos‏ @DavidRayAmos
Replying to @DavidRayAmos  @alllibertynews and 49 others
Methinks Andrea Anderson-Mason, her MLA cohorts Shephard, Johnson,
Bockus, Wallace, Green, Dunn and both Wilson women no doubt remember
what I said to them or about them and put it in emails to Higgy N'esy
Pas?

https://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2020/09/several-high-profile-ministers-dropped.html

#cdnpoli #nbpoli

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/new-brunswick-cabinet-unveiled-premier-higgs-1.5743318


https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/new-brunswick-cabinet-unveiled-premier-higgs-1.5743318

Several high-profile ministers dropped as Blaine Higgs unveils new cabinet

Premier appoints 6 women to 16-member cabinet in Tuesday's swearing-in ceremony
Jacques Poitras · CBC News · Posted: Sep 29, 2020 2:40 PM AT


"The six Progressive Conservative MLAs who served in Higgs's cabinet
from 2018 until they were dropped Tuesday include high-profile members
Andrea Anderson-Mason, who was attorney general, Jeff Carr who was at
Environment and Local Government, and Jake Stewart who was minister of
Aboriginal affairs. Bill Oliver, Sherry Wilson and Ross Wetmore are
also out."


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Michael durant
Don't know why he didn't drop the stone (Fleming) outside or at least
set it onto a seat in the back. Higs isn't the swiftest, or maybe he
is just cuffed and chained about the ankles.

David Amos
Reply to @Michael durant: Methinks that everybody knows that whereas
he booted the only other lawyer he had from cabinet Higgy had no
option to put the mindless Teddy back into the position he held under
Alward's mandate N'esy Pas?




Aaron Allison
The Miramichi river left without a Minster, Bad move by Higgs that he
will regret.

David Trueman
Reply to @Aaron Allison: You voted for Conroy who will be in the very
back row of the legislature. You get what you deserve.

Thomas Imber
Reply to @Aaron Allison: Trevors would have been in Cabinet, but the
francophone-heavy Miramichi Bay-Neguac (which includes parts of the
City of Miramichi), voted for an opposition back bencher (again).

David Amos
Reply to @David Trueman: Methinks you and Higgy et al should not
underestimate the dragon-slayer commonly known as Madame Conroy N''esy
Pas?

Anne Bérubé
Reply to @Aaron Allison: He will not run again at the next election,
so no, he will regret nothing.








Greg Windsor
Premier Higgs, great move wearing the New Brunswick tartan neck tie.
Class act. Yes, for those of you who did not know, New Brunswick has
it's own tartan, as well as a Royal Coat of Arms.....


Terry Tibbs
Reply to @Greg Windsor:
Can we sell it?

David Amos
Reply to @Terry Tibbs: Perhaps

Terry Tibbs
Reply to @David Amos:
Maybe some cash from the Irving clan for a tartan?

David Amos
Reply to @Terry Tibbs: Trust that Crown knows that the Irving Clan
already have a tartan etc and that they have been battling my
forefathers for centuries.

Methinks its rather Ironic that Mary Keith speaks for them now N'esy Pas?


David Amos
Reply to @Terry Tibbs: Methinks whereas you pretend to be a British
comedian you may enjoy a little history N'esy Pas?

Origin of the crest badge – "Robert Bruce, who, when a fugitive from
the court of Edward I., concealed himself in the house of William De
Irwin (William Irvine), his secretary and sword-bearer. William De
Irwin followed the changing fortunes of his royal master; was with him
when he was routed at Methven ; shared his subsequent dangers ; and
was one of the seven who were hidden with him in a copse of holly when
his pursuers passed by. When Bruce came to his own again he made him
Master of the Rolls, and ten years after the battle of Bannockburn,
gave him in free barony the forest of Drum, near Aberdeen. He also
permitted him to use his private badge of three holly leaves, with the
motto, Sub sole sub umbra virens, which are still the arms of the
Irving family."[7]
15th century and clan conflicts

Clan Irvine was often at feud with the neighbouring Clan Keith. Both
clans invaded each other's lands. In 1402, Clan Irvine is said to have
slaughtered an invading war party of Clan Keith at the Battle of
Drumoak.[8




House of Windsor
Badge of the House of Windsor.svg
Badge of the House of Windsor
Parent house    Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
(Cadet branch of Wettin)
Country United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms
Etymology       Windles-ore (Old English)
Place of origin England
Founded 17 July 1917; 103 years ago
Founder George V
Current head    Elizabeth II
Members List of members of the House of Windsor
Connected families     

    Wettin
    Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
    Oldenburg
    Glücksburg
    Battenberg
    Mountbatten

Cadet branches  Mountbatten-Windsor

The House of Windsor is the reigning royal house of the United Kingdom
and the other Commonwealth realms. In 1901, the House of Saxe-Coburg
and Gotha (a branch of the House of Wettin) succeeded the House of
Hanover to the British monarchy with the accession of King Edward VII,
son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. In
1917, the name of the royal house was changed from the German
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha to the English Windsor because of anti-German
sentiment in the United Kingdom during World War I.[1] There have been
four British monarchs of the House of Windsor since then: George V,
Edward VIII, George VI, and Elizabeth II.

The current head of the house is monarch of sixteen sovereign states.
These are the United Kingdom (where they are based), Canada,
Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua
New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and
the Grenadines, Belize, Antigua and Barbuda, and Saint Kitts and
Nevis. As well as these separate monarchies, there are also three
Crown dependencies, fourteen British Overseas Territories and two
associated states of New Zealand.


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David Raymond Amos‏ @DavidRayAmos
Replying to @DavidRayAmos  @alllibertynews and 49 others
Methinks Margot Cragg and her hubby Cardy should explain to his boss
Higgy why he should make NB Power quit overcharging the municipalities
for street lights before the vote on the Throne Speech N'esy Pas?

https://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2020/11/municipalities-accuse-nb-power-of-over.html

#cdnpoli #nbpoli

 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/union-eub-nb-power-street-light-rate-increase-1.4588727

Municipalities accuse NB Power of over-charging for street-light service
Margot Cragg says EUB should make the utility adhere to the rate
standard the board set
Gail Harding · CBC News · Posted: Mar 23, 2018 7:33 PM AT

The Union of Municipalities of New Brunswick executive director Margot
Cragg says NB Power is charging municipalities too much for street
lights. (CBC)

The Union of Municipalities of New Brunswick says NB Power needs to
stop raising the rates it charges for street lights.

In fact, executive director Margot Cragg said the utility not only
needs to stop raising rates — it needs to reduce them.

Cragg says the EUB should make NB Power follow the standard it set for
rate charges for street lights. (Cindy Grant/CBC)

Cragg made a presentation to the Energy and Utilities Board in early
February after the City of Fredericton wrote a letter about the rates
for street lights and the union decided to take on the fight for all
municipalities.

"For Fredericton, the cost in 2017 was over a million dollars," she
said. "For other municipalities in the area, like Oromocto, it was
$340,000 and even for a rural community like Hanwell, it was over
$41,000 … that's a pretty hefty bill."

Cragg said money spent on street lights can't be spent elsewhere.
Another increase

She added the EUB has set a standard to determine the charges to each
rate class.

"So what the EUB has said is that the rate charge for each class
should be about equal to the cost of supply of the service, within a
range of reasonableness."

But Cragg said NB Power is proposing to increase it to 195 per cent of
that cost.

"That's almost double the cost of actually providing the service."

Cragg pointed out the present rate is too high and has been getting
worse year over year. She said in 2015-2016 it was 176 per cent of the
cost of supplying the service.

In 2017-2018 it was 192 per cent of the cost.

"That cost to revenue ratio has been getting worse year over year,"
Cragg said, adding that if the proposed rate is accepted, the ratio
will be even more punitive.
'Optional' service

At its rate hearing last year, NB Power said it considered street
light service optional and not subject to the EUB's fair price
guidelines. It also said the higher prices it charges for street
lights help it to keep prices it charges other customers, such as
homeowners, lower.

At hearings this week, both public intervener Heather Black and EUB
lawyer Ellen Desmond pressed NB Power rate design managers to explain
why they ignore the board's fair price guidelines in setting charges
for both street lights and water heater rentals.

"NB Power doesn't really view street lights as a rate class," said the
utility's rate design specialist Kevin Gibson. But he said it would
follow whatever direction the EUB gives it on the issue.
Follow the standard

Cragg said it's up to the EUB to make NB Power follow the standard it set.

"What the heck, you've set a standard for what should be charged for
each rate class, this is pretty clearly not falling within that, what
are you going to do about it?"

Cragg said the group asked the EUB to set the rate at one that
provides fair pricing for street-lighting services within all
municipalities.

"Any dollar that is spent on excessive pricing for street lighting is
money the municipality can't spend fixing the road, can't spend on the
water services, can't spend on the services and infrastructure you and
I use every single day in our communities," she said.

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Methinks Andrea Anderson-Mason, her MLA cohorts Shephard, Johnson, Bockus, Wallace, Green, Dunn and both Wilson women no doubt remember what I said to them or about them and put it in emails to Higgy N'esy Pas?
 

https://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2020/09/several-high-profile-ministers-dropped.html

 

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Several high-profile ministers dropped as Blaine Higgs unveils new cabinet

Premier appoints 6 women to 16-member cabinet in Tuesday's swearing-in ceremony

 

Jacques Poitras · CBC News · Posted: Sep 29, 2020 2:40 PM AT

 


Premier Blaine Higgs speaks during the swearing-in ceremony of his new cabinet Tuesday. (CBC)

Premier Blaine Higgs has jettisoned six members of his previous cabinet and has appointed six women as ministers in a sweeping post-election shuffle.

The six Progressive Conservative MLAs who served in Higgs's cabinet from 2018 until they were dropped Tuesday include high-profile members Andrea Anderson-Mason, who was attorney general, Jeff Carr who was at Environment and Local Government, and Jake Stewart who was minister of Aboriginal affairs.

Bill Oliver, Sherry Wilson and Ross Wetmore are also out.

Dorothy Shephard, who oversaw a bitter battle with nursing-home unions through most of 2019, has been promoted to health minister.

Besides the COVID-19 pandemic, Shephard faces pressure for Medicare to fund abortions at Fredericton's Clinic 554, which is on the verge of closing.

Dorothy Shephard was shifted from the social development portfolio to become minister of health. (Government of New Brunswick)

Only three hospitals in the province, two in Moncton and one in Bathurst, provide publicly funded abortions.

Shephard has attended pro-life rallies at the legislature in the past but said Tuesday she will put her personal views aside in her new role.

"I don't know that I could ever have an abortion," she said.

"However I would move heaven and earth to get any woman the help that she felt she needed. I think it's a traumatic thing for a woman to have to go through and I think we all need to be compassionate." 

Shephard replaces Ted Flemming at Health. Flemming becomes minister of justice and public safety and attorney-general.


Former health minister Ted Flemming takes over the roles of attorney general and minister of justice and public safety. (Ed Hunter/CBC)

He replaces Anderson-Mason in two of those positions.

The second-term MLA told CBC News on Tuesday she wasn't committing to staying for a full four-year term after the shuffle. Like Higgs himself, Anderson-Mason said, "I didn't do this because I didn't have any other options."

"There's been a significant change in our life in the last few hours, and we're going to reflect as a family and see where this goes." 

'Nothing personal'

Higgs told reporters that dropping six ministers was "nothing personal," and he said his new lineup is what he has "right now," holding out the possibility that reorganizing departments in the coming years could let some MLAs return to cabinet.

"We will look going forward at what needs to change," he said.

In other cabinet moves, Bruce Fitch replaces Shephard as minister of social development, while Education and Early Childhood Development Minister Dominic Cardy remains in that job. Mary Wilson moves from Economic Development to minister of Service New Brunswick. 

Rookie Moncton East MLA Daniel Allain becomes the minister of local government and local government reform.

Daniel Allain, a former Dieppe councillor, has become the new minister of local government and local government reform. (Government of New Brunswick)

Allain told reporters the title is a sign that the government considers reform a major priority.

Other first-time MLAs joining cabinet are:

  • Margaret Johnson as minister of agriculture, aquaculture and fisheries.
  • Arlene Dunn as minister responsible for economic development. She is also minister responsible for immigration and minister of Aboriginal affairs.
  • Tammy Scott-Wallace as minister of tourism, heritage and culture and minister responsible for women's equality.
  • Jill Green as minister of transportation and infrastructure.

Former journalist Tammy Scott-Wallace, the representative for Sussex-Fundy-St. Martins, is among the rookie MLAs added to the new cabinet. (CBC)

The six women represented the largest number of women ever in a New Brunswick cabinet.

Hampton MLA Gary Crossman, first elected in 2014, joins cabinet as minister of environment and climate change and minister responsible for the Regional Development Corporation.

Other ministers who took office in 2018 who are staying where they are include:

  • Ernie Steeves as minister of finance and treasury board.
  • Trevor Holder as minister of post-secondary education, training and labour.
  • Glen Savoie as minister responsible for la francophonie.
  • Mike Holland as minister of natural resources and energy development.

There was criticism of Higgs's decision to give the Aboriginal affairs portfolio to Dunn, a minister with several other responsibilities. Stewart was the first minister who had it as his sole responsibility. 

Metepenagiag Chief Bill Ward said he's been in his position for about five years and Dunn will be the fourth minister he has dealt with.

"It seems as though it is by design that we are in a perpetual meet-and-greet mode" with the province, he said in a tweet. "Fun times."

 

 

 

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David Amos  
Welcome to Higgy's latest circus 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
David Amos
Methinks Higgy and his blogger buddy Chucky had an interesting conversation yesterday about his former Chief of Staff who was ousted from cabinet and now expects to be the next Speaker N'esy Pas? 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
David Amos
Content disabled 
Heres a little Deja Vu that was posted yesterday before we knew who Higgy's cabinet was

"Methinks the PC lady Andrea Johnson and Higgy should not deny that the MLAs Sherry Wilson, Mary Wilson, Dorothy Shephard, Margaret Johnson, Kathy Bockus, Tammy Scott-Wallace, Jill Green, Arlene Dunn and Andrea Anderson-Mason no doubt remember everything I said to them and or about them during the election I put in writing N'esy Pas?" 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Michael durant
Don't know why he didn't drop the stone (Fleming) outside or at least set it onto a seat in the back. Higs isn't the swiftest, or maybe he is just cuffed and chained about the ankles.
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Michael durant: Methinks that everybody knows that whereas he booted the only other lawyer he had from cabinet Higgy had no option to put the mindless Teddy back into the position he held under Alward's mandate N'esy Pas?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Aaron Allison
The Miramichi river left without a Minster, Bad move by Higgs that he will regret.
 
 
David Trueman
Reply to @Aaron Allison: You voted for Conroy who will be in the very back row of the legislature. You get what you deserve.
 
 
Thomas Imber
Reply to @Aaron Allison: Trevors would have been in Cabinet, but the francophone-heavy Miramichi Bay-Neguac (which includes parts of the City of Miramichi), voted for an opposition back bencher (again).
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @David Trueman: Methinks you and Higgy et al should not underestimate the dragon-slayer commonly known as Madame Conroy N''esy Pas? 
 
 
Anne Bérubé 
Reply to @Aaron Allison: He will not run again at the next election, so no, he will regret nothing. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Roy Kirk
Lat's all hope these ministers don't just sit around the cabinet table making personal notes to support their memoirs. We've had too much of that over the last 30 years.
 
 
David Amos
Content disabled 
Reply to @Roy Kirk: Dream on
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Kate LeBlanc
Guess the old cabinet members have some government skeletons in their closet Higgs doesn't want revealed. Frankly it's new shovels same pile of manure.
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Kate LeBlanc: I agree
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Buford Wilson
The strongest cabinet I can remember.
Blaine will achieve great things for the people of New/Nouveau-Brunswick.
 
 
Terry Tibbs
Reply to @Buford Wilson:
Shortest memory on record is playing tricks on you this morning Buford T.
 
 
Fred Brewer
Reply to @Buford Wilson: Blaine, is that you?
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Fred Brewer: Your buddy Blaine should ask why you are the only one among the dudes who have posted in this tread whose comments stand the test of time. Methinks its because the Fake Left adore you N'esy Pas? 
 
 
Paul Bourgoin
Reply to @Buford Wilson: Yes !! and there is a Santa Claus!
 
 
David Amos 
Reply to @Paul Bourgoin: I resemble that remark
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Lou Bell
How many Anglophones will Melanson put in his shadow cabinet ?
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Lou Bell: Methinks your hero Higgy and everybody else expects that Melanson's lawyer buddy Bobby McKee will keep on whining about Justice and its new overseer Teddy yet do nothing about anything as usual N'esy Pas? 
 
 
Paul Bourgoin
Reply to @Lou Bell: More than Frenchmen! 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Lou Bell
Meanwhile , the Liberal supporteers can only sit and drool !
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Lou Bell: So you say
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

buster jones
Bruce Fitch will need to either grow a bigger hand or wear gloves to hide the giant gut he proudly wears when he gives a speech , the gut he has worked so to earn, sitting at the bar , drinking beer and doing sweet nothing. Wow Higgs , you could find someone else to move up or is Bruce just going to collect all the remained cream money and trips before he says goodbye. Seems I recall conservatives sent Wayne Steeves on learning trip to Germany before he left. And you talk about saving money. It is a myth.
 
 
David Amos
Content disabled
Reply to @buster jones You seem bitter about Brucy Baby's luck
 
 
Jos Allaire 
Content disabled
Reply to @buster jones: Some have that alcohol glow instead of a suntan. 
 
 
Terry Tibbs
Reply to @buster jones:
Good old Mr Fitch is a safe bet placed anywhere for Mr Higgs. He won't do much of anything on his own, and he won't embarrass, leaving Mr Higgs alone to keep herd on the rest.
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Terry Tibbs: I concur
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Greg Windsor
Premier Higgs, great move wearing the New Brunswick tartan neck tie. Class act. Yes, for those of you who did not know, New Brunswick has it's own tartan, as well as a Royal Coat of Arms.....
 
 
Terry Tibbs
Reply to @Greg Windsor:
Can we sell it?
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Terry Tibbs: Perhaps
 
 
Terry Tibbs
Reply to @David Amos:
Maybe some cash from the Irving clan for a tartan?
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Terry Tibbs: Trust that Crown knows that the Irving Clan already have a tartan etc and that they have been battling my forefathers for centuries.

Methinks its rather Ironic that Mary Keith speaks for them now N'esy Pas?
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Terry Tibbs: Methinks whereas you pretend to be a British comedian you may enjoy a little history N'esy Pas?

Origin of the crest badge – "Robert Bruce, who, when a fugitive from the court of Edward I., concealed himself in the house of William De Irwin (William Irvine), his secretary and sword-bearer. William De Irwin followed the changing fortunes of his royal master; was with him when he was routed at Methven ; shared his subsequent dangers ; and was one of the seven who were hidden with him in a copse of holly when his pursuers passed by. When Bruce came to his own again he made him Master of the Rolls, and ten years after the battle of Bannockburn, gave him in free barony the forest of Drum, near Aberdeen. He also permitted him to use his private badge of three holly leaves, with the motto, Sub sole sub umbra virens, which are still the arms of the Irving family."[7]
15th century and clan conflicts

Clan Irvine was often at feud with the neighbouring Clan Keith. Both clans invaded each other's lands. In 1402, Clan Irvine is said to have slaughtered an invading war party of Clan Keith at the Battle of Drumoak.[8]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
John Pokiok
Are you all enjoying Higgs reign pull your chair up it's just beginning. No one can stop him now he is all smiles now. Irving must be rubbing his little grubby fingers.
 
 
David Amos
Content disabled
Reply to @John Pokiok: Methinks you should be careful about what you post for the next 4 years I suspect that many minions diligently toiling within Higgy's Police State in order to keep their temp jobs are monitoring all comments everywhere on the Internet for signs of sedition and civil unrest. I have no doubt if they think they should shut you up they will duly inform Teddy's "Peace Officers" and the RCMP as well N'esy Pas?
 
 
Paul Bourgoin
In Northern New Brunswick, the born in New Brunswick French Residents, finding the good paying permanent jobs will get worse before it gets any better! 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Jos Allaire
High-profile ministers in Blaine Higgs cabinet is the ultimate oxymoron.
 
 
Emery Hyslop-Margison
Reply to @Jos Allaire: like Jos logic?
 
 
Lou Bell
Reply to @Jos Allaire: As is Anglophone SANB Liberal .

 
David Amos
Reply to @Jos Allaire: However being high profile has its downside

Methinks if you don't believe me just ask Humpty Dumpty once the Crown finally figures out how to put him back together N'esy Pas
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
nathan henderson
Eat the rich ? Right ? Nobody cares for the poor, but ,if you all were poor, then it be different
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @nathan henderson: ???
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
val harris
Mason and Stewart will both resign within 12 months I wonder if Higgs will allow bi elections he’s a dictator
 
 
michael levesque
Reply to @val harris: Stewart not going anywhere he is in it for the pension new.
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @michael levesque: I concur
 
 
Ray Oliver
Reply to @michael levesque: Thats what they're all in it for. Devoting their life to public service.. hahaha..yeaaaahhh
 
 
val harris
Reply to @michael levesque: He has his pension and at 44 I think he will move on
 
 
Capilano P. Dunbar
Reply to @val harris: Dictators don’t hold elections. Higgs has won the last two elections mainly due to the incompetence of the Liberal party!
 
 
val harris
Reply to @Capilano P. Dunbar: Putin holds one every 4 years please check your facts
 
 
Emery Hyslop-Margison
Reply to @val harris: a philosopher king actually
 
 
Paul Bourgoin
Reply to @val harris: It all depends on what his Mentor's instructions are  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Les Cooper
Well I hope these women do good jobs and don't quit half way thru because they want to spend more time with their family! Or they are being harrassed.
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Les Cooper: Dream on
 
 
SarahRose Werner
Reply to @Les Cooper: *I* hope that they don't get harassed and that if they do get harassed, the harassers are booted out.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Michael durant
Fleming is absolutely the wrong person to have in public safety or as Attorney General.
 
 
David Amos
Content disabled
Reply to @Michael durant: Methinks many would agree that he may become be one of the most entertaining clowns in Higgy'e latest circus because Cardy has become far too boring N'esy Pas?
 
 
David Amos
Content disabled
Reply to @Michael durant: BINGO
 
 
Emery Hyslop-Margison
Reply to @Michael durant: why?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ben Haroldson
Wait till he has to deal with the good doctor, we are going to pay big time.
 
 
David Amos 
Reply to @Ben Haroldson: Yup
 
 
Paul Bourgoin:
Reply to @Ben Haroldson: Who is the Good Doctor? or Who are the Rich Doctors?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Luke Armstrong
All the Best to them! What a great little province NB. They'll be working hard to rebuild.
 
 
David Amos  
Reply to @Luke Armstrong: Yea Right Rebuild it into a meaner Police State than it already has become
 
 
Terry Tibbs
Reply to @Luke Armstrong:
Funny thing about rebuilding, you have to cut out the rust and throw it away, starting with fresh.
There is no sign of that here.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Jos Allaire
What a sorry bunch, all of them!
 
 
David Amos
Content disabled
Reply to @Jos Allaire: C'est Vrai Maggie
 
 
Jos Allaire
Content disabled 
Reply to @David Amos: D'accord Sue!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Johnny Almar
Do you like butter tarts?
 
 
David Amos
Content disabled 
Reply to @Johnny Almar: Methinks everybody knows that Cardy and Higgy certainly do N'esy Pas?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Lou Bell
I guess the only thing Jacques could provide in his usual negative spin would be all the women weren't given porfolios. Or , in something unprecedented that no Liberals were included to give them a voice from their Francophone ridings .
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Lou Bell: Cry me a river
 
 
Jason Inness
Reply to @Lou Bell: There is no negative spin here. And Jacques is a pro-Tory reporter.
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Jason Inness: So you say
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Jason Inness: Who oversees his bosses?
 
 
Ray Oliver
Reply to @Jason Inness: That's sarcasm correct? JP jughead is a joke
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Jason Inness
He should have dumped Glen Savoie as well.
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Jason Inness: Yup 
 
 
Terry Tibbs:
Reply to @Jason Inness:
'And that made-up position. 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Layton Bennett
If you want to understand what the PCs really think about women....
"Tammy Scott-Wallace as minister of tourism, heritage and culture and minister responsible for women's equality."
They lumped women's equality in with tourism and culture... one of the least utilized or effective ministries in the province. Why didn't they just tell her to wait in the car?
 
 
David Amos 
Content disabled
Reply to @Layton Bennett: Hours ago I suggested that you use your self-proclaimed IT skills to check my work Correct?
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Layton Bennett: A little Deja Vu for you

"Methinks the PC lady Andrea Johnson and Higgy should not deny that the MLAs Sherry Wilson, Mary Wilson, Dorothy Shephard, Margaret Johnson, Kathy Bockus, Tammy Scott-Wallace, Jill Green, Arlene Dunn and Andrea Anderson-Mason no doubt remember everything I said to them and or about them during the election I put in writing N'esy Pas?"
 
 
Matt Steele
Reply to @Layton Bennett: .......It sounds like her plate will be pretty full to me .
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Kyle Woodman
Glad to see Andrea Anderson-Mason gone. She was giving terrible legal advice. I feel bad for Jake Stewart. He's probably the only member of that party that I have some respect for. Higgs probably didn't like how he was handling Aborigonal Affairs after he suggested that an inquiry was an idea that he supported. He certainly got thrown under the bus on that one.
 
 
Lou Bell
Reply to @Kyle Woodman: Who got thrown under the bus ? Stewart voiced an opinion , not as if he makes such decisions on his own !
 
 
David Amos
Content disabled
Reply to @Lou Bell: So a bunch dudes ganged up and chucked Jake under the bus?
 
 
Kyle Woodman
Reply to @Lou Bell: Jake Stewart is the only person in the NB Conservative party that actually appears to have some empathy for others and integrity. I think the party could use more people like him. He's the only one I see that isn't in it for his own personal agenda and profit.
 
 
Emery Hyslop-Margison
Reply to @Lou Bell: Kyle misunderstands the metaphor. . .
 
 
Kyle Woodman
Reply to @Emery Hyslop-Margison: What I mean by thrown under the bus is that Mr. Stewart, from what I observed, did a good job as aboriginal affairs minister. He was acting in good faith with our first nations, making progress, how ever slow. Then he said the obvious, that an inquiry into systemic racism was necessary. I don't think that's an outlandish idea. Apparently team Higgs is more interested in maintaining the status quo. They threw Jake under the bus with respect to all the inroads he had made on that file. He was doing the right thing buy calling for an inquiry. They have lost credibility with our first nations as a consequence.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sherrie McLean
Do not make mask wearing mandatory.
 
 
John Raymond
Reply to @Sherrie McLean: masks protect others from you
 
 
David Amos
Content disabled
Reply to @John Raymond: Please don your mask when you type
 
 
James Smythe
Reply to @John Raymond: Ah yes, the old everybody-is-a-24/7-biosecurity-risk beta mentality.
 
 
SarahRose Werner
Reply to @John Raymond: Staying 2 meters away from me protects both of us.
 
 
Mary Smith
Reply to @SarahRose Werner: Unless that person is say, hacking or coughing or sneezes and then you have to walk right through that area. I still see so many people hacking into their hands and then touch everything in sight.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Stewart Campbell
When inside a public building, with no airflow and limited space to distance, where everyone is walking in the same air space one after the other, a mask is a tool to use along with distancing.
Sorry to see Bill Oliver gone. He was Blaine’s best supporter
 
 
Jason Inness
Reply to @Stewart Campbell: There is always the possibility that he didn't want the added responsibility. Cabinet isn't for everyone.
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Jason Inness: Yea Right
 
 
Terry Tibbs
Reply to @Jason Inness:
I'm wondering. Do you *think* we can persuade Mr Higgs of that fact? 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
michael levesque
I'm wondering. Do you *think* we can persuade Mr Higgs of that fact?
not surprised Wilson is gone but sad that the Fiance Minister is the same.
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @michael levesque: Me Too
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
John Smith
Bill Oliver is the ONLY one that I feel bad for. The rest were wiping the red off their lips. Bill Oliver was a good Minister, who cared, and that is something Blaine Higgs does not need in his caucus. He needs people that won't bat an eye closing hospitals. He has Daniel Allain to force rural communities to join the big Cities and pay alot more tax because that is how Blaine Higgs operates. Welcome to the next 4 years of H-E-L-L New Brunswick.
 
 
Jim Cyr
Reply to @John Smith: Give it a rest, John.
 
 
Lou Bell
Reply to @John Smith: Taxes on the money spent by the " spend like a drunken sailor "Liberals ! Where do you think all that debt came from ?? Another of the " money grows on trees " Liberals !!
 
 
David Amos
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Reply to @John Smith: ignore Mr Cyr he don't live here anyway
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
John Smith
Guaranteed the new bunch will respond, "How high" when Blaine Higgs gives the command. LOL
 
 
Lou Bell 
Reply to @John Smith: Unlike the Liberal " how much " when it came to spending , especially on their base !!!!!!!!!!
 
 
David Amos 
Reply to @John Smith: Yup
 
 
Chuck Valderrama
Now 4 years of CBC blaming Higgs for everything. :)
 
 
John Smith
Reply to @Chuck Valderrama: who should they blame? The janitor for Blaine Higg's dictatorial behavior??
 
 
Jeff LeBlanc
Reply to @John Smith: lol at dictatorial. What's he gonna dictate to us? He has about as much authority as a mall security card. Actually make that a Walmart greeter.
 
 
John Smith
Reply to @Jeff LeBlanc: You are going to see just how much power Blaine Higgs has in a very short time, my friend LOL
 
 
Jim Cyr
Reply to @Jeff LeBlanc: You're just sore because he won the election. ELECTION.
 
 
Jeff LeBlanc
Reply to @Jim Cyr: newsflash. I voted for Ernie Steeves. Would that seem like a logical choice had I not wanted Higgs to win? I almost voted purple but realize she had no shot. So blue it was.
 
 
Jeff LeBlanc
Reply to @John Smith: You are acting like this is our first majority. I yawn at such things, the man has little power over my day to day life and never will. Sure he might close a school or make a decision about fixing my road. None of that matters in the grand scheme of things. That being a premier of a Canadian province doesn't wield life changing powers. They just don't.
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Chuck Valderrama: I wouldn't have it any other way
 
 
John Grail 
Reply to @Chuck Valderrama: When you have absolute control you have absolute blame.
 
 
Terry Tibbs
Reply to @Chuck Valderrama:
Mr Higgs has the perfect answer for that. The past 2 years of Higgs government have proved that if you don't do anything you can't be blamed. So, expect 4 more
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Jeff LeBlanc
Mike Holland. The guy wearing camo in his election signs to sway the good folks of Albert County. Well played Mike...well played indeed.
 
 
Jeff LeBlanc
Reply to @John Smith: That's funny cause I voted conservative. Do you have stats and the source of said stats? Because it seems to me you just made that up.
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Jeff LeBlanc: I you were put a blue coat on a turkey in Alberta County I have no doubt that it would get elected. Holland biggest victory was ousting the seated MLA Brian Keirstead
 
 
Ray Oliver
Reply to @David Amos: You just said the same thing Higgs did about a lampshade in French regions for the Liberals yet you didn't mind jumping all over that. Oh my my as you would say haha
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Ray Oliver: Higgs was in the audience in Hampton in October of 2015 when I was debating his buddy Rob Moore I said that and all the conservatives laughed hence your hero stole the expression from me
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fred Brewer
Well let's see if Ted Flemming does more than just collect a paycheque like he did when he was minister of health. I am guessing we won't hear a peep out of him for the next 4 years. 
 
 
DJ Redfern 
Reply to @Fred Brewer:
You won't hear a peep out of many of the others as well Fred....
 
 
Dan Lee
Reply to @Fred Brewer:
how did this quy become minister of anything again...........
 
 
Rob Sense 
Reply to @Dan Lee:
Sleeping through meetings makes him highly qualified
 
 
Lou Bell
Reply to @Fred Brewer: We never heard a peep from any of the Anglophones in the last Liberal SANB caucus ! That's why their ridings are anything but Liberal these days !
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Fred Brewer: Me Too
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
JOhn D Bond
Well once the throne speech is given we will find out what they will be doing and be able to gauge there effectiveness against that. Time will tell.
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @JOhn D Bond: Yup
 
 
Terry Tibbs 
Reply to @JOhn D Bond:
Sure? The Throne speech will be carefully crafted (like election promises) to be non-committal about everything.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Murray Brown
Somebody won't be happy... Then again, that's typically the case.
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Murray Brown: Thats profound Who would have thunk it 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Emery Hyslop-Margison
The dropping of Jeff Carr from cabinet signals major forthcoming changes in municipal government structure. Can you spell amalgamation? Since this is Higgs’ final term he’s in a very strong position to make some much needed changes and reduce the number of fiefdoms.
 
 
Roy Kirk
Reply to @Emery Hyslop-Margison: Of course the big one, amalgamation of NB, NS, & PEI isn't on the table. So the band p[lays on while we rearrange the deck chairs.
 
 
JOhn D Bond 
Reply to @Roy Kirk: That is too bad. The 4 Atlantic provinces face a massive competitive disadvantage compared to most Canadian provinces. 
 
 
Fred Brewer
Reply to @Emery Hyslop-Margison: Well let's see, amalgamation of Moncton and Dieppe is a no brainer as is Saint John with Grand Bay Westfield, Rothesay and Quispamsis. Cue the outrage.
 
 
Fred Brewer
Reply to @Roy Kirk: Let's not forget that the portfolio that looks after municipal government has nothing to do with amalgamation of provinces. That would fall under intergovernmental affairs, which is in Higgy's portfolio.
 
 
Jason Inness
Reply to @Emery Hyslop-Margison: Higgs is from Quispamsis. He won't amalgamate Saint John with the bedroom communities.
 
 
Jake Quinlan 
Reply to @Emery Hyslop-Margison: I thought he mentioned in victory speech something about moving to regions as administrative units. I think Quebec does this.
 
 
Emery Hyslop-Margison
Reply to @Roy Kirk: Reducing municipal expenses in NB is a start. I do support Atlantic union as well.
 
 
Emery Hyslop-Margison
Reply to @Fred Brewer: They’ll be some unhappy campers for sure.
 
 
Emery Hyslop-Margison
Reply to @Jason Inness: Not sure about that - we’ll see.
 
 
John Raymond 
Reply to @Fred Brewer: we tried almagation in Ontario, the small communities get screwed over, even if they were debt free. They get higher taxes and lose services.
 
 
Lou Bell
Reply to @Fred Brewer: Dream on if you think any of those amalgamations will happen ,or are even in the works for that matter .
 
 
Fred Brewer
Reply to @Lou Bell: Some here disagree with you Lou.
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Fred Brewer: What a revelation
 
 
Fred Brewer
Reply to @Jason Inness: I would not be too sure about that Jason. We have never seen Higgs with a majority. He is by his own admission a numbers man and an engineer. Engineers hate duplication. Why have have 4 mayors and councils when you can have just one? Stay tuned.
 
 
Ray Oliver
Reply to @Jason Inness: Who would want to amalgamate with Saint John its the poorest run city in North America. Quickly approaching 3rd world status!
 
 
Emery Hyslop-Margison
Reply to @Lou Bell: There is a strong fiscal case for some sort of amalgamation and streamlining of services. The current model is unsustainable.
 
 
Emery Hyslop-Margison
Reply to @Ray Oliver: so some people just want to work, shop, recreate and educate there?
 
 
Ray Oliver
Reply to @Emery Hyslop-Margison: I'm not saying its a bad idea, but from the KV regions perspective its not exactly an attractive option LOL
 
 
Roy Kirk
Reply to @Emery Hyslop-Margison: It could be a good start, but short of forcing SJ thru bankruptcy there will be no savings. Just the extension of higher than average services costs to the burbs.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Chuck Gendron
Higgs has put together a good cabinet, some of these former ministers most likely wanted a break.
 
 
Roy Kirk
Reply to @Chuck Gendron: Seems to me that the cabinet quality should be judged based on cabinet performance. So it's a little early to pass judgement.
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Chuck Gendron: Thanks for the belly laugh
 
 
Chuck Gendron
Reply to @David Amos: I would love to see a video of you laughing.
 
 
David Amos 
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Reply to @Chuck Gendron: Google me
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Matt Steele
Sounds like Premier Higgs is dumping anyone in Cabinet who did not totally agree with him on every issue ; yet he kept Dominic Cardy who was his weakest Minister . Hopefully these changes don't come back to haunt him as there will probably be a lot of push back on mandatory vaccinations if he decides to let Cardy open that Pandora's box again .
 
 
Peter G Bourne
Reply to @Matt Steele: Mr. Cardy actually showed surprising strength in his responses to the COVID file, and gained much respect across the country. Whether he's been the Premier's "weakest minister" is a matter of opinion. He'll probably do fine as he knows how to play the game - anyone who can make a successful jump from the NDP (!!) to the PCs is probably pretty savvy - more thatn just luck.
 
 
Emery Hyslop-Margison
Reply to @Matt Steele: I think most cabinet ministers understand the importance of being in lockstep with the party leader. Not sure why you see Minister Cardy as weak since he’s been a high profile minister, and acted early on COVID-19.
 
 
Graham McCormack
Reply to @Emery Hyslop-Margison: He was good in the early Covid days; his leadership on the return to school plan has been terrible.
 
 
Jim Cyr 
Reply to @Matt Steele: Cardy led the effort to keep NB safe from Covid. And he succeeded beyond measure. Sorry.
 
 
Kat Jo
Reply to @Peter G Bourne: We are so fortunate living in the Atlantic bubble. Cardy and Higgs made a wise call for NB, and then partnering with the other Atlantic provinces.
The rest of Canada is envious!
 
 
Lou Bell
Reply to @Graham McCormack: Although NB has been lauded as one of the best in their back to scholl plan across the country , so I guess that's your opinion only .
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Kat Jo: So you say
 
 
Terry Tibbs 
Reply to @Kat Jo:
When you figure out what they are envious of we better bottle it and sell it.

Because there is not, nor there ever will be, anything going on here to be envious of.



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https://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2020/11/higgs-agenda-to-be-unveiled-with-first.html

Tuesday, 17 November 2020

Higgs agenda to be unveiled with first throne speech of majority government

https://twitter.com/DavidRayAmos/with_replies

David Raymond Amos‏ @DavidRayAmos
Replying to @DavidRayAmos  @alllibertynews and 49 others
Methinks Andrea Anderson-Mason, Jeff Carr, Jake Stewart, Sherry Wilson
and Ross Wetmore should follow the French comedian Bobby Gauvin's lead
and sit as Independents ASAP and rule over Higgy's circus N'esy Pas?

https://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2020/09/several-high-profile-ministers-dropped.html

#cdnpoli #nbpoli

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/higgs-throne-speech-majority-1.5804094


Higgs agenda to be unveiled with first throne speech of majority government
One academic expects to see hints of the premier's true priorities in
today's speech from the throne
Jacques Poitras · CBC News · Posted: Nov 17, 2020 8:00 AM AT



 52 Comments  (thus far)



David Amos
"Political scientist J.P. Lewis says if the Blaine Higgs government
were to make a controversial move, it would be more likely early in
the new mandate"

DUHHH??? Methinks everybody should know that by now I know that the
Irving and McCain Clans figured out long ago that political science
ain't rocket science particularly in New Brunswick N'esy Pas?






David Amos
Methinks it would make my day to see the disenchanted former cabinet
ministers Anderson, Wilson, Wetmore, Carr and Stewart follow former
Deputy Premier Gauvin's lead and sit as independents today. I bet the
PANB, the liberals, their green meanie buddies and many folks in New
Brunswick would love the possibility of Humpty Dumpty falling off the
wall when they vote on the Throne Speech then we could celebrate
Higgy's police state fading into history before the Yuletide season
begins N'esy Pas?

David Amos
Reply to @David Amos: Dea Vu anyone?

Several high-profile ministers dropped as Blaine Higgs unveils new cabinet

Premier appoints 6 women to 16-member cabinet in Tuesday's swearing-in ceremony
Jacques Poitras · CBC News · Posted: Sep 29, 2020 2:40 PM AT

"Premier Blaine Higgs has jettisoned six members of his previous
cabinet and has appointed six women as ministers in a sweeping
post-election shuffle.

The six Progressive Conservative MLAs who served in Higgs's cabinet
from 2018 until they were dropped Tuesday include high-profile members
Andrea Anderson-Mason, who was attorney general, Jeff Carr who was at
Environment and Local Government, and Jake Stewart who was minister of
Aboriginal affairs.

Bill Oliver, Sherry Wilson and Ross Wetmore are also out.

Dorothy Shephard, who oversaw a bitter battle with nursing-home unions
through most of 2019, has been promoted to health minister.

Besides the COVID-19 pandemic, Shephard faces pressure for Medicare to
fund abortions at Fredericton's Clinic 554, which is on the verge of
closing."

Dianne MacPherson
Reply to @David Amos:
What a nasty thing to post !!
If any of those MLAs were in my Riding
they would not get my vote...again.

David Amos
Reply to @Dianne MacPherson: So says a Higgy fan









Paul Bourgoin
Higgs will follow the instructions outlined by his biggest New
Brunswick Supporter and That is That!

David Amos
Reply to @Paul Bourgoin: Of course









Matt Steele
The Throne speech should be interesting and entertaining . Dominic
Cardy is Blaine Higgs puppet master , and Higgs will do as Cardy tells
him to do ; just as Kevin Vickers was was the SANB lap dog . Make no
mistake about who is really running the Premiers office as Cardy pulls
Higgs strings , and Higgs dances to Cardy's tune

Justin Gunther
Reply to @Matt Steele: I would like to subscribe to your newsletter.

David Amos
Reply to @Matt Steele: Yea but they are running low on butter tarts
and Cardy is beginning to babble again

Emery Hyslop-Margison
Reply to @Matt Steele: Higgs led one of the largest companies in
Canada for more than two decades. He’s not the type of person who
waits for other people to tell him what to do.

Matt Steele
Reply to @Emery Hyslop-Margison: ....I think you will be hearing
something in today's Throne Speech that will show just how much
control Cardy has over Higgs ; be sure and listen for it .









Rob LeBlanc
In a twist, the LG will not deliver the speech after all. Instead it
will be delivered by John Lunney flanked by two "border guards" and
broadcast from Checkpoint Charlie.

David Amos
Reply to @Rob LeBlanc: It would not surprise me if your joke came true












JOhn D Bond
Will the speech provide real details or simply be directional.
Politicians of all stripes seem to have an issue with identifying a
specific problem and then defining what they will do to resolve it.
It would be nice to hope that Higgs is going to try to be different
and provide useful information that NBers can essentially take to the
bank.
Only a few hours till we find out. Here's to hoping for something of substance.

Terry Tibbs
Reply to @JOhn D Bond:
It will be more, of what Mr Higgs is good at, undefined goals, and
vague promises. I would think the opportunity to announce patronage
appointments will not be passed up.

David Amos
Reply to @Terry Tibbs: Methinks its comical that Higgy forgot to
reappoint some of his lawyer buddies because their jobs expired before
he had the writ dropped Yet they talk like they still have a mandate
today N'esy Pas?

David Amos
Reply to @David Amos: This was a 7 year tour of duty even though
d'Entremont was replaced early because she embarrassed the
conservatives too much.The other two are still collecting a pay cheque
to this very day

3 new watchdogs appointed

Premier names child and youth advocate, official languages
commissioner and ombudsman
CBC News · Posted: Jun 14, 2013 3:24 PM AT

The Alward government has announced the appointment of three new
people to watchdog positions in the province, based on a new selection
process.

The new child and youth advocate is Saint John lawyer Norm Bossé, who
represented victims in the Kingsclear reformatory sex abuse case.

Katherine d'Entremont, a career civil servant, will be the new
commissioner of official languages.

And the new ombudsman is Charles Murray, a civil servant and former
political assistant to one-time Tory MP Elsie Wayne and to former PC
cabinet minister Brad Green.

"I am confident that their experience and education will help them to
carry out their respective duties effectively," said Premier David
Alward.

He said Murray's appointment is not political."

Graeme Scott
Reply to @JOhn D Bond: The throne speech is more about a broad outline
of government goals and intentions. Details tend come in the budget
and the estimates of the various departments.






Terry Tibbs
Remember folks, Mr Blame Higgs is going to stand up, and make more
promises. These promises will be in addition to those made in 2
election campaigns that have had difficulties, it seems,
materializing. We all know the substance/value of a politician's
promise.

Billy Buckner
Reply to @Terry Tibbs: their first term was 2 years, and you must not
have been paying attention but without a majority they could not do
everything they wanted to. The last campaign was 2 months ago, shame
on them for not doing everything they said they would already.

Darryl Hill
Reply to @Billy Buckner: Mr. Buckner, Higgs has a habit of promising
things, like a balanced budget, and then coming up with excuses.

Billy Buckner
Reply to @Darryl Hill: we had 2 straight balanced budgets under this
current gov't.

Marc Martin
Reply to @Billy Buckner: The first budget was balanced by the surplus
the Libs left him, and the second he couldn't spend anything as he was
being kept in check, you Con supporters are hilarious.

Billy Buckner
Reply to @Marc Martin: you lost all your credibility long ago, but you
just went negative when you said "the surplus the Libs left him". Is
that the one that magically appeared on the eve of the election? Do
you really believe that? I mean really? Where were the surpluses
during their 4 years in charge? You would support Liberal if they were
being lead by a tree branch because you do not know any better.

Terry Tibbs
Reply to @Marc Martin:
Very selective short term, and long term, memories, probably due to
the lobotomy received at birth.

Darryl Hill
Reply to @Billy Buckner: I think, Mr. Buckner, people are getting
tired of sniveling bureaucrats of all stripes. This would include the
Tories.

Billy Buckner
Reply to @Darryl Hill: they may be but you should get your facts
straight before posting.

David Amos
Reply to @Terry Tibbs: Methinks you know that I don't forget much N'esy Pas?

Darryl Hill
Reply to @Billy Buckner: I agree, Mr. Buckner. Though, do remember,
that sometimes the straight facts don't favor the Tories.







https://twitter.com/DavidRayAmos/with_replies

David Raymond Amos‏ @DavidRayAmos
Replying to @DavidRayAmos  @alllibertynews and 49 others
Methinks Andrea Anderson-Mason, Jeff Carr, Jake Stewart, Sherry Wilson
and Ross Wetmore should follow the French comedian Bobby Gauvin's lead
and sit as Independents ASAP and rule over Higgy's circus N'esy Pas?

https://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2020/09/several-high-profile-ministers-dropped.html

#cdnpoli #nbpoli

 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/new-brunswick-cabinet-unveiled-premier-higgs-1.5743318

Several high-profile ministers dropped as Blaine Higgs unveils new cabinet
Premier appoints 6 women to 16-member cabinet in Tuesday's swearing-in ceremony
Jacques Poitras · CBC News · Posted: Sep 29, 2020 2:40 PM AT


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