N.B. leaders discuss solutions to health care, economy, social issues during CTV News roundtable
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Three of New Brunswick's party leaders sparred over leadership style, health care, economy and campaign promises during a roundtable discussion Wednesday evening.
Three of New Brunswick's party leaders sparred over leadership style, health care, economy and campaign promises during a roundtable discussion Wednesday evening.
The leaders of the Liberal, Progressive Conservative, and Green political parties represented in the last legislature took part in the event hosted by CTV Atlantic's senior anchor, Todd Battis, at St. Thomas University in Fredericton.
The roundtable focused on the following topics:
CTV Atlantic also included questions submitted or inspired by viewers.
New Brunswickers will head to the polls to vote for a new leader on Monday.
Green Leader David Coon made it clear that the future of New Brunswick's health-care system must include collaborative care centres to provide residents with the care they need when they need it.
"First of all, they would exist because we would put the funding formula necessary to pay the staff on those collaborative care teams. Whether they're part of a family practice set up by a family doctor or a nurse practitioner, or you have a team of health professionals with nurse practitioners, dietitians, nurses, other health professionals. Or whether they're working in a community health-care centre setting and working that same kind of collaborative team-based approach. Right now, there is no formula for paying those people, other than the doctor," said Coon.
Tariffs on Canadian goods headed to the United States would mean a recession in Manitoba. That is how Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew feels about comments from president-elect Donald Trump Monday.
Police are investigating the death of a man at a mixed-martial arts fight Saturday on the Enoch First Nation adjacent to Edmonton.
'It's intimidation': Vancouver councillors told to stop displaying children's artwork during meeting
Two Vancouver city councillors were told to remove children's artwork from their desks during Tuesday's meeting, after one of their colleagues called the display of the drawings "intimidating."
A Guelph man has pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of a crash that resulted in the death of a cyclist and community advocate.
Suspects from Alberta and B.C. are in custody after Ontario Provincial Police made a massive drug bust at a rental unit near Kenora, Ont.
For the second time in a row, Tim Houston's Progressive Conservatives have won a majority government in Nova Scotia. But this time, the NDP will form the official opposition.
Notorious killer Paul Bernardo has been denied parole for a third time following a hearing before the Parole Board of Canada.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her government is taking steps to challenge the proposed federal greenhouse gas emissions cap.
The Transportation Safety Board says an incident that involved a Westjet plane hitting the runway in Calgary earlier this year was connected to an issue with pilot training on a particular model of aircraft.
Nova Scotians are casting their votes Tuesday in a snap provincial election, but they won't learn the outcome until after 9 p.m., due to a delayed opening at a polling station.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford says a 25 per cent tariff on all Canadian goods proposed by U.S. president-elect Donald Trump is akin to 'a family member stabbing you right in the heart.'