'We're going to move fast,' Liberal premier-designate says
CBC
New Brunswick premier-designate Susan Holt says she'll convene the new legislature before the end of November to begin moving on several of her key election promises.
Meeting her new caucus of 31 Liberal MLAs, Holt said she is already getting briefings from the civil service on several of the key issues awaiting her when she is sworn in on Nov. 2.
"We're ready to get after the work that needs to get done as a team — urgently," she said.
"We're going to move fast."
Holt revealed that she would be meeting with departing Premier Blaine Higgs on Thursday afternoon for more discussions about the transition.
Members of her team have already been meeting officials, and she said they relayed that the final meeting of Higgs's Progressive Conservative cabinet had happened Thursday morning to tie up loose ends.
Holt said she plans to act quickly on:
But she said that "carbon cost adjustor" may not be completely eliminated before Christmas.
She said she would be getting briefings on "how quickly it can go and what pieces are in place."
Holt said her government would also amend Regulation 84-20, which prohibits Medicare funding of surgical abortion services outside hospitals, to make the procedure more accessible.
That change does not require legislation. It only takes a cabinet order.
Broader access could include offering it in some of the 30 community care clinics the Liberals have promised to establish before 2028, she said.
Holt also pledged to quickly restart contract talks with the New Brunswick Nurses Union, whose members voted just days before the election call to reject a tentative agreement negotiated with the Higgs government.
Some newly elected members of the Liberal caucus said health care is a top issue for them and they're looking forward to contributing.
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