New Brunswick Liberal Party

• Chief of staff to N.B. Opposition leader quits ahead of possible snap election call

  The chief of staff to New Brunswick Liberal Leader Susan Holt has resigned as speculation rises about an early election call. Alaina Lockhart's last day was Friday.

  Politics

  Oct 2, 2023
  
• How the N.B. Liberals are slowly moving away from restrictive abortion rules

  The 3 candidates vying to be the next N.B. Liberal leader would allow public funding of surgical abortions performed outside of hospitals, a shift for the once Frank McKenna party.

  Health

  Jul 11, 2022
  
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• New Brunswick Liberals choose new executive at virtual biennial meeting

  Former federal member of parliament and Moncton, N.B., mayor Brian Murphy was elected the new party president as 1,100 members took part in a virtual biennial meeting.

  Canada

  Jan 24, 2021
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• New Brunswick PC majority removes thrust of opposition’s abortion motion, reference to Clinic 554

  PC MLAs instead substituted a request to the province's two health authorities to look at whether New Brunswick's current abortion access complies with the Canada Health Act.

  Politics

  Dec 17, 2020
• New Brunswick politicians accuse Opposition of politicizing COVID-19 vaccine

  The accusation came after a Thursday question period dominated by demands from Liberal MLAs for details on the province's plan for the COVID-19 vaccine roll-out.

  Health

  Dec 10, 2020
• New Brunswick Liberals choose Roger Melanson as interim leader of Opposition

  The interim Opposition leader has worked in previous Liberal cabinets, holding the portfolios of finance, transport, Aboriginal affairs and energy.

  Politics

  Sep 28, 2020
• New Brunswick Liberal loss shows province’s deepening linguistic divide

  The Acadian Society of New Brunswick worries the province’s new majority PC government could deepen the language divide.

  Politics

  Sep 15, 2020
• Liberal Éric Mallet gets biggest lead in N.B. election

  While Shippagan-Lamèque-Miscou has historically been a Progressive Conservative riding, the Liberal candidate won 83.8 per cent of the votes.

  Politics

  Sep 14, 2020
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• New Brunswick becomes first province to hold election amid coronavirus pandemic

  On the streets of Fredericton, New Brunswick's capital, there are mixed opinions about whether voters should be going to the polls during a pandemic.

  Canada

  Sep 14, 2020
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• N.B. municipalities hope for follow-through on tax reform promises

  The Union of the Municipalities of New Brunswick wonders why municipal tax reform isn’t mentioned once in the PC party platform.

  Politics

  Sep 11, 2020