More private delivery will worsen health-care crisis, critics say
“All options are on the table” for the health-care system, including more services delivered by the private sector, according to Premier Blaine Higgs.
But his remarks about health-care reform this week have prompted critics to warn that privatization will only worsen conditions in the public health-care system.
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“There’s a recruitment and retention issue here in this province,” said Susie Proulx-Daigle, head of the New Brunswick Union, which represents several thousand health-care professionals in the province.
“Introducing the private sector is only going to take away professionals out of the public system,” she said.
Higgs made the remarks at a media conference in Moncton on Monday, flanked by three other premiers: Ontario’s Doug Ford, P.E.I.’s Dennis King and Nova Scotia’s Tim Houston, all of them Tory leaders.
“For me, you know, all options are on the table to understand what are best practices,” he said.
However, that doesn’t mean patients will have to pay more money out of their own pockets for better health care services, he said.… Continue
How do you get around? Transport advocacy group wants to hear from you, as it pushes for ‘functional’ intercity bus network
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‘Digging for data’: Research to support growth of non-profit housing
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From the archives: Bird population decline linked to forest ‘degradation,’ but solutions exist, says N.B. researcher
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Whistleblower policy for firefighters questioned at Sackville town council
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From the archives: Going back in time at the Joggins Fossil Cliffs
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From the archives: An interview with Del Wheaton, one of the latest inductees to the Sackville Arts Wall
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From the archives: ‘Everything changes on a dime’ — celebrated pianist Janet Hammock on musicianship, John Cage and deep listening
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From the archives: Sackville housing cooperative has provided homes for more than three decades
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Heritage Trust hopes to commemorate Sackville foundries by turning steel press into monument
A local organization hopes to commemorate Sackville’s historical foundries by turning a 300-tonne steel press into a monument.
Susan Amos of the Tantramar Heritage Trust asked Sackville town council for support with the project on Tuesday.
She said the Heritage Trust plans to apply for federal funding to establish the monument, a 14-foot tall steel press that was formerly part of the Enterprise Foundry.
It belongs to Dan Bowser, owner of Bowers Construction, and his family, who have agreed to donate the machine, she said.
Amos asked the Town of Sackville to contribute by preparing the ground and building a pedestal for the monument.
Chief Administrative Officer Jamie Burke said town staff would look into the question ahead of next week’s regular council meeting.
The monument would be placed on the former site of Fawcett’s Foundry on Main Street, which is now a parking lot for Mount Allison University. The university has already agreed to the idea in principle, Amos said.
She told councillors the foundries were a major presence in the community for more than 150 years.
Local foundries employed thousands of people over the course of eight generations, producing items such as stoves, water heaters, pots and pans.
This year marks the 170th anniversary of Fawcett’s Foundry and the 150th anniversary for the Enterprise Foundry, according to Amos. … Continue