Nearly a decade after the New Brunswick government fired Margaret-Ann Blaney from her position as head of the now defunct Energy Efficiency New Brunswick, lawyers for Blaney and for the province continue to argue - this time in provincial appeals court - over whether an inquiry into her dismissal should be allowed.
A judge has dismissed the New Brunswick government's application to stop a labour board inquiry into the firing of Margaret-Ann Blaney from her role as CEO of the defunct Crown agency known as Energy Efficiency N.B.
A lawyer with the provincial government is arguing that legislation protects it from any administrative body or judge from weighing in on the firing of Margaret-Ann Blaney, who was fired from her role as CEO of the now-defunct Energy Efficiency New Brunswick.
The New Brunswick government is still fighting to block former Progressive Conservative cabinet minister Margaret-Ann Blaney from challenging her 2015 firing from a Crown agency job.