Speaking to reporters earlier this month, Susan Holt welcomed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s announcement of a $6-billion Canada Housing Infrastructure Fund. But despite slamming Higgs for inaction she wouldn’t commit.
Darrell Mesheau died in the early morning hours of July 12, 2022 after sitting for almost seven hours in the waiting room at the Dr. Everett Chalmers hospital emergency department in Fredericton.
The Higgs government now says that a planned 50-bed addiction treatment centre will serve people looking for help voluntarily and will not be the destination for homeless people forced into rehabilitation.