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Liberal MLA Gilles LePage. (Image: Gilles LePage/Facebook)
New Brunswick’s Official Opposition says businesses are in desperate need of financial help to get through the pandemic.
Interim Liberal leader Roger Melanson has
“Business owners are thankful for business assistance programs that have provided help at a time when it is desperately needed, especially programs like the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy, the Canada Emergency Rent Subsidy program, and the Canada Emergency Business Account loans that provide interest free, partially forgivable loans to business,” Melanson wrote.
“While these programs are helping to stave off business closures, we believe that the Government of New Brunswick also needs to step up with additional programs to support business.”
HALIFAX New Brunswick reported 21 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday and reported an outbreak at Manoir Belle Vue, an adult residential facility in Edmundston. Public health declared the outbreak after one positive test at the special care home. Residents were tested on Tuesday, the province said in a news release. Members of the Provincial Rapid Outbreak Management Team are on site providing support for residents and the facility’s clinical care team. There are also new confirmed cases in three schools. There is one case at Edith Cavell School in Moncton, one new case at Ecole Saint-Jacques in Saint-Jacques, and one case at Riverview High School in Riverview, according to a post on the school s website.