Former minister says N.B. premier's response to her resignation 'says it all'
Shephard's two-sentence letter of resignation to Higgs said it was effective immediately.
LISTEN | Dorothy Shephard tells host Julia Wright what led her to quit the PC cabinet in New Brunswick:Saint John-Lancaster MLA Dorothy Shephard explains why she resigned from the Progressive Conservative cabinet. That month, she sent a six-page letter to Higgs airing her concerns about his unilateral decision-making. She said they didn't meet to talk about the letter until January, and even then, she didn't feel they got anywhere.WATCH | Dorothy Shephard, minister of social development, resigns from cabinet:In a note addressed to the premier, the social development minister said, ‘I can no longer remain in your cabinet.
on French immersion. Higgs said those numbers he was referring to were "irrelevant'" to the issue at hand.'We've accomplished many good things in spite of Blaine Higgs' The opposition motion passed by the legislature on Thursday called for consultations on the policy by child and youth advocate Kelly Lamrock, with a report in August.
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