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Dorothy Shephard, a long-serving Progressive Conservative MLA from Saint John who had a falling out with New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs, won't be running in this year's provincial election.
The former businesswoman cosigned a letter with seven other Tory MLAs last year during a heated debate over changes to the school gender policy. Higgs ignored expert advice and demanded that transgender students who are under the age of 16 seek parental consent if they want to change their names at school. It is now the subject of a lawsuit launched by human rights advocates.
The premier rebuffed the suggestion he'd taken his party more to the right of the political spectrum, leaving progressives such as Shephard sidelined. Green party Leader David Coon became friends with Shephard when he was first elected a decade ago. They were seatmates in the legislature, and she showed him how the place worked. They also served on the COVID-19 cabinet committee together when the province declared a state of emergency.
Shephard quit cabinet last year, handing Higgs a handwritten resignation letter on the floor of legislature after voting for a Liberal opposition motion calling for further studies on the school gender policy. She told reporters she wouldn't run again under Higgs's leadership.On Thursday, she cited two lesser-known accomplishments and one well known one in summing up her political career.
She's also pleased that she got prominent researchers together for discussions about better primary care for truckers. Today, a pilot project, guided by research out of Université de Moncton, is helping to ensure truckers receive the care of a family doctor, virtually and in person if need be.
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