Two government MLAs who recently asked difficult questions during public accounts committee meetings have had their spots taken away, raising concerns about limiting the committee's effectiveness. The move comes just days before the chief medical officer of health is scheduled to appear. Opposition parties suspect an attempt to suppress certain perspectives and knowledge related to COVID-19 decisions.
WATCH: Two government MLAs who recently levied difficult questions during meetings of the public accounts committee had their spots taken away, just days before chief medical officer of health Dr. Jennifer Russell is due to appear. According to both opposition parties, the move appears to be an attempt to limit the effectiveness of the committee. Silas Brown explains.
“One of them would have intimate knowledge of how things worked with the committee and with public health and decisions made around COVID, so it seems like he doesn’t want that perspective being brought to bear in questions to chief medical health officer,” she said.Most of Tuesday’s shakeup in committee membership was to replace the backbenchers who were elevated to cabinet following the round of resignations and firings that enveloped the party in June.
The committee has increasingly shown its teeth, calling Ambulance New Brunswick back for a second visit this fall after it felt it didn’t get all the answers it wanted the first time round. Russell’s appearance is another sign of that push for accountability, having been summoned when committee members felt they didn’t get all the answers they needed when studying the auditor general’s review of the province’s COVID-19 response.
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