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Liberal MLA retreats from criticism of province's COVID-19 response (In Canada criticizing isn't allowed anymore.)
CBC news ^ | Apr 04, 2020 | Jacques Poitras

Posted on 04/04/2020 9:05:53 PM PDT by jerod

Francine Landry accused Premier Blaine Higgs of not widespread testing to save money

A Liberal MLA has backed away from strong criticism of Premier Blaine Higgs, Dr. Jennifer Russell and their handling of the COVID-19 outbreak.

Francine Landry, the member for Madawaska-Les-Lacs-Edmundston, now says New Brunswickers need to "put our faith" in Public Health officials during the pandemic.

The former cabinet minister said more information has come to light since last week, when she ripped Higgs and Russell for the provincial response to COVID-19, an effort that Landry's own party leader, Kevin Vickers, has been praising.

At the time Landry slammed Higgs as "an accountant," accusing him of holding back on widespread testing for the virus to save money....

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Like most news outlets, the CBC allows 'moderated' comments... My following comment was 'disabled'.

CONTENT DISABLED So now we can't even criticize the government? This really is starting to resemble world war 2, except this time we appear to be working with the fascist axis countries, instead of the freedom loving allies. What a twisted world we live in.

I rarely agree with a Liberal, but I will never disagree with somebody's right to criticize the government, whether they be liberal or conservative. The fascist are now in their glory and some of them apparently work for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation... Surprise, surprise.

1 posted on 04/04/2020 9:05:53 PM PDT by jerod
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To: jerod

Bouncing their citizens back and forth across the border in some sick accounting game during a pandemic?

I have always asserted that the northern border also needs a wall. Time to secure that border too.


2 posted on 04/04/2020 9:52:10 PM PDT by MrEdd (Caveat Emptor)
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