Former N.B. cabinet minister warned Blaine Higgs he’d ‘destroy’ his own government
as social development minister last week after raising concerns over the government’s changes to Policy 713.
Over the last two weeks, Shephard was part of a rogue group of Tory MLAs who all raised concerns over “a lack of process and transparency” in the review of the policy. Six of those eight government MLAs helped the opposition craft the final wording and ultimately pass a motion calling for the province’s child and youth advocate to prepare a report on the potential impact of the changes.
“Premier, this ship is sinking because you have everyone who could bail it out for you,” she wrote. “Whether it is with your elected colleagues, your senior management team or the public, your reckless and arbitrary conduct has destroyed a team that could make your success.”Shepard also claimed that the premier seemed intent on listening to outside voices with an “agenda” rather than those within his caucus, cabinet or the civil service.
Many of Shephard’s concerns mirrored those of former education minister Dominic Cardy who resigned from cabinet in October of 2022. Cardy wrote in his resignation letter that his exit was due to his “values and working styles increasingly diverging” from that of the premier.Cardy said Higgs had promised to make evidence-based decisions for the education system in the party’s election campaigns but had not delivered on that promise.
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