Fog Blog New Brunswick Government Log: Higgs Government Narrowly Passes Nursing Home Legislation:

LEGISLATION THAT IS SUPPOSED TO HELP ALL INVOLVED WITH THE NURSING HOME NURSES DISPUTE NARROWLY PASSES IN NB LEGISLATURE!......The New Brunswick government on Friday narrowly passed changes to legislation to limit the number of nursing home workers who are able to go on strike.The changes to the Essential Services in Nursing Homes Act passed by a vote of 24-22 as the three members of the People’s Alliance party sided with the minority Progressive Conservatives.Nursing home workers and their supporters chanted and heckled from the legislature’s public gallery during the vote, and were ordered removed by the Speaker.They went on to voice their discontent outside, with one union leader saying the wording of the act is identical to legislation being challenged in the courts in Ontario and Nova Scotia.