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The Holt government wants New Brunswick’s highest court to overturn a December ruling that the former Higgs government failed to respect minority language rights when it dissolved the Vitalité health board and appointed a trustee instead.
Attorney general says government wants to ensure ‘clarity for the future governance of our health-care system’
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The government filed its notice of appeal with the Court of Appeal in Fredericton on Thursday. (Pat Richard/CBC)
The Holt government wants New Brunswick’s highest court to overturn a December ruling that the former Higgs government failed to respect minority language rights when it dissolved the Vitalité health board and appointed a trustee instead.
Lawyers for the attorney general’s office filed a notice of appeal with the Court of Appeal in Fredericton on Thursday afternoon.
It comes just two days after the government announced it would reinstitute elected regional health authority board members, as of 2030.
The Vitalité and Horizon boards both used to have eight elected positions and seven appointed seats.
But in July 2022, as part of a major shakeup of New Brunswick’s health-care leadership following the death of a patient in the waiting room of the Dr.
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