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Premier Susan Holt says the three political parties in the New Brunswick Legislature are “negotiating” about how many weeks a key oversight committee will sit in 2027, but there’s no sign of change yet.
Opposition leader says cutting committee weeks contradicts premier’s transparency claim
Jacques Poitras · CBC News
· Posted: Oct 30, 2026 2:15 PM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago
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Premier Susan Holt told reporters on Friday that the sitting weeks of the public accounts committee are being negotiated between all three political parties. (Tara King-Stewart/CBC)
Premier Susan Holt says the three political parties in the New Brunswick Legislature are “negotiating” about how many weeks a key oversight committee will sit in 2027, but there’s no sign of any change yet.
Holt was commenting for the first time on a legislative calendar for next year that slashes the sitting weeks of the public accounts committee from four to two.
The committee, which is chaired by an opposition Progressive Conservative MLA, calls in government departments and agencies, and Crown corporations to question them about their operations and spending.
The premier repeated arguments by the government house leader earlier in the week that there are only a set number of weeks available for committees each year,
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