Under New Brunswick rules, the public can be kept in the dark when their local officials face discipline — an approach far less open than one adopted next door in Nova Scotia.
Neighbouring province goes further in requiring public transparency for investigations
Sam Farley · CBC News
· Posted: Jul 04, 2025 5:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: July 4
André Daigle, who specializes in municipal law, says New Brunswick’s approach to a code of conduct leaves municipalities in a vulnerable state. (Radio-Canada)
Under New Brunswick rules, the public can be kept in the dark when their local officials face discipline — an approach far less open than one adopted next door in Nova Scotia.
In Strait Shores, in eastern New Brunswick, a councillor was temporarily suspended after an investigation that was kept from the public and was later found to have violated due process.
In the northern municipality of Heron Bay, which includes Dalhousie and Charlo, council suspended Mayor Normand Pelletier and, as Radio-Canada reported, has refused to publicly say why.
And in Sunbury-York South, the municipality has not publicly shared details of why Mayor David Hayward was suspended at a recent meeting.
Questions about due process have also arisen in Grand Lake, where a councillor was suspended in April following an investigation that never let her respond to the allegations she faced.
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