New Brunswick Crown prosecutors are raising alarm bells again over a shortage they say is affecting the public and the people in the profession.
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Hannah Rudderham · CBC News
· Posted: Sep 23, 2026 4:08 PM EDT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago
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Yves Duguay, the president of the New Brunswick Crown Prosecutors Association, said the association is calling on the province to sit down with the association and help come up with solutions to the growing shortage and issues affecting the profession. (Real Fradette/Radio-Canada)
New Brunswick Crown prosecutors are raising alarm bells again over a shortage they say is affecting the public and the people in the profession.
Yves Duguay, the president of the New Brunswick Crown Prosecutors Association, said in the past three years, the profession lost 43 prosecutors — 31 of whom were seasoned, experienced prosecutors.
“With each loss, it puts pressure on the people that remain, and they are faced with a dual responsibility of carrying the workload, managing those difficult files and complex files, but also they do have a mentorship obligation towards the newer crowns,” Duguay said.
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