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Sep 29, 2020 12 tweets 3 min read Read on X
“I will not go home at night feeling that there has been another degradation to our society in New Brunswick.”

- Blaine Higgs, speaking to a motion in the House on Dec. 18, 2014 re: abortion access in NB

So, Higgs said increased abortion access would degrade our society.
I feel the loss of Clinic 554, which is a family practice with a focus on reproductive, trans*, LGBT/Queer, and HIV care, is a degradation of our society. Successive governments have refused to properly fund reproductive healthcare in NB, resulting in the closure of #Clinic554.
All @premierbhiggs needs to do is make a minor change to General Regulation - Medical Services Payment Act. Remove Schedule 2 (a.1) of Regulation 84-20 which prevents coverage for just one type of service.
This one necessary health care service that is not covered is surgical abortions outside of hospitals. This is a choice that previous governments (Liberal and Conservative) made and maintained to discriminate against those who need access to surgical abortion.
Contrary to what Higgs would have us believe, funding surgical abortions outside of hospitals is not the privatization of health care. What about the many other services that are offered at Clinic 554 and are covered by Medicare? We have fee-for-service agreements with doctors.
But the Premier knows this. He doesn’t actually think funding healthcare at Clinic 554 is equivalent to privatization. He supports other actual “slippery slopes” to privatizing healthcare like having Medavie run Extra-mural.

It’s misleading to say this is about privatization.
But we know that Higgs does not support abortion rights and that some MLAs in his previous and current governments don’t either (some will likely be sworn into Cabinet today).
They are anti-choice and have marched in rallies as recently as October 2019.

I want to know where all Cabinet Ministers stand on this issue.

acadienouvelle.com/actualites/201…
Apparently, the Premier does not care about people’s rights to access reproductive healthcare.

If he does, after the Cabinet is sworn in today, he will have Regulation 84-20 changed to cover surgical abortions outside of hospitals. I am calling on Higgs to do this immediately.
My confidence in this government doing the right thing today is low.

When attacking another MLA for not being anti-choice enough, Higgs was quoted as saying: “I do not believe that the definition of pro-life is unrestricted and taxpayer-funded abortion”

cbc.ca/news/canada/ne…
“While it may not be convenient, it would seem that the objectives of both pro-life and pro-choice could be better served by assisting young mothers to complete the full term of their pregnancy.”

People need to be able to decide for themselves whether to be pregnant, not Higgs.
So here we are, with a Premier that keeps throwing out excuses, saying things that don’t make sense on this file to run out the clock on @SaveClinic554. It’s hard to see this as anything other than advancing an anti-choice agenda and reproductive rights/access backsliding in NB.

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Sep 26, 2020
It is completely unacceptable that people exercising their right to assemble to protest the closure of @SaveClinic554 due to government’s refusal to follow the Canada Health Act were kicked off the lawn of the Legislature last night.
As an MLA, I oppose what happened to those fighting for reproductive justice in New Brunswick. People must have the right to assemble and protest their government and that right has been violated. This requires an apology and I will work to ensure that this never happens again.
Il est totalement inacceptable que des personnes exerçant leur droit de se réunir pour protester contre la fermeture de la clinique 554 en raison du refus du gouvernement de suivre la Loi canadienne sur la santé aient été expulsées de la pelouse de l'Assemblée législative hier.
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Sep 14, 2020
It’s Election Day, #nbpoli! 🎉 Have you already voted?

C'est le jour des élections, #nbpoli ! 🎉 Avez-vous déjà voté ?
If you haven’t voted yet, do you know where your polling place is? 🤔 Look it up here: electionsnb.ca

Si vous n'avez pas encore voté, savez-vous où se trouve votre bureau de vote ? 🤔 Vous pouvez le trouver ici : https://t.co/jE9INSTsWQ
⏰ What time are you going to vote? Polls are open from 10:00am to 8:00pm!

⏰ À quelle heure allez-vous voter ? Les bureaux de vote sont ouverts de 10h à 20h !
Read 5 tweets
Sep 11, 2020
No, the Liberals don't need to save our hospital.

WE already saved our hospital. Together: me, the Hospital Steering Committee, and every single one of you who wrote letters, emails, made calls, and who came out and rallied with us in the streets. Image
Together, we got Higgs to declare back in March that ER closures were off the table, something that he has repeated nearly daily throughout this election campaign.
**Remember** we came together as a community together to fight these same health care reforms targeting our hospital in 2016 under the Liberals. We've stood up for our hospital more than once, and we'll do it again if we need to.
Read 7 tweets
Aug 29, 2020
You don’t need to wait until September 14th, you can vote any day!
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Pas besoin d’attendre le 14 septembre, vous pouvez voter dès maintenant ! Image
There are 4 ways to vote:

1) Returning office: 3 Fairfield Rd Unit 2, Sackville, Mon-Fri 9 am - 7 pm, Sat 10 am - 5 pm

2) Advance polls: Sat, Sept 5 & Tue, Sept 8 10 am - 8 pm (Find your polling station: bit.ly/34JFugj)
3) Election Day: September 14, 10 am - 8 pm (Find your polling station: bit.ly/34JFugj)

4) Mail in ballot: (bit.ly/2EqCkTB)
Read 5 tweets
Aug 25, 2020
I just cast my VOTE! You don’t need to wait until September 14th, you can vote any day!

Je viens juste de VOTER ! Pas besoin d’attendre le 14 septembre, vous pouvez voter dès maintenant ! Image
There are 4 ways to vote:

1) Returning office: 3 Fairfield Rd Unit
2, Sackville, Mon-Fri 9 am - 7 pm, Sat 10 am - 5 pm

2) Advance polls: Sat, Sept 5 & Tue, Sept 8 10 am - 8 pm (Find your polling station: bit.ly/34JFugj)
3) Election Day: September 14, 10 am - 8 pm (Find your polling station: bit.ly/34JFugj)

4) Mail in ballot: (bit.ly/2EqCkTB)
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May 16, 2020
J'ai eu le cœur brisé cette semaine en apprenant la fermeture du Black Duck Café et de Thunder & Lightning. Ce sont ces entreprises locales qui font de Sackville une ville unique et dynamique. Leurs propriétaires ont pris un risque en ouvrant une entreprise et ont contribué...
énormément à notre communauté. Aujourd'hui, face à une pandémie, à d'innombrables défis et à tant d'incertitudes, ils ont pris ces décisions difficiles.

En ces temps sans précédent, nous devons faire en sorte que les entrepreneurs et les propriétaires de petites entreprises, ...
ainsi que leurs employés, reçoivent le soutien dont ils ont besoin pour s'adapter, prendre des décisions lourdes de conséquences et traverser cette période difficile. Je sais que toutes les entreprises ne survivront pas ou ne serviront pas nos communautés de la même manière...
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