RELATED: New Brunswick's provincial government has decided to delay the implementation of its forced rehab legislation – saying it will take more time to get it right. As Silas Brown reports, that means a bill is unlikely to land before the provincial election in October.New Brunswick’s Progressive Conservative government says a bill to force treatment for drug users that was to be introduced this spring has now been shelved until after the fall election.
Critics have warned that the province’s proposal for forced treatment of drug users would be an infringement on people’s rights and freedoms.Premier Blaine Higgs has not ruled out using the notwithstanding clause to shield the law from Charter challenges. “We’re 100 per cent committed to this bill,” Wilson said Wednesday. “We are trying to look after people with substance use disorder. They’re very sick people. So in doing this, we want to make sure that we have everything lined up.”After Indigenous criticism, Legault defends new museum on Québécois nation