The New Brunswick legislature has adjourned only a few days after it began sitting, a decision that comes after two MLAs and the Speaker of the legislature returned home as a result of COVID-19 cases in their community.
Three of the province’s most recent confirmed cases of COVID-19 originate in the area of Campbellton, N.B. Guy Arseneault, MLA for Campbellton-Dalhousie, and Gilles LePage, MLA for Restigouche West, issued a joint statement on Thursday saying they have decided to return to their home community. “We have no symptoms but will self-monitor,” the statement said.
The 2 Campbellton area MLAs have left Fredericton to return home. pic.twitter.com/whiJgheDCX — Silas Brown (@silasjvbrown) May 28, 2020 The decision comes after New