The COVID-19 pandemic, the economy, and vaccines were among the topics as the New Brunswick legislature got back into session Tuesday.
Desks were spread far apart, and many of the members had to sit in the balcony that’s usually reserved as a public gallery in order to maintain physical distancing. “The benches are hard up there,” Education Minister Dominic Cardy said later.
With a bit of a heat wave in the province, temperatures were getting uncomfortable in the house, but Cardy said the political temperature was a bit cooler than usual as a result of collaboration among the parties since the pandemic began.
Outside the legislature, about 200 people protested a proposed bill that would make vaccinations mandatory for children in schools