New Brunswick Legislative Assembly, Friday 27 March 2026
The New Brunswick House of Assembly met on Friday, March 27, 2026 to continue the budget debate on Motion 24, with Premier Susan Holt delivering a lengthy speech highlighting the government's health care, seniors, and addiction investments. According to the day's contents, Motion 24 was carried on a recorded vote and the estimates were referred to committee. The sitting concluded with government motions ordering the business of the House and an adjournment at 9:48 a.m.
Orders of the Day
Budget Debate on Motion 24 — Premier's Speech
Hon. Ms. Holt
Premier Susan Holt resumed the adjourned budget debate, paying tribute to former Liberal MLA Dr. Larry Kennedy, thanking her family and team, and outlining the budget as making the largest health care investment in the province's history, including collaborative care clinics, a $50-million Clinical Information System, paramedic thrombolytics, cancer screening, addiction treatment beds, a dementia and Alzheimer's strategy, and a new long-term care plan for seniors.
Government Motions for the Ordering of the Business of the House
Mr. M. LeBlanc
Mr. M. LeBlanc, seconded by Hon. Ms. Holt, moved that consideration of estimates in Committee of Supply be added to the Orders of the Day until dispatched, and moved that the 2026-2027 Main and Capital Estimates and the 2024-2025 Supplementary Estimates (Volume 2) be referred to the Standing Committee on Estimates and Fiscal Policy; both motions were carried.
Adjournment
Mr. M. LeBlanc
Mr. M. LeBlanc moved that the House adjourn, and the House adjourned at 9:48 a.m.
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