Stephen McNeil has announced changes to deputy-level assignments. Denise Perret is coming from Alberta to become deputy minister of Health and Wellness. Frank Dunn moves from Natural Resources to Agriculture and Fisheries/Aquaculture, while Allan Eddy becomes associate deputy minister for both departments. Julie Towers is promoted to deputy minister of Natural Resources. Justin Huston becomes CEO of the Office of Aboriginal Affairs, and Tracey Taweel adds CEO of the Office of Immigration to her titles.
Category: Halifax
Africville lawsuit
Lawyers for former Africville residents will be in court today and tomorrow for a hearing on a proposed class action lawsuit against the city.
They argue there was inadequate compensation for residents when the city expropriated their homes in the 1960s for the MacKay bridge. The lawsuit has yet to be certified as a class-action. That’s what the hearings today and tomorrow will determine.