Advisory Committees
Mandate
The mandate of the Advisory Committee for Health Benefits is to:
- Develop a mechanism to provide a prescription drug plan to all uninsured New Brunswick citizens;
- Develop a vision and dental plan for all low-income New Brunswick children.
The Advisory Committee will ensure that the concept is fully explored by considering what is being done in other jurisdictions.
Members
- Dr. Dennis Furlong, Dalhousie, Chair
- Derek Oland, Saint John
- Anne Hébert, Bouctouche
- Juanita Black, Saint John
- Jacques-François Levesque, Grand Falls
- Ron Gathercole, Moncton
- Rosella Melanson, Fredericton
- Jean-Roch Cayouette, Saint-Quentin
- Mary Anne Leblanc, Saint John
- Barry Cohen Thorley, Grand-Bay Westfield
- Mike Blanchard, Bath
Mandate
The mandate of the Advisory Committee on Social Assistance Reform is to provide advice and feedback to the Department of Social Development’s internal Steering Committee on Social Assistance Reform as it redesigns the social assistance program for New Brunswick in accordance with Overcoming Poverty Together. This advice and feedback will be in response to presentations and documentation prepared and presented by the Steering Committee on Social Assistance Reform at critical junctions in the program design, as well as in relation to implementation issues in rolling out the initiative.
Members
- Roger Lessard, Pokemouche, Co-chair
- Ken Pike, Fredericton, Co-chair
- Brenda Murphy, Saint John
- Liette Holmes, Neguac
- Jennifer Melanson, Upper Coverdale
- Haley Flaro, Fredericton
- Nancy Hartling, Moncton
- Randy Hatfield, Saint John
- John Wheatley, Saint John
- Ben Beaulieu, Edmundston
Mandate
The mandate of the Advisory Committee for Social Enterprise and Community Investment Funds is to develop a policy framework on social enterprise and community investment funds within which the Community Inclusion Networks can work.
The Advisory Committee will ensure that these concepts are fully explored by considering what is being done in other jurisdictions.
Members
- Seth Asimakos, Saint John, Co-chair
- André Leclerc, Edmundston, Co-chair
- Jean-Claude Savoie, Saint-Quentin
- Steven Hicks, Fredericton
- Monique Richard, Saint-Louis-de-Kent
- Gerry Pond, Saint John
- Ginette Arseneau, Fredericton
- Dan Gillis, Moncton
- Sharon Geldart, Moncton
- Val MacDermid, Port Elgin
- Simon Mitchell, Dumfries
- Sue Rickards, Lower Queensbury