Hears appeals of land registered for agricultural use by the Minister. The board also hears appeals on decisions made by the Registrar of the Farm Land Identification Program on the deferral of provincial property taxes on eligible farm lands and outbuildings to encourage the preservation of real property for agricultural use and decisions made by the Registrar of Livestock Operations to issue, renew or amend a livestock operations license.
Considers and makes recommendations on all applications for financial assistance referred to it by the Minister under the Agricultural Development and the Aquaculture and Fisheries Development Acts.
Agricultural Development Act and Fisheries and Aquaculture Development Act
Acts as an administrative tribunal/quasi-judicial decision making body that determines the acceptability of agricultural practices upon receipt of complaints related to disturbances such as odors, noise, light, or other nuisance issues.
Hears appeals on decisions made by the Registrar or an Inspector for applicants of a licence or a secondary processing plant certificate, a licensee, a holder of a certificate or a person who is served with a notice of noncompliance.
Administers agricultural insurance matters by hearing disputes from agricultural producers relating to agricultural insurance matters, conduct surveys and research programs relating to agricultural insurance, etc.
Supervises ten agricultural commodity boards and agencies. Facilitates the Province’s participation in provincial and national orderly marketing systems including investigating, arbitrating, adjudicating upon, adjusting or otherwise settling any dispute involving producers, agencies, boards, distributors or transporters of farm products.
Establishes standards to regulate the production and marketing of grain. The Commission has the power to investigate, arbitrate, adjudicate upon, adjust or otherwise settle any dispute between producers, processors, dealers, distributors or transporters of grain.
Advises the Minister on any question submitted to it with respect to the eradication of potato diseases in the Province.
Reviews the certification status of teachers whose certificate have been revoked or suspended by the Minister.
Education Act; Appeal Board on Teacher Certification Regulation (2001-50)
Manages and coordinates international student programs and partnerships with off-shore schools for the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development as a not-for-profit agency. Its mandate is to grow NB learning partners worldwide and extend quality assurance procedures for education services involved.
Created to ensure communication and consultation on matters relating to the design and implementation of curriculum and instruction in the public schools in the Province.
Advises the Minister with respect to teacher certification except matters that may be the subject of a decision of the Appeal Board on Teacher Certification under section 31 of the Act.
Provides communication and consultation on matters relating to the development and implementation of curriculum and instruction, as well as provincial testing and evaluation programs in the public schools in the Province.
Owns and operates a wastewater treatment facility and associated collector sewers serving the residents of the parish of Sussex known as Apohaqui, for approximately 50 homes and a school.
Hears appeals and renders decisions under the Assessment Act, Community Planning Act and Municipal Heritage Preservation Act.
Advises the Minister on matters related to the Climate Change Fund including amounts credited to the Fund and any allocations to measures relating to greenhouse gas reduction, adaptation to current and future climate conditions and climate change education, in accordance with the Climate Change Act.
Owns and operates a wastewater treatment facility and associated collector sewers serving approximately 125 homes, a school, a church, a fire station, and a senior’s home in the community of Allardville.
Deals with matters relating to the use of the fund including to determine priority funding areas for each fiscal year and to recommend a list of projects and funding amounts to the Minister.
Reviews, assesses, and provides recommendations or rulings on matters pertaining to the administration and governance of local governments, rural districts, and Regional Service Commissions (RSC).
Reviews and authorizes all capital borrowing of municipalities, rural communities, and municipal agencies in the Province of New Brunswick.
Reviews the content and operation of the Act and regulations and recommend changes to the Minister. If the Board considers it advisable, and shall, when requested by the Minister, inquire into and consider any matters concerning pesticides and report on them to the Minister, and shall perform any other functions that are prescribed in the Act and/or regulations or by the Minister.
Manages the handling of a designated material to ensures an industry’s manufacture, storage, collection, transportation, recycling, disposal or other handling of a designated material is done in accordance with a stewardship plan approved by the Board. Currently the Board manages scrap tires, waste paint, used oil and used glycol under the Regulation.
Provides water and wastewater to residents residing in St. Margarets that involves two wells serving under 300 residents, and a lagoon and associated sewer collection serving 65 homes and one golf course.
Provides advice to the Minister on matters of importance to women and their substantive equality; brings to the attention of government and the public issues of interest and concern to women and their substantive equality; includes and engages women of diverse identities, experiences and communities, women’s groups and society in general; strategizes and provides advice on emerging and future issues; and represents New Brunswick women, as an independent body.
Offers support services to help New Brunswick businesses grow, pursue high growth opportunities through exports and foreign investment, and work with industry partners to identify, build and support a portfolio of significant high growth opportunities both within and outside the province. The board can approve loans and grants up to a S2 million.
Advises the Premier on matters relating to the status of persons with disabilities. Brings forth matters of interest and concern to persons with disabilities and promotes employment opportunities, the prevention of disabling conditions, and access to all services offered to the citizens of New Brunswick.
Plans, coordinates and implements regional and economic development initiatives for the Province as a Crown corporation.
Delivers shared services for the Government of New Brunswick with the express purpose of standardizing and reducing costs. This Crown corporation provides high-quality, innovative public services for customers with a focus on value for all New Brunswickers.
Undertakes, implements, organizes, conducts and manages the purchase, distribution and sale of recreational use cannabis on behalf of the government of the Province of New Brunswick in accordance with federal and provincial laws and regulations.
Cannabis NB, the only legal retailer of recreational cannabis for the province of New Brunswick, is a subsidiary of ANBL and manages retail cannabis sales for the Cannabis Management Corporation. The board administers the business and affairs of the corporation.
Administers and enforces the provincial legislation that regulates securities, insurance, pensions, credit unions, caisses populaires, trust and loan companies, co-operatives, and a wide range of other consumer legislation. Provides regulatory services that protects and enhances public interest and confidence in the regulated sectors; disseminates knowledge and promotes understanding of the regulated sectors; and develops and conducts education programs. The Board provides oversight.
Regulates automobile insurance rates to be used in the Province of New Brunswick by reviewing rate applications, conducting hearings and approving rates as a quasi-judicial tribunal.
Carries on the general business of manufacturing, buying, importing and selling of liquor, to promote the responsible consumption of liquor and to participate in the development of the liquor industry in the Province as a revenue generating Crown corporation. The board administers the business and affairs of the Corporation.
Develops, organizes, conducts and manages provincial lottery schemes on behalf of the Province.
Provides municipal governments & enterprises with low cost funding for capital projects approved by the Municipal Capital Borrowing Board.
Advises the Minister on matters relating to the use of the assets of the Cannabis Education and Awareness Fund. The fund shall be used to support the development and implementation of education and awareness programs, policies, and research projects related cannabis including its responsible use, prevention of abuse, and strategies for the reduction of the adverse health effects; as well as promotion of corporate social responsibility in the distribution and sale of cannabis.
Responsible for the review of audits performed on pharmacy providers under the New Brunswick Drug Plan and the New Brunswick Prescription Drug Program.
Advises the Minister on appeals by persons on matters in dispute or disagreement with respect to an application to become or continue to be a beneficiary; refusal of a claim for payment for entitled services or reduction of the amount so claimed; or any other matter requested by the Minister in the application or interpretation of the Act and the regulations made there under.
Reviews the status of an involuntary patient; the ability of an involuntary patient to manage their estate; the patient's access to information concerning their treatment and the accessibility to their chart; the transfer to another jurisdiction; the granting or authorization of certificates of detention; sending out an order to administer a treatment; and the patient's competence or their substitute to give their consent.
Advises the Minister on the need, supply and delivery of mental health services; issues respecting mental health and mental health services referred to the Committee by the Minister or initiated by the Committee; and matters related to the development and improvement of community-based support systems for persons suffering from mental disorders.
Authorizes the admission and treatment of involuntary patients according to the Mental Health Act. Each tribunal is composed of a lawyer and two members of the public.
Oversees the regulation of the profession.
Makes recommendations to the Minister to promote and improve health service quality; to develop and implement mechanisms to engage citizens, to measure, monitor and assess population health and health services quality; to identify effective practices for the improvement of health service quality; to evaluate strategies designed to improve health service quality; to assess citizen satisfaction with health services and quality; and to investigate matters respecting healthcare referred to it by the Minister with recommendations.
Makes recommendations and advises the Minister on the classes of drugs to be considered for designation as monitored drugs; policy and other matters related to the Program; possible amendments to the Act or the regulations to further the purposes of the Program; issues arising from the collection and reporting of information under the Program; and any other matter established by regulation.
Regulates and administers 5.5(1) of the Act which provides for: the provincial authority may refer to the Professional Review Committee for review, patterns of billing of medical practitioners and oral and maxillofacial surgeons under the medical services plan in order to identify, in respect of a medical practitioner or an oral and maxillofacial surgeon.
Provides advice to government on the investitures of the Order of New Brunswick.
Sets competency levels; approves training programs; and oversees the licensing process for persons working on propane, natural and medical gas installations.
Section 672.38 of the Criminal Code of Canada requires that a Review Board be established in each province. The Board makes or reviews dispositions made by the criminal courts concerning accused found not criminally responsible by reason of mental disorder or unfit to stand trial.
Governs the policies and strategic priorities of the Commission and ensures the funding received is spent efficiently by reporting to the Legislature through the Minister of Justice. Assures the public that the actual operation of the legal aid system is separate from the government which is responsible for public prosecutions.
Investigates and determines complaints relating to the conduct of a member of a municipal or regional police force; investigates and determines any matter relating to any aspect of policing in any area of the Province, either on its own motion, or at the direction of the Minister of Public Safety; and determines the adequacy of municipal, regional and RCMP forces within the Province, and whether each municipality and the Province is discharging its responsibility for the maintenance of an adequate level of policing.
Examines qualified candidates for any class of power engineers licence; provides the examination to be given a candidate for any class of power engineers licence; and establishes the degree of competency that a candidate shall display to successfully pass such examination.
Addresses complaints of misconduct alleged against Small Claims Court adjudicators. The panel is the roster of names from which a public representative is chosen each time a Complaints Committee is required.
Regulates standards and administers examination of candidates seeking licensing and renewal of licensing to scale primary forest products in NB, as well as managing licensed scalers’ performance issues.
Provides scientific input, advice, and expertise on any matter relating to the biological assessment of Species at Risk in New Brunswick.
Advises the Minister on matters relating to the management of Crown Lands and Forests, the settlement of disputes with respect to the management of Crown Lands, and other matters submitted by the Minister.
Regulates the electricity, natural gas, pipeline, motor carrier industries and sets maximum gasoline prices for the province as an independent Crown agency.
Hears appeals for Licensee's appealing the results of Forest Audits. May change or uphold audit results.
Oversees the marketing relationships involving forest industries (pulp mills and sawmills); forest products marketing boards (private woodlot owners and producers) and the provincial government. An independent Commission composed of seven members who report directly to the Minister.
Governs the Corporation by guiding the strategic direction, evaluating the performance of the Chief Executive Officer, and approving and monitoring the business plan, operational plan and financial results. Administers the business affairs on a commercial basis, taking into consideration government policy, and ensuring the Corporation is committed to a high level of accountability and transparency. NB Power is responsible for providing New Brunswickers with a safe, reliable, cost-effective, environmentally responsible supply of energy at competitive rates.
Provides advice and makes recommendations to the Minister on matters relating to the conservation, protection or enhancement of fish and wildlife populations or their habitats. It recommends projects to the Minister for payments out of the Wildlife Trust Fund.
Provides advice and input to the Minister on initiatives relating to the protection, conservation, and management of protected natural areas.
Provides to the Minister scientific input, advice and expertise on any matter relating to the classification and management of protected natural areas.
The Accessibility Advisory Board advises the Minister of Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour on accessibility standards, reviews and provides recommendations for improving existing accessibility measures and policies, and undertakes additional tasks as directed by the Minister.
Ensures decisions made by the AOC board serve the francophone communities of New Brunswick.
Gives the Board policy and law-making authority to make decisions regarding matters under its jurisdictions. Establishes standards for the AOC program and provides advice to the Minister.
Responsible for the business and affairs of Collège Communautaire du Nouveau-Brunswick in accordance with the Act.
Promotes human rights via compliance with the Act and mediates and investigates complaints and provides educational seminars to the public.
Adjudicates employment and labour matters. Established under the Labour and Employment Board Act as an independent, quasi-judicial tribunal that administers and adjudicates matters under the Industrial Relations Act, Public Service Labour Relations Act, Employment Standards Act, Pension Benefits Act, Human Rights Act, Fisheries Bargaining Act and Essential Services in Nursing Homes Act. The Board also exercises complaint administration and adjudicative appointment jurisdiction under the Public Interest Disclosure Act and the Pay Equity Act, 2009.
Responsible for the business and affairs of New Brunswick Community College in accordance with the Act.
Provides to the Minister advice on policy, service and standards for public libraries and on the public libraries system.
Raises funds specifically for the public library system, primarily for collections but also funding for the purchase of specialized equipment in libraries, such as assistive technologies for people with disabilities with the support of external funds. Receives in-kind donations of materials to add to library collections across the province.
Stimulates innovation using science and technology to improve quality of life and ensure economic sustainability and competitiveness in the province as a not-for-profit Crown corporation.
Represents workers and employers and provides oversight and direction to WorkSafeNB. WorkSafeNB oversees the implementation and application of New Brunswick's: Occupational Health and Safety Act; Workers' Compensation Act; Workplace Health, Safety and Compensation Commission and Workers' Compensation Appeals Tribunal Act; and Firefighters' Compensation Act and the Smoke-free Places Act
Hears appeals on workers’ compensation matters. This independent tribunal has expertise in the workers’ compensation system.
Develops, oversees, coordinates and implements initiatives to reduce poverty and assist New Brunswickers to become more self-sufficient. The Corporation ensures the continued partnership of the citizens of New Brunswick in the development, adoption, implementation and evaluation of the Economic and Social Inclusion Plan. It has representation from government, the Official opposition, business and non-profit sectors as well as people who have experienced poverty.
Provides an independent process allowing applicants to appeal decisions made under the Act and its regulations.
Provides oversight to study housing needs and conditions, and the adequacy of existing housing accommodations in NB. This Crown corporation does so with an emphasis to the needs of individuals and families of low income.
Oversees the strategic direction to create, maintain and operate an authentic living history museum as a world-class attraction that will educate and entertain tourists and residents by depicting life in rural New Brunswick during the 19th century.
Facilitates and promotes the creation, production, enjoyment, awareness and understanding of the arts, as well as administers funding programs for professional artists in the province. Works as an arm’s length agency that provides advice to the government on matters relating to the arts.
Regulates combat sport events by: issuing permits for the holding of events; issuing licenses for persons who participate in events; establishing a code of conduct for participants in events; and ensuring the presence of medical staff.
To manage, control and administer the affairs of the museum.
Manages the public-private partnerships with private sector companies to build and maintain certain highways in New Brunswick. This Crown corporation is comprised of government employees and the Ministers of the Departments of Transportation and Infrastructure and Finance. The NB Highway Corporation also has 3 subsidiary corporations including the New Brunswick F-M Project Company, Route 1 Gateway Project Company Ltd. and the Trans-Canada Highway Project Co. Ltd.
The following agencies, boards and commissions include those in which the provincial government does not have exclusive authority over appointments, but rather appoints at least one member to the ABC. These include self-regulating professions, trusts, and federal and municipal boards.
Provides for educational services, programs and opportunities for hearing and visually impaired youth, age 0-21 in the Atlantic Provinces.
Regulates the practice of real estate appraisal and govern all individuals engaged in such practice in the Province of New Brunswick. This is a self-regulating profession.
An Act to Incorporate the New Brunswick Association of Real Estate Appraisers
Reviews allegations of professional misconduct or incompetence against members of the Association of Real Estate Appraisers.
An Act to Incorporate the New Brunswick Association of Real Estate Appraisers
Administers a uniform contributory pension plan which is available to municipalities and rural communities (permanent employees). The provincial government appoints the Chair.
Governs, regulates and supervises harness racing in all its forms relevant and related to peri-mutuel betting in the Atlantic Provinces.
Administers the pension plans as per the pension trust and the Pension Benefits Act as a joint, independent board of trustees.
Administers the pension plans, by three boards of trustees, as per the pension trust and the Pension Benefits Act.
Administers the pension plans as per the pension trust and the Pension Benefits Act as a joint, independent board of trustees.
Regulates the practice of real estate appraisal and govern all individuals engaged in such practice in the Province of New Brunswick. This is a self-regulating profession.
An Act to Incorporate the New Brunswick Association of Real Estate Appraisers
Administers the pension plans as per the pension trust and the Pension Benefits Act as a joint, independent board of trustees.
Administers three defined pension plans, by three boards of trustees, as per the pension trusts and the Pension Benefits Act.
Oversees the regulation of the profession.
Bill-62 Embalmers, Funeral Directors and Funeral Providers Act
Oversees the regulation of the profession.
Oversees the regulation of the profession.
College of Physicians and Surgeons of New Brunswick - Medical Act
The Council of the College shall be responsible for the administration of the Psychologists Act and shall control, govern and manage, or supervise the control, government and management of the business and affairs of the College and all aspects of the practice of psychology.
To govern, control, and administer the affairs of the College and the practice of physiotherapy. The management of the business and powers of the College shall be vested in the Council.
An Act Respecting the College of Physiotherapists of New Brunswick, Chapter 7
Responsible for the management of the Opticians Association of New Brunswick.
Reports to the Minister of Health to recommend certain key decisions regarding legal claims, and to manage the continuing operation of the Health Services Liability Protection Plan.
Oversees the regulation of the profession.
An Act Respecting the New Brunswick Association of Dietitians
Handles disciplinary action for its members found to be in breach of its code of conduct.
An Act Respecting the New Brunswick Association of Dietitians
Oversees the regulation of the profession.
An Act to incorporate the New Brunswick Association 0of Medical Radiation Technologist
Oversees the regulation of the profession.
An Act Respecting the New Brunswick Association of Occupational Therapists, 1988
Oversees the regulation of the profession.
Oversees the regulation of the profession.
Oversees the regulation of the profession.
An Act to Incorporate the New Brunswick Association of Social Workers
Hears and determines allegations of professional misconduct or incompetence against a member.
An Act to Incorporate the New Brunswick Association of Social Workers
Examines and approves applications for membership with the New Brunswick Association of Social Workers.
An Act to Incorporate the New Brunswick Association of Social Workers
Investigates complaints of professional misconduct, incompetence and/or a breach of the Code of Ethics.
An Act to Incorporate the New Brunswick Association of Social Workers
Oversees the regulation of the profession.
Act Incorporating The New Brunswick Association of Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists
Oversees the regulation of the profession.
An Act to Incorporate the New Brunswick Chiropractors Association
Oversees the regulation of the profession.
An Act Respecting the New Brunswick College of Dental Hygienists
Oversees the regulation of the profession.
Oversees the regulation of the profession.
Develops, establishes and maintains standards of knowledge and skill, professional ethics and qualifications and practice for members.
Oversees the regulation of the profession.
An Act Respecting the New Brunswick Society of Medical Laboratory Technologists
Conducts disciplinary action for members found in breach of their standards and code of conduct.
An Act Respecting the New Brunswick Society of Medical Laboratory Technologists
Oversees the regulation of the profession.
Oversees the regulation of the profession.
An Act Respecting the Paramedic Association of New Brunswick
Manages the business and affairs of the regional health authority.
Manages the business and affairs of the regional health authority.
Provides oversight to manage the centre.
Provides governance and oversight for the regional RCMP police force. The Minister appoints minimum one member to Board.
Reviews complaints against Provincial Court judges and make determinations on the need for further investigation and possible sanctions.
Provides governance and oversight of regional municipal police force. The Minister appoints minimum one member to Board.
Provides governance and oversight of regional municipal police force. The Minister appoints minimum one member to Board.
Administers the affairs of the corporation.
Manages the resources of the St. Croix watershed, which forms part of the boundary between New Brunswick and of the State of Maine (USA). Established recognizing the common heritage and special concern of the citizens of the two jurisdictions, including regional economic and environmental issues such as dam management and habitat issues.
Provides advice to Ministers responsible for Post-Secondary Education in the Maritimes through an agency of the Council of Atlantic Premiers.
Ensures the functions and objectives of the university are carried out.
Ensures the functions and objectives of the university are carried out. This governance body establishes the policies and strategic direction of the university and exercising all of the powers set out in the Act.
At the Minister’s request, advises on all matters relating to dental services and assists in matters pertaining to an effective and efficient dental program.
New Brunswick Regulation 84-115 under the Health Services Act
Oversees the operation and management of the Beaverbrook Art Gallery and fosters and promotes the study and public enjoyment and appreciation of the arts.
Develops or causes to be developed that area of land in the City of Saint John on which Fort La Tour was located and adjacent lands as a historic attraction for the educational benefit of the citizens of New Brunswick and for the economic advantage of the City.
Responsible for the operation and maintenance of the NB Sports Hall of Fame and trustees of all related records and possessions.
Oversees strategic direction of the Port. Ports are federal jurisdiction; the Province appoints one member.
Oversees the strategic direction of the airport. Airports are federal jurisdiction; the Province appoints one member.
Transport Canada (Nat’l Airports Policy Ground lease agreement)
Oversees the strategic direction of the airport. Airports are federal jurisdiction; the Province appoints one member.
Transport Canada (Nat’l Airports Policy Ground lease agreement)
Oversees the strategic direction of the airport. Airports are federal jurisdiction; the Province appoints one member.
Transport Canada (Nat’l Airports Policy Ground lease agreement)
Oversees strategic direction of the Port. Ports are federal jurisdiction; the Province appoints one member.