The first three-year action plan in a ten-year provincial-federal housing agreement will invest more than $63 million in the repair, renovation and creation of affordable rental units.

The provincial and federal governments are investing a total of $480,000 for the purchase and renovation of a building to help Nazareth House expand its shelter operations.

Provincial government representatives have been meeting for several days with the New Brunswick Council of Nursing Home Unions, which represents CUPE employees at 46 nursing homes in New Brunswick.