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Text   Amendment would recognize risks faced by firefighters and police officers
textDecember 4, 2009 - Fredericton
textPost-Secondary Education, Training and Labour
textPublic Safety
New Brunswick firefighters and police officers would be exempted in future from provisions concerning the three-day waiting period in the Workers' Compensation Act. An amendment to the act is designed to recognize the risks faced by firefighters and police officers when they respond to emergency situations.  From left: Chuck Hackey, past president, Local 771, Saint John Fire Department; Paul Stackhouse, vice-president, Saint John Fire Department; Doug LeBlanc, president, Atlantic Provincial Professional Firefighters Association; Dean Secord, president, New Brunswick Police Association; Jamie Hachey, president, Saint John Police Department; Saint John Lancaster MLA Abel LeBlanc; Minister of Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour Donald Arseneault; Dale Clinton, recording secretary, Saint John Firefighters Association; Larry Cook, president, Saint John Firefighters Association; and Peter Collings, Saint John Firefighters Association.
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