New Brunswick election: Liberals promise to open community health clinic in Woodstock – New Brunswick [Video]

New Brunswick’s Liberal party is promising to open a community health clinic in Woodstock, N.B., if the party wins the Oct. 21 election.

Liberal Leader Susan Holt made the announcement Friday while standing near a building that she said could house a functioning clinic by the end of next year.

“A petition was signed by more than 750 members of the community,” Holt told a news conference, adding that the Progressive Conservative government led by Blaine Higgs promised six years ago to open a clinic in Woodstock, but failed to deliver on that pledge.

“For too long, Mr. Higgs … has taken Woodstock for granted.”

Higgs did not hold campaign events Friday and he responded to a limited number of questions when he took part in a virtual news conference with journalists later in the day. He was not asked about Holt’s assertion.

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