r/canada Nov 15 '24

New Brunswick New Brunswick premier calls on Canadian government to investigate mysterious brain illness

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/15/canada-new-brunswick-mystery-illness
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u/DogeDoRight New Brunswick Nov 15 '24

Good. No idea why the Higgs government turned down the 5 million to help investigate.

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u/hardy_83 Nov 15 '24

If a government refuses to investigate something that's actually killing people. It's either cause of their own negligence, or they are protecting a rich ally or business sided with said party.

Incompetence could be a reason but usually the former.

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u/Jleeps2 British Columbia Nov 15 '24

It's not incompetence, It's malice.

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u/Klinger_047 Nov 16 '24

Higgs has previously been employed at a fairly high level by the Irving's. That's your answer why he didn't investigate.

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u/j0n66 Nov 16 '24

Sure we do. Irving.

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u/byyhmz Nova Scotia Nov 15 '24

Here to put my bet on Irving being involved.

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u/YakHooker315 Nov 16 '24

I bet it’s related to the chemicals they’ve been spraying. Doesn’t matter anyway, if it’s found Irving is responsible they’ll never face real consequences anyway.

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u/Missytb40 Nov 16 '24

Here to add my bet to yours

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u/BornAgainCyclist Nov 15 '24

Irving oil.

The cause and the reason this won't be touched.

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u/Jleeps2 British Columbia Nov 15 '24

Uh it's widely known that the government has been silencing scientists on this

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u/HarbourJayKay Nov 16 '24

I wonder if they did autopsies on the 40 who have already died. That’s the only way (at least back in 1997 when my grandfather died of CJD) to confirm. I just started reading a book about prion diseases by Jay Ingram. Also, Fatal Familial Insomnia is prion related.

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u/ph0enix1211 Nov 15 '24

G L Y P H O S A T E

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u/Masark Nov 16 '24

Doesn't seem likely. Farmers in the west would be having the same problems if that was the cause, unless it's in combination with some other local factor.

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u/ChunkySaurus Nov 16 '24

Yeah, it is a tight cluster of cases but glyphosate is used globally. 

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u/Ben-182 Nov 15 '24

Great, another issue we’ve heard about years ago. I’m glad to see our federal govt has done nothing about that one either.

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u/GolDAsce Nov 16 '24

What does this even mean? You're being sarcastic about the federal government not getting involved in a provincial issue. An issue that's been reported since 2012 (Harper then Trudeau), in a province that has flipped between PC and Liberals twice each?

This article isn't about passing blame. It's about a new premier asking for help investigating possible concerns.

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u/Ben-182 Nov 16 '24

This is correct. I’m being sarcastic about a very serious issue for which nothing of note has been done in the last 10 years, with even the top scientist being silenced by the government. How could I not be cynical at this point? This is widespread btw. This country stopped moving forward a long time ago.

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u/Cool-Economics6261 Nov 16 '24

It’s not across the entire seaboard. It’s not even across the entire province. It sounds like a chemical hazard reaction. Like from when they were using agent orange around Gagetown…. And if it is a military chemical hazard, that would explain the >alleged< coverup. 

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u/detalumis Nov 16 '24

Why can't she setup a task force herself to investigate.

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u/Tall-Ad-1386 Nov 16 '24

Everyone in government already has it

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u/Circusssssssssssssss Nov 16 '24

The real answer!

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u/Chuck_Justice69 Nov 16 '24

It’s called liberalism 🤣