NDP Justice Critic Gerry Rogers (MHA, St. John’s Centre) is appalled by the latest damage caused by the Liberal government’s shortsighted approach to budgeting.

St. John’s Centre MHA Gerry Rogers, the NDP Mental Health critic won a prestigious award last night.

The Canadian Mental Health Association Newfoundland and Labrador handed out its annual awards last night in St. John’s. Rogers was the recipient of this year’s CMHA-NL Mental Health Leadership Award.

Recent events surrounding the incarceration of an Inuk protester are the latest evidence to that the province’s justice system is not working for all the province residents, says NDP Justice Critic Gerry Rogers (MHA, St. John’s Centre). She says government must undertake a review of how the provincial justice system interacts with indigenous people.

NDP Mental Health and Addictions critic Gerry Rogers (MHA, St. John’s Centre) says despite a promise late last year of a better treatment option, people with addictions are still waiting for access to Suboxone. Today in the House of Assembly, she asked the Minister of Health why Suboxone remains inaccessible.