Protest law amended to better protect Dr. Robert Strang, health workers in N.S.
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NDP House leader Claudia Chender expressed a similar view.
"I think in this case we were convinced that this bill was required in an expedient manner and that there were active threats being made to officials and that, you know, there was a feeling that there was stronger legislation required to be able to deal with that and keep people safe," said Chender.
She did say that if extending the protective bubbles to thousands of health-care workers has unintended consequences, her party would push the Houston government to make the changes necessary to fix the problem. “