Land reform. This province needs to tackle its antiquated systems of property law and Crown Lands policies that leave families fighting for their own homes and their land. Tackling the housing crisis starts with helping keep people in their homes and giving them security in their ownership. Development can only occur when people are safe in their ownership of their land.
Housing. Improving affordability and housing access through housing development via the Newfoundland and Labrador Housing Corporation, for rental properties and residential development.
Special Needs and Family Assistance. Improving access to supports for families of special needs children. Remove means-based assessments that prevent families from accessing support, and replace it with child-focused needs-based assessments. Remove restrictions on respite hours that prevent caregivers from obtaining necessary assistance. Ensure a continuity of care plan for disabled children throughout their lives. Make assisted living available via NL Housing for the disable to allow dignity and independence as they age.
Healthcare. Focus on increasing frontline healthcare and delivery. Newfoundland and Labrador's healthcare system has to cover a wide area with few people. We need frontline staff in hospitals to deliver care, and need to connect frontline staff with doctors provincewide to ensure medical care can be delivered in our communities.
Justice. Improve access to justice and the operation of the justice system with law reform. Amending and replacing outdated laws. Making the courts more accessible and efficient with reform to the Rules of Court and Judicature Act. Increasing resources in the justice system to ensure our courts can hear cases in a timely manner.
Expand the Mental Health Court and Drug Treatment Court provincewide, and making related treatment options available provincewide.
Introduce a Fine Option Program to tackle unpaid fines with community service work.
Increase the number of law enforcement officers on the street to protect our communities and enforce the law.
Improve the operation of the Sheriff's Office to ease judgment enforcement and to allow better enforcement of civil law.
Biography
Over those years, Greg has served in many roles in service to the legal profession. He served as President of the Canadian Bar Association – NL Branch, and was Chair of the CBA-NL’s Legislation and Law Reform Committee.
He currently serves as an elected Bencher of the Law Society of Newfoundland, the governing body of the legal profession in this province, and has served as Chair of several Law Society Committees. He has published many academic works and law reform articles, in particular on the subject of property law in this province. He has previously served as the Chairman of Newfoundland and Labrador’s Financial Services Appeal Board and is a roster panelist for dispute resolution under the Canadian Free Trade Agreement. He also serves on the national board of the Canadian Bar Association as the representative for the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador, and serves on the Finance Committee and Risk and Audit Committee.
Greg is a passionate advocate for change and improvement in the legal system. He has long been outspoken about the challenges our province is facing, but he has confidence in the potential of a team with new voices and new ideas. He is running in order to bring his skills and knowledge to the House of Assembly to help shape and create policy that makes sense for a modern Newfoundland and Labrador, and meet those challenges head on.
Outside of a busy career, he is devoted to his wife Lynn and their two children, Rosie and Danny. He can often be found kayaking and enjoying the outdoors.
Reason for running
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