Advocates don’t trust N.B. health minister to do fair investigation into mystery illness [Video]

An advocate for New Brunswickers suffering from unexplained neurological symptoms says a letter obtained by CBC News suggests Health Minister Dr. John Dornan wasn’t truthful about his role in the removal of a Moncton neurologist from his post at the clinic treating many of the patients.

The letter dated July 4, 2022, shows it was Dornan — then CEO of the Horizon Health Network — who informed Dr. Alier Marrero his participation in the Moncton Interdisciplinary Neurodegenerative Diseases Clinic would soon cease.

“Despite our repeated attempts to inform you of our expectations and the deficiencies in your performance, you have not demonstrated a sustained ability to meet our expectations,” Dornan wrote.

Dornan is now overseeing Premier Susan Holt’s pre-election pledge as Opposition leader to launch a transparent scientific investigation into the “mystery illness” that Marrero says is making more than 500 people in New Brunswick and six other provinces sick.

The mandate letter Dornan got when he became …