"Black issues in New Brunswick have largely been ignored. People in power are oblivious to them," says Dr. Timothy Christie on the debut episode of NBWA: New Brunswickers want action. Christie is cohosting the show, dedicated to taking a closer look at systemic racism in New Brunswick and inciting New Brunswickers to empower themselves by taking action. 

Christie is joined by co-hosts Neil Clements, a Saint John-based lawyer, and Matthew Martin, President of Black Lives Matter New Brunswick. On the debut episode of the show, airing exclusively on Charlotte County Television, the cohosts discuss their goals for their show and outline some of the necessary changes they believe New Brunswick needs to take in order to address systemic racism in the province. 

The cohosts discuss the particular circumstances facing Dr. Ngola, a Black doctor in the Campbelllton region who was blamed by the province for an outbreak of COVID-19 in northern New Brunswick.

"Racial discrimination needs to be a crime and a punishable offence in the criminal code of Canada where I can call the police and report it, and it will be treated like any other crimes," says Christie in his final thoughts of first episode of NBWA.

"We are hear to tell the stories to our community and ensure that our perspectives are shared," says Clements on the point of NBWA.