It was four years ago today that the Tory government signed the one-sided deal with J.D. Irving to dramatically increase the amount of softwood cut off Crown land. New Brunswickers are fed up with the clearcutting, the glyphosate spraying, and the flooding and washouts, while our government chooses to stand with billionaires. So who is in charge of managing our […]
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Author by: CONNELL SMITH “Governments, whether it’s this government or the previous Conservative government, will stand with Jim Irving, will stand with JDI. They have repeatedly made that decision.”-David Coon Pressure from Jim Irving led former premier David Alward to switch natural resources ministers, says Bruce Northrup, speaking for the first time about how he lost the portfolio in a […]
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Today I delivered this statement on the credibility of the Auditor General and her 2015 report on private woodlots and silviculture.
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