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UPDATED: N.B. to ‘repurpose’ gas tax – Telegraph Journal – 12 December 2017

Author by : ADAM HURAS, KATRINA CLARKE AND JOHN CHILIBECK Brunswick News Photo by : Photo: Katrina Clarke/The Daily Gleaner It isn’t consistent with what the majority of other provinces are doing. Unless there’s been some agreement with the federal government – and maybe there has been. The idea, I thought, was that we would develop our own pricing system […]

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No ‘direct’ carbon tax planned for consumers, environment minister says – CBCNews – 12 December 2017

Author by :Jacques Poitras Photo by : Jacques Poitras I don’t see how this will satisfy the federal requirements. It doesn’t seem to meet the straight-face test to me. – David Coon Environment and Local Government Minister Serge Rousselle declined to say whether Ottawa has told New Brunswick whether its carbon plan will satisfy federal standards. (Jacques Poitras/CBC) New Brunswickers […]

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Still no code of conduct to help regulate politicians’ behaviour – Telegraph Journal – 20 November 2017

Author by : John Chilibeck /Legislature Bureau Photo by : John Chilibeck /Legislature Bureau I’ve had citizens say I can’t find a job description for MLAs. I think most citizens would be surprised that, not only is there no job description, but there is no code of conduct written down and attached to our house rules so they can look […]

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Liberals keep controversial Medavie deal under wraps until signing – CBCNews – 16 November 2017

Author by : Jordan Gill The minister has a solution looking for a problem. We don’t have a problem with extramural. It’s working well. – David Coon New Brunswick Political Panel November 16, 2017 35:00 Health Minister Benoît Bourque says New Brunswickers won’t get details of the Liberal government’s contract with Medavie to run extramural care until after the deal […]

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