The Liberal government is still risking legal action with its moratorium on hydraulic fracturing, according to energy critic Jake Stewart – despite extending the licences SWN Resources Canada holds to search for shale gas in New Brunswick, in part, to avoid the courts. Meanwhile,Green Party Leader David Coon says
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FREDERICTON • The finance minister says the provincial budget on March 31 will be full of difficult decisions, what the Tory Opposition leader describes as code words for one of two things: a sales tax increase or a cynical ploy to delight people if the Liberals don’t impose a widely-expected HST hike. Finance Minister Roger Melanson released the budget date in the […]
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As a trade dispute threatens to break out between American and Canadian paper companies, a Tory critic says the New Brunswick government should use the same strategy that won protection for the local softwood lumber industry.
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