Mr. Speaker, the Memorandum of Agreement signed with J.D. Irving on February 7th last year guarantees an unsustainable level of clear cutting for the next 25 years. What it does not guarantee is the number of jobs that will be created from J.D. Irving’s planned investments in its business. The Memorandum of Agreement contains an estimate made by David Campbell, […]
Read moreMr. Speaker, it has been decades since any government has had staff dedicated to promoting rural development. In fact rural community development has not been among government priorities since the 1980s. The decline in student numbers in rural schools should be seen as an opportunity to strengthen rural communities by utilizing them to provide child care, senior care, early childhood […]
Read moreMr. Speaker, New Brunswick’s Child and Youth Advocate does critical work as an officer of this Legislative Assembly. Every year he produces a State of the Child report and every year makes specific recommendations to help the children and youth of our province. There is a problem. The Child and Youth Advocate has no Legislative Committee to which he reports. […]
Read moreMr. Speaker, the Energy and Utilities Board has launched an investigation to determine whether Irving Oil has been systematically charging commercial oil customers at rates higher than the regulated price or simply been making occasional billing errors with a handful of customers. Either way the Department of Education paid Irving $4,286,763 for energy in 2013-2014. Someone should be checking to […]
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