Mr. Coon: My question is for the Minister of Environment and Local Government. Last week marked the 13th anniversary of the introduction into law of the Water Classification Regulation, which is designed to protect our freshwater resources, in theory, by establishing legally binding water quality standards for our rivers and streams. It was amended in 2008 to address some matters […]
Read moreMr. Coon: The memorandum of agreement signed with J.D. Irving last year, February 7, guarantees in law a dramatic increase in the take of softwood from Crown lands for the next 25 years. This has enraged many New Brunswickers and First Nations communities that have never ceded the land to the Crown in the first place. My question is to […]
Read moreMr. Coon: One of the things that I have discovered about this Legislative Assembly is that, while it passes many, many bills to address problems and challenges, a surprising number are never proclaimed and never implemented. A glaring example is An Act Respecting Payday Loans, which was given royal assent on April 30, 2008, and amended just last year, but […]
Read moreHome Heating Mr. Coon: Despite our province being home to the largest oil refinery in all of Canada, New Brunswickers are paying the highest cost for home heating oil in Atlantic Canada, to the tune of hundreds of dollars per month. Why? It is because, last August, a regulatory change was made in the Petroleum Products Pricing Act to […]
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