Mr. Speaker, Medical Heads of Staff have written the government to say their hospitals are in overcapacity gridlock and the current system is in crisis. The same could be said for our mental health care system, Mr. Speaker. The same could be said for our senior care system. It could be said for primary health care system, particularly in Fredericton. […]
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Mr. Coon: The scientific staff of the Minister of Natural Resources have publicly stated that the 2014 forest strategy will eliminate old-forest habitats to such an extent that there will no longer be enough to sustain animal populations requiring those habitats. Simply put, by permitting the destruction of old-forest habitats to feed J.D. Irving’s appetite for cheap wood, New Brunswick […]
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Hon. Mr. Kenny: In response to questions asked by the member for Fredericton South that were taken under advisement, I would like to report to the House today. With regard to the member’s question, Health Canada is the leading authority in determining the safety of pest control products. All registered pest control products used in New Brunswick have undergone a […]
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Mr. Coon: My question is for the Minister of Environment. Glyphosate, a herbicide that is sprayed over 13 000 ha of Crown land annually, at a public cost of $2.4 million per year, was recently classified as a probable cancer-causing chemical by the International Agency for Research on Cancer. One of the studies it considered found chromosomal damage in community […]
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