It’s time to fix politics and make New Brunswick’s provincial legislature more representative of the people in the province, said Green party Leader David Coon. Coon, who represents Fredericton South as an MLA, was in Rogersville on April 25 for the party’s annual general meeting and public forum. During an interview with the Miramichi Leader, Coon said fixing politics and […]
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Premier Gallant’s Commitment to Lower Carbon Economy Must Drive Job Creation (Fredericton, NB) Premier Brian Gallant committed to make a transition to a lower carbon economy with Premiers from across the country in the final declaration from the Québec Summit on Climate Change yesterday. “The Premier has a tremendous opportunity to drive job creation by reducing New Brunswick’s dependence on […]
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Mr. Speaker, yesterday marked the last day of operation for Efficiency New Brunswick. A short-sighted decision for an agency that should be an engine of economic growth in our province. A study done for the New Brunswick government in 2012 found that the development of our cost-effective energy efficiency resource could create more than 1,300 jobs a year, every year, […]
Read moreMr. Speaker, I was pleased to note that the Premier met with the new governor of Massachusetts earlier this week. There is much to learn from Massachusetts. His predecessor Deval Patrick put in place an economic strategy to reduce the state’s reliance on fossil fuels. Early in his first term the Governor brought in the Green Jobs Act, the Green […]
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