Mr. Coon: The decision to eliminate the university tuition rebate tax credit effectively raises the personal income tax of newly minted university graduates. I have heard from many of my constituents, who are furious, on this matter. One constituent wrote: This rebate was not intended to help needy students enter the system, but it was intended to keep young professionals […]
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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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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, the number of children diagnosed with autism every year is on the rise. Current estimates indicate that 1 in 68 children are affected. These children and their families are currently without government funded mental health support to address the anxiety and depression symptoms of autism. Many of these children grow into adults who are forced to live in […]
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