Author Archives: David Coon

UPDATED: N.B. to ‘repurpose’ gas tax – Telegraph Journal – 12 December 2017

Author by : ADAM HURAS, KATRINA CLARKE AND JOHN CHILIBECK Brunswick News Photo by : Photo: Katrina Clarke/The Daily Gleaner It isn’t consistent with what the majority of other provinces are doing. Unless there’s been some agreement with the federal government – and maybe there has been. The idea, I thought, was that we would develop our own pricing system […]

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No ‘direct’ carbon tax planned for consumers, environment minister says – CBCNews – 12 December 2017

Author by :Jacques Poitras Photo by : Jacques Poitras I don’t see how this will satisfy the federal requirements. It doesn’t seem to meet the straight-face test to me. – David Coon Environment and Local Government Minister Serge Rousselle declined to say whether Ottawa has told New Brunswick whether its carbon plan will satisfy federal standards. (Jacques Poitras/CBC) New Brunswickers […]

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New Brunswickers don’t want private management of health services

Here are my questions to the premier on privatising the management of our extra mural health services M. Coon : Hier, plus de 100 personnes, principalement des gens âgés, se sont rendus au bureau de circonscription du premier ministre, à Dieppe, pour lui transmettre un message clair : Le Programme extra-mural n’est pas à vendre. Des groupes de personnes âgées […]

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