Fredericton – In August, Forest Protection, a company operating on behalf of the Department of Natural Resources, began spraying glyphosate product over crown lands by helicopter. In April, David Coon, MLA for Fredericton South and Leader of the Green Party of New Brunswick asked the Minister of Environment, Brian Kenny, to deny requests for permits to spray glyphosate products due […]
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Mr. Coon: NB Power has contracted with a Toronto-based company to deliver its soon-to-be announced home insulation program. Four New Brunswick businesses provided energy evaluation services under the late, great Efficiency NB’s home retrofit program. Energy advisers who have been building careers in the energy efficiency services industry have been laid off across the province. Local energy efficiency businesses have […]
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Mr. Speaker, day after day we are informed of new cuts to programs, services, and jobs in an effort to bring our fiscal house into order. Day after day members of this house sit here and consider the impact that these cuts will have. Day after day I receive e-mails, phone calls and walk-in visits from constituents looking for jobs […]
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Government Outsourcing Energy Efficiency Jobs Fredericton – NB Power will begin outsourcing home energy evaluations to a Toronto-based company, under its soon to be announced Home Insulation Program. NB Power took over Efficiency New Brunswick’s mandate on April 1, 2015. It inherited the responsibility to develop an energy efficiency services industry to create jobs in New Brunswick. Instead, its first […]
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