Second time’s the charm?
Premier Brian Gallant’s Liberal government amended its Speech from the Throne on Tuesday, adding 13 new commitments should it remain in power for this legislative session.
You can read the original text from the throne speech here. And, read the proposed amendments to the throne speech here.
Before Lieutenant Governor Jocelyne Roy-Vienneau read the throne speech last week, your Conservation Council set the bar for what was needed to get a passing grade on the environment, calling for clear commitments to:
- Ban herbicide spraying in our Crown forest,
- Secure protection of at least 10 per cent of New Brunswick’s land and water by 2020;
- Enact comprehensive laws to protect our rivers, streams, wetlands, lakes and coastlines,
- Take action on climate change by ramping up investments in renewable energy and protect our health by phasing out coal-fired electricity by 2030,
- Protect drinking water by maintaining the moratorium on fracking, and,
- Get a long-overdue review of the Crown Lands and Forests Act to protect woodlot owners and biodiversity.
You can read all the parties’ responses to the throne speech here.
Members of the Legislative Assembly are expected to vote on the speech on Friday, Nov. 2.