New Brunswick govt's constructive proposals for strengthening FOI in the province:
https://gnb.ca/en/gov/information-access-privacy/rtippa-report.html
#cdnfoi #nbfoi #nbpoli
Mitton calls for data centre moratorium, but Holt Liberals say no

About 150 protesters gathered at the New Brunswick legislature last week to protest against a proposed 390-megawatt AI data centre in an expanded industrial park near Lorneville outside Saint John.…

"And if someone were looking to build a new system similar to his, the proposed fees would more than double the expected payback period, moving it from 12.4 years to 32.4 years."

#NBPoli

"Ouellet has done the math on what N.B. Power’s proposed net metering changes will mean for New Brunswickers ... Ouellet's analysis compared what his bills would have been for the past year without solar, under the current system, and with proposed changes by N.B. Power.

Once a 10-year grandfathering period is over, Ouellet said his annual costs would more than double under the proposed system."

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/nova-scotia-quashed-solar-freeze-new-brunswick-demand-charge-9.7233127

#NBPoli #FossilFuels

N.B. Power's new solar fee similar to one quashed in N.S. out of fear it would 'freeze' solar growth | CBC News

The Nova Scotia government prevented a move in 2022 to introduce new fees for rooftop solar producers, after advocates predicted a "freeze" on the industry. Now N.B. Power is proposing similar new fees, provoking similar warnings of an industry slowdown.

CBC
N.B. Power's new solar fee similar to one quashed in N.S. out of fear it would 'freeze' solar growth | CBC News

The Nova Scotia government prevented a move in 2022 to introduce new fees for rooftop solar producers, after advocates predicted a "freeze" on the industry. Now N.B. Power is proposing similar new fees, provoking similar warnings of an industry slowdown.

CBC

Webinar: The front-lines health impacts of fracking

CAPE Nova Scotia is pleased to invite you to an important webinar exploring the public health, maternal, and pediatric risks associated with hydraulic fracturing (fracking) for methane gas – marketed as “natural gas.”

Date: Monday, June 15, 2026
Time: 7:00 PM AST / 6:00 PM EST (75 minutes)

https://nbmediacoop.org/events/webinar-the-front-lines-health-impacts-of-fracking/

#FossilFuels #NBPoli

Webinar: The front-lines health impacts of fracking

CAPE Nova Scotia is pleased to invite you to an important webinar exploring the public health, maternal, and pediatric risks

NB Media Co-op

No Gas Plant!

“If you put 10 doctors into one room and hope to get out of there within five or six hours with any sort of consensus on anything, it’s pretty difficult. So yeah, we have a consensus here, no question.” —Dr. Graeme Stewart

https://www.chmafm.com/welcome/sackville-doctors-call-proposed-centre-village-gas-plant-a-threat-to-health-and-climate/

#FossilFuels #NBPoli

The Supreme Court ruled that the lieutenant-governor of New Brunswick  must be at least speak English and French

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/nb-lieutenant-governor-english-french-ruling-9.7233090
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La Cour suprême a jugée que le lieutenant-gouverneur du Nouveau-Brunswick  doit minimalement s’exprimer en anglais et en français

https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2261117/decision-bilinguisme-lieutenant-gouverneur-nb

via: https://forum.agoramtl.com/t/pl-96-debat-sur-les-langues-et-discussions-connexes/3592/594?u=edwing

#NewBrunswick #NouveauBrunswick #NBpoli

N.B. lieutenant-governor must speak English and French, top court rules | CBC News

The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled 6-3 that New Brunswick's lieutenant-governor must speak English and French.

CBC
This seems incredibly suspicious. If I were in a position of power at all, I'd be wanting to call for an investigation over NB Power trying to sneak this gas plant in under our noses. #nbpoli https://globalnews.ca/news/11899800/nb-power-gas-plant-prevent-blackouts-executive-says/
N.B. gas plant needed to avoid blackouts by 2028, utility executive says

The CEO of New Brunswick's electricity utility says its proposal for a natural gas-powered generating station remains the best option for avoiding blackouts.

Global News