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July 29, 2014 ORAL QUESTIONS 63 QUESTIONS ORALES le 29 juillet 2014
Mr. Fraser: I believe we have an agreement to have an extended question period of 45 minutes.
Mr. P. Robichaud: Agreed, Mr. Speaker.
Government Finances
Mr. Gallant: Cuts to services, cuts to our social programs, and tax hikes are what we have seen from the Alward government over the past four years. Unfortunately, despite the fact that we have seen so many significant cuts and despite the fact that we have seen a significant tax hike, this government has been unable to balance the books. On top of that, thousands of New Brunswickers either find themselves leaving our province for work or find themselves unemployed in our province.
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May 20, 2014 ORAL QUESTIONS 62 QUESTIONS ORALES le 20 mai 2014
Reddition de comptes
M. Gallant : Il est évident que le gouvernement Alward a brisé les trois promesses clés qu’il a faites durant la campagne électorale de 2010. Il avait promis d’équilibrer le budget au cours de son mandat ; c’est une promesse qui a été brisée. Il avait aussi clairement promis d’équilibrer le budget sans augmenter les taxes et les impôts et sans réduire les services ; ce sont deux autres promesses qui, comme nous le savons bien, ont aussi été brisées.
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May 16, 2014 ORAL QUESTIONS 61 QUESTIONS ORALES le 16 mai 2014
Transfer Payments
Mr. Melanson: Yesterday, we had the Prime Minister of Canada do a touch-and-go in our province.
(Interjections.)
Mr. Speaker: Order.
Mr. Melanson: Certainly, the Prime Minister stayed long enough for the Premier to have a serious conversation with him. We know that the Prime Minister said—when Ottawa is in a surplus situation—he will not allow more transfer payments for health care to the provinces. The question is for the Premier. This is very serious because we will be losing more than $715 million over 10 years. Can the Premier tell us today whether he had a real conversation about this serious matter with his cozy friend Stephen Harper yesterday?
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May 13, 2014 ORAL QUESTIONS 58 QUESTIONS ORALES le 13 mai 2014
Industrie forestière
M. Gallant : Je suis certain que tous les parlementaires ont remarqué qu’il y a eu une manifestation à l’extérieur de l’Assemblée législative aujourd’hui. Il est évident que beaucoup de gens sont frustrés en ce qui concerne la brochure en matière de foresterie présentée par le gouvernement actuel.
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May 9, 2014 ORAL QUESTIONS 57 QUESTIONS ORALES le 9 mai 2014
An Act to Amend the Workplace Health, Safety and Compensation Commission Act
Mr. Boudreau: Earlier this week, we questioned the government on Bill 73, An Act to Amend the Workplace Health, Safety and Compensation Commission Act. When the minister talked about this bill when proposing it, he compared it to the Human Rights Commission as to how it was going to be struck. However, during the last provincial campaign, the promise of the PC Party was that the Human Rights Commission would be created as an independent body, answerable to the Legislative Assembly instead of to the minister. Yet, in creating an Appeals Tribunal independent of WorkSafe NB, the government is making this new agency, this new tribunal, answerable to the minister as opposed
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