On today’s show, we listen in on last night’s all-candidates forum on the Mount Allison campus, as four Tantramar riding candidates offer up their answers to the question, “What would you do to address climate change in New Brunswick?”
Libertarian candidate Donna Allen surprised those gathered by stating she believed climate change is a hoax. NDP candidate Evelyne Godfrey said her party was basing their economic plan on a green energy transition including rural transit initiatives and a farmer’s marketing board, and supported an end to the federal consumer carbon tax. Liberal candidate John Higham commented on the difficulty of finding solutions that everyone agrees on, referencing the federal government’s beleaguered consumer carbon tax. And Green candidate Megan Mitton named a number of initiatives, including a ban on further fossil fuel extraction, investment in renewable energy and energy efficiency, and public transit investment.
In other local news: Tantramar council met on Tuesday night and chose to move forward with a number of planning changes. Councillors approved first and second reading of a zoning change from residential to industrial for Beale and Inch construction, with no further conditions added. The rezoning of the Freshwinds Eco-Village Housing Cooperative property on Fairfield Road, and the requested increase in building height allowances in the downtown Sackville mixed use zone will be back for public hearings on November 25.
And a new series of COVID-19 and flu vaccines will be available in New Brunswick starting October 15.
