FREDERICTON, N.B. – As party leaders and candidates hit the road across New Brunswick campaigning for the upcoming provincial election, Global News will keep track of where they are and what they’re saying in our election notebook.
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Here’s what happened Wednesday, September 10.
Green Party: Fair share forestry
Leader of the Green Party, David Coon was in front of the New Brunswick Teachers’ Federation in Fredericton, launching his education plan. Coon is promising a tax on sugar laden soft drinks, putting the money back into school wellness programs across the province.
He also says he’ll develop family-centred literacy program for elementary schools and restore trades and skills-based curriculum into middle and high schools.
Coon also promised to expand co-op placement programs.
NDP: Post-secondary education
NDP leader Dominic Cardy was at the University of New Brunswick Wednesday, unveiling his party’s plan to help post-secondary education students.
Cardy says he’ll introduce a ‘Free in 8’ program that would mean every graduate could afford to pay off their student loan in eight years or get the help they need to make those payments. The program would cost about $1.8-million in the first year, and $3.7-million by year four.
He also promised a student retention initiative to remove the required parental and spousal contributions from student loans. This would cost $1.6-million per year.
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