New Brunswick’s two main political parties are making big promises regarding energy efficiency and special needs children as the provincial election ramps up.
On Saturday, Liberal Leader Brian Gallant said that if his party is re-elected it will double its investments in energy efficiency programs, promising over $20 million in new annual spending.
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Gallant says they will double New Brunswick’s investment in the Low Income Energy Savings Program from $2 million to $4 million per year, and increase spending on the province’s Energy Retrofit Program from $20.25 million to $40.5 million per year.
Tory Leader Blaine Higgs, meanwhile, says a Progressive Conservative government will support families with special needs children by investing in a Family Advocacy Resource pilot project.
He pledged $400,000 a year to establish the project, which he says would create four new positions to help families with special needs children connect to the resources they need.
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Also on Saturday, New Democratic Party Leader Jennifer McKenzie announced her party’s plan for economic growth in the province’s north, saying it will bring good jobs and development to the region by increasing funding for roads and highways.
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