Coon says if the government put well-being at the centre of everything it does, it would produce a very different budget.

Green Leader David Coon asked department staff about the lack of a strategy during an appearance before the committee on climate change and environmental stewardship on Wednesday.

Global's Silas Brown lays out three of the biggest stories to come out of the N.B. legislature in 2019.

Centennial Heritage Properties Inc. will be the new owner, with the provincial government estimating the company will "invest more than $48 million" to complete the development.

The government has until Jan. 2 to make court-ordered adjustments to the bill, which lays out a process for determining how many workers in a nursing home are essential.

It's been almost exactly a year since Blaine Higgs formed a slim minority government. As the legislature returns, nothing is a given.

Fredericton has been one of the most visited ridings across the country over the campaign.

According to JP Lewis, associate professor of politics at the University of New Brunswick, the figure at the helm of the party may be just as important to voters as policy.

"I wish them all the best in their political endeavors," Coon said.

"I, as a councillor for five years, don't think that heavy industry is paying its fair share in Saint John, and this will prove one way or the other," said Saint John Harbour MLA Gerry Lowe.