N.B. election: Leaders focuses on climate change, affordability, ‘axe the tax’ [Video]

Day 20 on the New Brunswick campaign trail focused on climate change, affordability, and an ‘axe the tax’ photo opportunity.

In Fredericton, the Green Party released details of its climate change plan which prominently featured the use of public transit, solar energy, and rapid rail.

Green Party leader David Coon said the party would establish a provincial rapid rail network with daily service between Campbellton, Moncton, and Sackville by 2028. Coon said the network would then expand to connect Saint John with Moncton, and Fredericton with Saint John.

“VIA has repeatedly said they’re interested in establishing regional rail in our region. But they haven’t got a willing partner,” said Coon, at Tuesday’s announcement. “So, they’ve done nothing, because they have no one to dance with here… I will be their dancing partner.”

Coon said the climate change plan would be funded from changing the province’s current carbon pricing model with a new cap-and-trade system, following Quebec.

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