New Brunswick is dragging its feet
8 May 2024 • Article Summary
CBC News
Some groups are still surprisingly a little slow to adhere to the cause.
In June 2023, the provincial legislature in New Brunswick unanimously approved an Opposition Motion to update its Clean Air Act. However, the government has just announced it will not improve on the original 1997 Act.
Liberal Leader Susan Holt responded that by not improving “an act that is old, out of date, does not apply the most recent standards that experts in air quality suggest … this government doesn't care about clean air."
To bolster the opposition’s case, Ms. Holt pointed to air quality test results from public schools in 2022-23 that showed 29 of the 35 schools tested had peak CO2 levels above the Department of Education's threshold of 1,500 ppm (cf. the Hong Kong government’s ‘Good’ threshold is 1,000 ppm, and ‘Excellent’ 800 pm).
The Opposition has now put forward a revised Motion 36 to "bring forward a plan to monitor, report, and improve air quality systems in public buildings like hospitals, schools, and government buildings.” Let’s see how this all pans out…