The statement calls on the government of New Brunswick to:
- adopt the establishment of the Low-Carbon Economy as the base for a stable and more resilient economy starting in 2018;
- include transparent safeguards preventing the possibility to hide or misrepresent emission and carbon credit figures;
- ensure success by not allowing “output-based pricing,” revenue neutrality measures and other backsliding measures from corporate and consumer interest groups;
- allow no grace period in fully implementing the carbon pricing program, or give away carbon credits rather than sell them to industries that pollute under the cap-and-trade regime; and
- invest and reinvest all provincial carbon tax revenues in clean energy, clean transportation and infrastructure, and energy efficiency.
Association for the protection of marshes and beaches at l'Aboiteau
Bathurst Sustainable Development
Citizens Coalition for Clean Air – Saint John, NB
Concerned Citizens of Saint John
Council of Canadians – Atlantic
Council of Canadians – Kent County Chapter
Department of Geography and Environment, Mount Allison University
East Brûlé Citizens for Protected Wetlands and Beaches
Esgenoopetitj Watershed Association
Friends of Rockwood Park, INC. – Saint John, NB
Green Light – Grand Falls, NB
NB Anti-Shale Gas Alliance
New Brunswickers Against Fracking – Doaktown, NB
OCIA Atlantic
PEACE-NB
Recherche Indépendante de Retraité en Écologie
Red Dot Association of Shediac Bay
Sierra Club Canada Foundation Atlantic Canada Chapter
Sustainable Energy Group – Woodstock, NB
Taymouth Environmental Action
University of New Brunswick Saint John Green Society
Voices for Sustainable Environments and Communities – Village of Gagetown, NB
West/Ouest Brûlé Ltd.
