The
Canadian Taxpayers Federation says it should be the provincial
Conservative party paying for the new TV ad featuring Premier David
Alward.
He's
talking about turning around the economic fortunes of the province and
bringing New Brunswick workers back home from out west but the
Federation's Atlantic Director Kevin Lacey tells CHSJ News he doubts
taxpayers in the province want to foot the bill.
The ad cost 15 thousand dollars to make and another 75 thousand dollars to air.
A
spokesperson for the Premier says they're just trying to be transparent
but Lacey views it as the first ad of next year's provincial election
campaign.
Health Canada should regulate the mixing of drugs outside a licensed pharmacy.
That conclusion emerges from a report on why more than 12 hundred cancer patients at the Regional Hospital and in Ontario were receiving lower dosages for their chemotherapy than they should have, some for as long as a year.
Prime Minister Harper will be making a brief stop in Saint John at noonhour.
He's here for what is described as a photo op with Premier David Alward and Arthur Irving at the Irving Oil refinery.
This
comes just a few days after the announcement that Trans Canada is moving
ahead with the West to East pipeline which has the support of the
federal government as a way to reduce dependence on foreign oil, get
more money for Alberta oil and spur some economic activity.
