Affordability
Tax measures and rebates
PC's promises
"The promise, which will help New Brunswickers manage cost of living challenges, was reiterated at an event at a local car dealership in Edmundston. The HST will be cut to 14% in Budget 2025, and then to 13% in Budget 2026. When fully implemented, it will save the average New Brunswick family $1000." — pcnb.ca, retrieved 2024-10-12
Climate Change & the Environment
Carbon pricing
PC's promises
Education
School curriculum
PC's promises
"A re-elected Progressive Conservative government would introduce common sense financial literacy curriculum throughout the education system. By the time a student graduates high school, they will have learned how to open a bank account and build a household budget. The new curriculum will help students understand:
● the difference between debit and credit
● interest and inflation
● different borrowing mechanisms such as mortgages, leases and loans
● savings tools such as Registered Retirement Savings Plans, Tax Free Savings Accounts, Registered Education Savings Plans; and
● the difference between stocks, bonds, Guaranteed Incomes Certificates, and more."
— pcnb.ca, retrieved 2024-10-12
Healthcare
Drugs and addiction
PC's promises
"Today, Premier Blaine Higgs reaffirmed the Progressive Conservative Party’s commitment to tackling the addiction crisis in New Brunswick through the introduction of a new Compassionate Intervention Act. This legislation, if passed, will allow the government to intervene and compel individuals into drug treatment when they pose a threat to themselves or others, offering much-needed rehabilitation services for individuals living on the streets or whose addiction has left them homeless." — pcnb.ca, retrieved 2024-10-12
"A re-elected PC government will not approve any new supervised injection sites across the province.
We will focus on a recovery model to treat addictions and start investing more in treatment facilities.
We care about people too much to leave them on the street, ravaged with addiction"
— pcnb.ca, retrieved 2024-10-12
"Building a new 50-bed rehabilitation facility to provide long-term treatment and recovery services for those suffering from addiction." — pcnb.ca, retrieved 2024-10-12
"Creating a Therapeutic Living Unit at the new provincial jail in Minto, offering treatment-focused programs for individuals involved in the criminal justice system due to addiction." — pcnb.ca, retrieved 2024-10-12
"Launching a virtual opioid dependence program, providing faster and more accessible treatment options across the province." — pcnb.ca, retrieved 2024-10-12
Family doctors and primary care
PC's promises
Health staffing
PC's promises
"Improving Working Conditions: A dedicated working group will be established to address working conditions in the nursing profession. Co-chaired by a government representative and a nurse with front-line experience, this group will directly report to Premier Higgs, ensuring that concerns are heard and meaningful changes are implemented." — pcnb.ca, retrieved 2024-10-12
Society & Government
Public safety
PC's promises
"Premier Blaine Higgs announced today that the terms and conditions of the Community Investment Fund (CIF) will be amended to allow not-for-profit organizations to apply for funding to enhance security measures at their facilities. This new initiative responds to growing concerns about the safety of religious institutions and community spaces across New Brunswick." — pcnb.ca, retrieved 2024-10-12
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Biography
Progressive-Conservative Member of the Legislative Assembly Jill Green was first elected to the 60th Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick on September 14, 2020, to represent the riding of Fredericton North. She was sworn into Cabinet as Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure. On October 13, 2022, Minister Green was sworn into a new portfolio and is currently the Minister of Service New Brunswick and Minister responsible for Housing. Minister Green is a Member of the Legislative Administration Committee and sits on the board of the Economic and Social Inclusion Corporation as well as Provincial Holdings Ltd.
Born on the North side of Fredericton, Ms. Green graduated from the University of New Brunswick with a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering in 1995. She has had a wide variety of professional experience over the last couple of decades working in both the public and private sectors.
Through her career, she has had many opportunities in different areas including managing a public utility responsible for 23 communities; she was a partner in a mid-sized engineering firm; and owned her own consulting business. Ms. Green spent part of her career in the United States, but in 2006 she returned to Atlantic Canada to start Green Imaging Technologies (GIT) and commercialize technologies developed at the University of New Brunswick MRI Research Centre.
In 2017, 2019 and 2020, Ms. Green was recognized as one of the Top 50 CEOs in Atlantic Canada by Atlantic Business Magazine and received the 2017 BMO Innovation and Global Growth Award. She was named a Fellow in the prestigious Canadian Academy of Engineers in 2018.
Ms. Green has served on the boards for a variety of organizations, including the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation, Fredericton Sports Investment Inc., and several other industry focused boards. She also volunteered her time assisting several youth athletic programs in various capacities including as a director of the Hockey New Brunswick Elite Western Hockey Zone and at the Fredericton Community Kitchen helping to feed those less fortunate.
Ms. Green is the first engineer to be named New Brunswick’s Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure.