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Friday, August 24, 2012

NDP Say Government Breaking Tobacco Law

Provincial NDP Leader Dominic Cardy is calling for the provincial government to kick a habit.

The NDP say the government is violating a law on tobacco control by having 243,000 shares in tobacco company stock through the NB Investment Management Corporation.

In a release Cardy says Canada is one of the many countries that adopted anti-corruption guidelines in 2009 that states it would have no financial interest in the tobacco industry.

The NDP are requesting the Alward government drop the share and create a public report when it's done.