October 2, 2024

SAINT JOHN - This morning in the shadow of the AIM scrapyard in Saint John, Green Party leader David Coon announced that a Green government would create legislation guaranteeing New Brunswickers the right to a healthy environment. In doing so, Coon re-committed to a bill that he tabled in the Legislature in December 2023.

“Over the years we have seen government after government cover up environmental contamination to the  detriment of the health of New Brunswickers,” exclaimed Coon. “The Liberal team went as far as to fire our Chief Medical Officer of Health, Eilish Cleary and broke up her team when she investigated glyphosate and its impacts on the heath of New Brunswickers.”

A Green government  will create a legal framework to establish the right to a healthy environment in New Brunswick, and to ensure citizens have the tools  to protect this right.

“In my 40 years of experience dealing with toxic chemicals and pesticides that pose a risk to the health of New Brunswickers, Liberal and Conservative governments have almost always taken the side of industry against public health,” added Coon.

The Green Party leader cited the refusal to research the cause of the atypical neurological  syndromes, the refusal to revoke AIM’s license to operate the scrapyard in Saint John, and the refusal to end the spraying of glyphosate on Crown lands, as the most recent examples.

“We are seeing an increase in early onset cancers and in the prevalence and clustering of a number of neurological diseases,” said Coon.  “No one’s health and well-being should be sacrificed for profit.”

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