February 4, 2025

FREDERICTON – Green Party leader and MLA for Fredericton Lincoln David Coon is calling for stronger government support for small and medium local food producers and processors in the light of the Trump administration’s tariff threats – now put on pause for 30 days. As a first step, Coon is calling on Premier Holt to convene a round-table of small and medium-scale producers, to learn what the provincial government can do to grow this sector.

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January 27, 2025

FREDERICTON – Green Party Leader and MLA for Fredericton Lincoln David Coon is urging Premier Holt to make good on her commitment to support municipal transit, following Saint John’s recent announcement it had delayed its plan to purchase two electric buses, and will purchase two diesel buses instead. 

“An effective way to fight climate change and reduce the cost of living is to choose transit over driving,” said Coon. “Provincial support for transit operations is essential for municipal governments to be able to improve service and transition from diesel to electric buses.”

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December 9, 2024

Fredericton – Yesterday, NB Power took a step towards expanding the contribution of renewable energy to our electricity supply with its announcement of 670 megawatts of new wind power.  Green Party Leader David Coon says that the ball is now in the new Holt government’s hands to ensure the on-site generation of solar electricity becomes the norm in New Brunswick. 

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October 18, 2024

HAMPTON — Today Green Party Leader David Coon outlined how a Green government will make investments and systemic policy changes to overcome the barriers to creating collaborative team-based family practices and clinics around the province.

“Liberal and Conservative governments have been telling us they are committed to transitioning from solo family practices to family practice teams and collaborative care clinics since 2003,” said David Coon. “We’re hearing it again in this election from Higgs and Holt, but just as was the case when their parties were the government, neither are willing to commit the necessary funds to create them. They won’t materialize out of thin air without funding them.”

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October 17, 2024

FREDERICTON — Today Green Party Leader David Coon outlined his plan to ensure people are not priced out their housing by large property tax or rent increases.

“No one should ever be taxed out of their home,” Coon stated, highlighting the urgent need for reform as property assessments continue to soar.

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October 16, 2024

ROGERSVILLE – Today, Deputy Leader Kevin Arseneau shared the Green Party Plan to support farmers and family farms  in New Brunswick.  

“Agriculture is in crisis in New Brunswick,” said Arseneau. “Farmers are living in poverty and their debt is increasing. It takes leadership to fix this crisis. But all the Liberals and Conservatives can think of is supporting the IBMs - the Irvings, Braggs and McCains - leaving family farms behind.”

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October 15, 2024

SAINT JOHN - Today in Saint John, Green Party Deputy Leader Megan Mitton announced the Party’s plan for improving women’s and gender diverse healthcare in New Brunswick. 

“Women’s and gender diverse healthcare services have been ignored by successive governments, with no plan to ensure that women have access to the unique care that they need, when they need it,” stated Mitton. “This goes from family planning to perinatal healthcare, while pregnant and after giving birth, to menopause.”

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October 11, 2024

RIVERVIEW – Today, Green Party leader David Coon, joined by Riverview candidate Sarah Lord, outlined the Green Party’s plan to address the urgent need for improved senior care.

“Our aging population deserves to age with dignity and receive quality care right in their communities,” Coon stated. “As more and more New Brunswickers are forced to live in hospitals waiting for nursing home care, it’s clear that governments have not held up their end of the bargain.”

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October 10, 2024

MONCTON – Green Party Leader David Coon announced the mental health and addictions plank of the Green Party platform today. 

“Our mental health care system is bare bones and failing so many.  We will implement  the Canadian Mental Health Association’s  recommendation to increase the province’s proportion of its health budget to 12 percent to fix this problem.  

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