News & Article Archive
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Green Health Critic Calls to End Use of Private Travel Agency Nurses
Posted by Addison Fach · December 12, 2023 5:47 PM
December 8, 2023
FREDERICTON - Today in the Legislature, MLA for Memramcook-Tantramar and Green Healthcare Critic Megan Mitton called on the Higgs government to end the use of private travel nursing agencies by the end of 2025.
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Green Party Leader Tables Bill to Create Right to a Healthy Environment
Posted by Addison Fach · December 12, 2023 5:45 PM
December 7, 2023
FREDERICTON - Today in the Legislative Assembly, Green Party Leader and MLA for Fredericton South David Coon tabled An Act Respecting the Right to a Healthy Environment. The bill proposes to safeguard the rights of all present and future residents of New Brunswick to a healthy and ecologically balanced environment.
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Green MLA Calls for Proportional Voting System
Posted by Addison Fach · December 12, 2023 5:34 PM
December 1, 2023
FREDERICTON - Today in the Legislature, Kevin Arseneau, Green MLA for Kent-North, proposed a motion urging the government to implement a proportional representation voting system for New Brunswick.
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Green Party Leader Calls for Public Transportation Strategy
Posted by Addison Fach · December 04, 2023 5:17 PM
November 30, 2023
FREDERICTON - Today in the Legislative Assembly, Green Party Leader David Coon presented a motion calling on the government to revive the long-dormant New Brunswick Transportation Authority to lead the implementation of a public transportation strategy – one which would include inter-city bus and regional rail services.
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Green MLA Calls for Local Food Targets for Public Institutions
Posted by Addison Fach · December 04, 2023 4:51 PM
November 22, 2023
FREDERICTON - Yesterday in the Legislative Assembly, Green Agriculture critic and MLA for Kent North Kevin Arseneau called on the Higgs government to set ambitious local purchasing targets for public institutions in New Brunswick.
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Green Party Leader Calls on Government to Ban Fossil Fuel Development
Posted by Addison Fach · November 30, 2023 3:29 PM
November 30, 2023
FREDERICTON – Yesterday in the Legislative Assembly, Green Party Leader and MLA for Fredericton South David Coon presented a motion calling on the government to end fossil fuel exploration in the province and to make the transition to renewable energy.
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Green Party Presents Plan to Improve Saint John’s Financial Situation
Posted by Addison Fach · November 29, 2023 2:31 PM
Saint John – Green Party leader David Coon is calling the provincial regulations that are forcing Saint Johners to shoulder 100 percent of the increased tax revenue needed by the City a gift to wealthy corporations. Coon and Green Finance Critic Kevin Arseneau were in Saint John this afternoon to announce the Green Party’s plan to enable Saint John to improve its financial situation.
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Green Health Critic Calls for Public Health Independence
Posted by Addison Fach · November 28, 2023 1:16 PM
FREDERICTON - Today in the Legislative Assembly, MLA for Memramcook-Tantramar and Green Health Critic Megan Mitton proposed a motion calling on the government to amend the Public Health Act to make the Chief Medical Officer of Health independent of political decision-making.
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Green Health Critic Calls on Government to Cease Healthcare Privatization
Posted by Addison Fach · November 28, 2023 1:13 PM
Yesterday in the Legislature, Green Party MLA for Memramcook-Tantramar and Health Critic Megan Mitton called on the government to cease privatization efforts within the healthcare system and to develop an action plan to bring the management of services offered by Medavie Health Services back under public control.
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Green Party Leader Calls for End to Ecologically Damaging Forestry Practices
Posted by Addison Fach · November 28, 2023 1:09 PM
FREDERICTON - Yesterday in the Legislature, Green Party Leader and MLA for Fredericton South David Coon tabled a motion calling on the government to ban the spraying of herbicides, such as glyphosate, on Crown Lands and to limit clearcut logging to harvesting on tree plantations, while negotiating shared-decision making with First Nations.