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Green Plan to Drive the Development of Affordable Housing
Posted by Jill Mersereau · September 26, 2024 1:29 PM
September 26, 2024
FREDERICTON - Today Green Party Leader David Coon announced the Green Party’s Five-Point Plan to maintain and expand the availability of affordable housing in New Brunswick.
“Since the government got out of the business of building housing in the 1990s, Liberal and Conservative governments have let the supply of affordable housing fall by the wayside,” said Coon. “Now that I’ve succeeded in getting the NB Housing Corporation up and running again, it’s time to use it to its full potential to drive the development of affordable housing.”
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Green Party Unveils Plan for New Brunswick’s Heritage Buildings
Posted by Jill Mersereau · September 24, 2024 3:46 PM
September 24, 2024
MEMRAMCOOK - Today at the Memramcook Institute, Green Party Leader David Coon unveiled the Green Party’s commitment to create a comprehensive Heritage Plan that will recognize the public, cultural, and tourism value of our heritage buildings, covered bridges, and lighthouses.
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Greens Plan to End Deep Poverty in New Brunswick
Posted by Jill Mersereau · September 23, 2024 11:24 AM
September 23, 2024
FREDERICTON - Today David Coon announced that a Green government will implement a guaranteed livable income to end deep poverty in New Brunswick by the end of a 4 year mandate, in partnership with the federal government.
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Green Party Commits to Restoring Rural Services
Posted by Jill Mersereau · September 21, 2024 11:50 AM
September 21, 2024
St. STEPHEN - This morning Green Party leader David Coon unveiled his commitment to restore rural services cut by past Liberal and Conservative governments.
Joined by St. Croix Green candidate Mark Groleau, Coon committed to returning court services to Charlotte County and the Acadian Peninsula to ensure rural residents have timely access to justice in their communities without tying up local police officers for days, an hour away in Saint John and Bathurst respectively.
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Green Party Announces Plan to Solve Primary Healthcare Crisis
Posted by Jill Mersereau · September 20, 2024 11:19 AM
September 20
FREDERICTON - This morning, Green Party leader David Coon announced his plan to invest $380 million annually to fix the primary healthcare system in New Brunswick.
“Everyone should have a right to access a primary healthcare team in their community,” said Coon. “There is no doubt that fixing this broken system will be a challenge and will require a generational investment, but I’m up to the task of getting it done. We will eliminate waiting lists and we will bring our nurses home.”
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Green Party Launches 2024 Election Campaign
Posted by Jill Mersereau · September 18, 2024 4:30 PM
September 18, 2024
FREDERICTON - The Green Party of New Brunswick held a rally at the Delta Hotel in Fredericton today to kickoff the 2024 “Green is the Colour of Change” election campaign.
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Green Party Proposes New Brunswick Electricity Support Program
Posted by Jill Mersereau · September 12, 2024 2:35 PM
September 12, 2024
FREDERICTON – This morning Green Party leader David Coon announced that a Green government will create a New Brunswick Electricity Support Program, to help low income New Brunswickers offset NB Power’s unprecedented rate increases.
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Green Party Leader David Coon Would Restructure NB Power
Posted by Jill Mersereau · August 20, 2024 2:23 PM
August 20, 2024
FREDERICTON - In the wake of recent news by NB Power that Point Lepreau won’t be generating power anytime soon, and the unprecedented power rate increase NB Power is seeking to keep up with the spiralling costs of the troubled nuclear plant, Green Party leader David Coon says he would restructure NB Power.
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Green Health Critic Demands Public Inquiry into Atypical Neurodegenerative Disease
Posted by Jill Mersereau · August 15, 2024 10:23 AM
August 15, 2024
SACKVILLE – With new details in an article published in the New York Times Magazine, Green Party Health Critic and MLA for Memramcook-Tantramar Megan Mitton says there needs to be a public inquiry into what is causing such high rates of atypical neurodegenerative disease among New Brunswickers, with especially alarming rates in young New Brunswickers.
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Public Safety Minister failing to keep New Brunswickers safe on highways
Posted by Jill Mersereau · July 16, 2024 3:04 PM
July 16, 2024
FREDERICTON - In response to a recent report revealing New Brunswick had the highest highway death rate in the country last year, Green Party leader David Coon is calling on Public Safety Minister Kris Austin to initiate an in-depth investigation into the causes of these tragic accidents and what steps can be taken to prevent them.