29 NOVEMBER 2015

(FREDERICTON) – A great turn out today for the screening of the documentary, This Changes Everything. More than 180 people participated in the event organized by the Fredericton Young Greens held at St. Thomas University campus in collaboration with the Fredericton Green Party of Canada Association and the Green Party of New Brunswick. The event is part of the global climate march event series happening across the globe in preparation for COP21, the United Nations Climate Conference in Paris.

The documentary is based on the critically acclaimed non-fiction best-seller by award-winning journalist and author, Naomi Klein. It portrays communities on the front lines of climate change in different communities ranging from the coast of South India to Alberta’s Tar Sands. The film connects the climate crisis to the current economic system. A backgrounder on the documentary can be found here.

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25 NOVEMBER 2015

Fredericton – November 25th is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and marks the beginning of a sixteen day call to action by UNiTE to End Violence Against Women. The theme of the movement this year is Prevention.

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24 NOVEMBER 2015

Fredericton - David Coon, MLA for Fredericton South and Leader of the Green Party of New Brunswick, will join Premier Brian Gallant as part of the Canadian delegation in Paris for COP21, the UN Climate Change Conference. Governments will seek an agreement on how to keep the global temperature from exceeding 2 degrees C.

“This conference is a critical opportunity for Premier Gallant to learn first-hand about how other governments are seizing onto the green energy transition to build strong vibrant economies that are creating jobs every day,” said Coon. “We can begin that transition now, if we build on initiatives already underway in New Brunswick in green building construction, smart grid development, bioenergy production, and clean tech development.”

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20 NOVEMBER 2015

Fredericton - David Coon, MLA for Fredericton South and Leader of the Green Party of New Brunswick issued the following statement in recognition of Universal Children's Day on Friday, November 20.

“The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child tasks governments with the responsibility to protect children from all forms of harm. I am pleased to see that the office of the Child and Youth Advocate has developed a strategy for us to do just that: Keeping Children and Youth Safe from Harm in New Brunswick

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09 OCTOBER 2015

Fredericton – David Coon, MLA for Fredericton South and Leader of the Green Party of New Brunswick issued the following statement in recognition of World Mental Health Day on Saturday, October 10th.

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22 SEPTEMBER 2015

Fredericton – Tuesday, September 22nd marks one year since the history-making provincial election that saw its first ever Green Party candidate David Coon elected as MLA for Fredericton South.

Over the past year, David has drawn attention to pressing issues provincially including local food security, forest management practices and the need for more transparency in the government.

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18 SEPTEMBER 2015

Fredericton – The provincial by-election in Carleton is amping up and David Coon, Leader of the Green Party of New Brunswick will be visiting Hartland, Woodstock and surrounding areas to campaign with Green candidate, Andrew Clark.

“The residents of Carleton have a unique opportunity to elect an MLA that will genuinely represent their interests,” said Coon. “Andrew is a tireless champion for rural communities and we need his voice in the legislature.”

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16 SEPTEMBER 2015

Fredericton – On Saturday, September 19th David Coon, MLA for Fredericton South and Leader of the Green Party of New Brunswick will visit Miramichi to participate in a rally supporting the residents demand that the Gallant government work to strengthen their local economy by giving it more control over local resources, while respecting New Brunswick’s treaty relationship with the Mi’kmaq in the region.

For example, two mills in Miramichi lay idle for lack of access to Crown wood, when they could be putting more than 200 Miramichiers to work with the stroke of the Minister of Natural Resources pen. Yet, only 15% of the spruce and fir that is permitted to be cut from the Miramichi Crown license is available for Miramichi mills, and they are not even allowed to access it to put local people to work in local mills. The bulk of the wood is leaving the area to mills in Bathurst, Belledune, Atholville, Edmundston, Plaster Rock, and Chipman, while private woodlot owners struggle to find decent markets for their wood.

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04 SEPTEMBER 2015

Fredericton – David Coon, MLA for Fredericton South and Leader of the Green Party of New Brunswick expressed his enthusiasm over the announcement for a provincial by-election in the Carleton riding on Monday, October 5th.

“I am excited to have Andrew Clark as our candidate,” said Coon. “Andrew gives voters in Carleton the opportunity to elect a good neighbour and active member of their community.”

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