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Green Leader David Coon Wants Long-Delayed Action to Reduce ER Wait Times
Posted by Addison Fach · January 03, 2024 4:38 PM
January 3, 2024
FREDERICTON - In the wake of crushing ER wait times over the holidays, Fredericton Green Party Leader David Coon is calling on the New Brunswick government to implement real solutions to end the dangerous log jam of patients in the province’s ERs.
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Green Health Critic Calls for Public Inquiry into COVID-19 Pandemic’s High Death Rate
Posted by Addison Fach · January 03, 2024 4:28 PM
December 19, 2023
SACKVILLE – The news that New Brunswick has had the highest COVID death rate of any province or territory has MLA for Memramcook-Tantramar and Green Healthcare Critic Megan Mitton calling on the Higgs government to launch an independent public inquiry into the government’s handling of the ongoing COVID pandemic.
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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.