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.”

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.”

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.  

October 9, 2024

FREDERICTON – Today, David Coon, leader of the Green Party of New Brunswick, unveiled the Green Party Election Platform for the 2024 provincial election at a press conference at the party’s campaign headquarters. 

“This platform addresses the most pressing issues facing New Brunswickers today - the crisis in healthcare, housing, the cost of living, and the climate breakdown,” Coon stated. “And it recognizes how all of these issues are interconnected and need to be addressed together.  The Green platform will bring hope to New Brunswickers because it commits to action, to implement concrete practical solutions to the multiple challenges we face as a province, to actually fix the problems that bedevil us,” said Coon.

October 4, 2024

ROGERSVILLE – This morning Green Party leader David Coon and Deputy Leader Kevin Arseneau announced the Green Party’s plan to reduce the small business tax rate from 2.5 percent to 1 percent, just as it is in Prince Edward Island. It would also raise the income threshold at which the higher corporate tax rate kicks in from $500,000 to $700,000.

October 3, 2024

FREDERICTON - This morning Green Party leader David Coon committed that a Green government will create a Universal School Food breakfast and lunch program.

“All too often I have heard stories about teachers who have spent their own money to ensure students in their classes don’t go hungry,” said Coon. “While this is commendable, we need a proper province-wide school breakfast and lunch program in place to ensure that teachers can focus on what they do best, teaching, and students can focus on learning.”

October 1st, 2024

FREDERICTON – This morning, on the first Seniors Day of Climate Action in Canada, Green Party Leader David Coon announced his plan to protect New Brunswick communities from the ravages of the rapidly changing climate.

“We are now in a climate emergency, but Liberal government after Conservative  government, after Liberal government, has failed to prepare and protect New Brunswickers and their property from its consequences,” said Coon. “Mr. Higgs has followed in Brian Gallant’s footsteps of being a climate delayer. The plan to make New Brunswick climate ready won’t even be completed until 2026.”

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.

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.”