Pages tagged "Green Party"
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Green Party Leader David Coon Would Restructure NB Power
Posted on News by Jill A Mersereau · August 20, 2024 2:23 PMAugust 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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Premier Must Act to Save Deteriorating New Brunswick Rail, Says Green Party Leader
Posted on News by Jill A Mersereau · July 09, 2024 2:12 PMJuly 9, 2024
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The Premier must step up to address the lack of maintenance on the 278 km stretch of rail owned by CN Rail that runs from northern to southern New Brunswick, says David Coon, Green Party leader and MLA for Fredericton South.
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Coon Challenges Premier Higgs: Time to Honour our Treaties with First Nation in New Brunswick
Posted on News by Jill A Mersereau · June 21, 2024 9:23 AMJune 21, 2024
FREDERICTON - On National Indigenous Peoples Day, Green Party leader David Coon says that New Brunswick needs a government that will treat Mi'kmaq, Wolastoqey and Passamaquoddy people as partners in a nation-to-nation relationship.
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Access to Healthcare Must be a Right
Posted on News by Jill A Mersereau · June 20, 2024 3:13 PMJune 19, 2024
FREDERICTON – In light of NB Health Council data that found that 20% of New Brunswickers do not have access to a permanent primary healthcare provider and two thirds of those who do can’t get an appointment within five days, Green Party Leader David Coon says that it’s time for New Brunswick to create the legal right to a primary healthcare team for all New Brunswickers in their community.
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Coon’s Healthy Environment Bill to be Debated in Legislative Assembly
Posted on News by Jill A Mersereau · June 06, 2024 9:08 AMJune 5, 2024
FREDERICTON - Green Party Leader David Coon’s Bill 19: An Act Respecting the Right to a Healthy Environment will be debated at 2nd reading in the Legislative Assembly Thursday afternoon. The bill is aimed at protecting the health of New Brunswickers from pollution and other environmental hazards.
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Green Party Announces 28 Candidates 6 Months Ahead of Election
Posted on News by Jill A Mersereau · April 30, 2024 1:28 PMApril 26, 2024
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FREDERICTON – With less than six months to go until election day, the New Brunswick Green
Party is proudly announcing the nomination of over half of its slate, comprising 28 candidates,
marking a significant milestone in its electoral campaign.