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 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 28

LAMÈQUE – Today, during a press conference in Lamèque, Green Party Leader David Coon committed to building a new bridge connecting Shippagan and Lamèque. He was joined by Green Party candidate for Shippagan-Les-Îles Wilfred Roussel, and Green Party Candidate for Tracadie, Serge Brideau.

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.”

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.