Mr. Coon: While the rates of abortion are declining nationally, abortion remains a personal reality for women in New Brunswick. Abortion access has been legal in Canada since 1969, and it has been recognized by the Supreme Court of Canada as a crucial component of public health care since that time. Reproductive choice is a fundamental right that successive New […]
Read moreMr. Coon: I wish to rise to congratulate Rebeka Frazer-Chiasson and Emily Shapiro, two board members of the National Farmers Union in New Brunswick, on their recognition as leaders by 21inc., a nonprofit organization that fosters entrepreneurial leaders under the age of 40 in Atlantic Canada. Rébeka Frazer-Chiasson owns and manages her farm, the Ferme Terre Partagée, in Rogersville, Kent County. […]
Read moreMr. Speaker. After listening to the debate on fracking for shale gas last Thursday, Mr. Speaker, I was amazed that our climate crisis was never mentioned. The recent severe weather is a reminder that we are in a time of rapid climate change. That’s why the world is in Peru trying to forge an agreement to avoid the most disastrous impacts […]
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