Category Archives: Human Rights

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Incarceration in a provincial jail should not end basic healthcare rights

The video and transcript of oral questions are recorded in the language it was originally spoken. M. Coon : Dernièrement, une personne âgée autochtone m’a contacté au sujet de son voisin détenu à la prison de Madawaska. Cet homme doit prendre des médicaments pour différents problèmes de santé liés à ses yeux, sa tension artérielle et son arthrite. Toutefois, voilà […]

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Coon goes to bat for single mom who was denied welfare-Telegraph Journal-29 March, 2017

Article by John Chilibeck Photo by John Chilibeck/Legislature Bureau “It’s private information and, in fact, we’re amending the human rights act in New Brunswick to protect single mothers from discrimination, in terms of family status, and this sounds like discrimination to me.”-David Coon FREDERICTON • A single mom has been denied welfare for refusing to disclose the name of her […]

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Question Period: Sexual Assault – 14 February 2017

Here is the transcript and video of oral questions, recorded in the language in which it was spoken. Mr. Coon: Last week, the Globe and Mail revealed that New Brunswick has the highest rate of sexual assault complaints that police consider unfounded, at 32%. The national average was 19%, while, in Saint John, 51% of sexual assault complaints were dismissed […]

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