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MLA Pushes for Maliseet Program Funding-Daily Gleaner

ELIZABETH FRASER THE DAILY GLEANER David Coon, leader of the Green Party of New Brunswick and MLA for Fredericton South, is urging the province to fund mandatory Maliseet immersion programs into school curriculum. Today, about 300 out of 7,000 Maliseet people in New Brunswick can speak the language – and that number could dwindle over time if people aren’t taking […]

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Paid blood plasma clinic for Moncton facing opposition – Telegraph Journal, 13 June 2016

article by John Chilibeck, Telegraph Journal “Before our provincial government makes any decision around this, there needs to be a robust discussion and debate about the ethics of doing this. To open the door to turn parts of people into products is quite worrisome.” – David Coon Opposition is mounting to a private company’s plans to pay people for their […]

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Opposition threatens legislature slowdown over ‘omnibus’ bill, CBC – 29 March 2016

article by Jacques Poitras, CBC “It goes from amending legislation dealing with agriculture, to legislation dealing with car salvage, vehicle salvage. So it’s from soup to nuts. It’s nuts.”- David Coon Opposition politicians are threatening to slow down the work of the New Brunswick Legislature to protest a so-called “omnibus” government bill that’s 77 pages and would amend 14 different […]

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