Softwood Lumber Tariffs & Duties: Member’s Statements – 27 April 2017
Here’s the video for my statement today in the legislature.
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Softwood Lumber Tariffs: Question Period – 27 April 2017
Here is the video and transcript of oral questions today recorded in the language it was originally spoken. Mr. Coon: For 31 years, the Maritime Lumber Bureau, representing sawmills throughout the Maritime Region, has successfully secured . . . (Interjections.) Mr. Speaker: The member for Gagetown-Petitcodiac will come to order. Mr. Coon: . . . an exclusion from U.S. duties […]
Read moreJ.D. Irving launches suit against woodlot groups. CBC – 2 February 2017
by Connell Smith ‘It’s a classic case of injustice,’ says Green Party Leader David Coon. “Can you imagine if family farmers were treated this way or lobster fishermen were treated this way? There would be a revolution in parts of New Brunswick.” J.D. Irving Ltd. has launched a lawsuit against two groups representing private woodlot owners in southern New Brunswick. […]
Read moreNB needs tougher power grid, poles to withstand ice storms, David Coon says. Global News – 1 February 2017
By Michael Tutton NB Power needs to rebuild its shattered network with tougher gear to help it withstand violent ice storms like the one that toppled power poles like dominoes last week, New Brunswick’s Green Party leader says. Photo: Diane Doiron/Global News NB Power needs to rebuild its shattered network with tougher gear to help it withstand violent ice storms […]
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