Green Party Leader Introduces Legislation to Annul Forestry Agreements (FREDERICTON, NB) – To restore the full authority of the provincial government to manage Crown lands in keeping with its obligations to First Nations communities and to the general public, the Leader of the Green Party and MLA for Fredericton South tabled a bill in the Legislature today, entitled An […]
Read moreMr. Speaker, the 33-year-old Crown Lands and Forest Act is out-of-date. It is unjust to independent sawmills, it is unjust to private woodlot owners, it has failed our rural communities, it ignores our treaty relationship with First Nations, it has failed to conserve our Acadian forest and its watersheds, and it has never returned the wealth inherent in our timber […]
Read moreMr. Coon: Many of my constituents in Fredericton South, citizens from across this province, and First Nations do not accept the decision by the previous government to sign over the Crown’s authority for Crown land to J.D. Irving or to any other company. It is not good enough for the current government to say it will consider changes to the […]
Read moreMr. Coon: I appreciate that the minister is keeping the House informed on his activities with regard to meeting with the First Nations chiefs. I look forward to hearing from him in the future on visits that I am sure that he will be making to our First Nations communities. I remember that Andy Scott, when he was the federal […]
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