Mr. Coon: The memorandum of agreement signed with J.D. Irving last year, February 7, guarantees in law a dramatic increase in the take of softwood from Crown lands for the next 25 years. This has enraged many New Brunswickers and First Nations communities that have never ceded the land to the Crown in the first place. My question is to […]
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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 Speaker, the 33-year-old Crown Lands and Forest Act is out-of-date.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 moreCrown Lands M. Coon : Ma question s’adresse au ministre des Ressources naturelles. Le 10 décembre 2014, il a promis aux gens du Nouveau-Brunswick que, d’ici six semaines, il leur donnerait des réponses concernant l’avenir des contrats sur les terres de la Couronne. More than six weeks have gone by. Can the Minister of Natural Resources tell this House what […]
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