Author Archives: David Coon

Daughters of the Vote – Application Deadline June 30, 2016

Equal Voice has launched an initiative designed to encourage young women to find out more about the political process and how they can get involved. Daughters of the Vote will provide young women throughout the country an opportunity to experience firsthand how politics works and how they can impact the political process provincially and on the federal scene. One applicant […]

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National Aboriginal Day highlights the need for reconciliation

Fredericton – On National Aboriginal Day, David Coon, Leader of the Green Party of New Brunswick and MLA for Fredericton South is calling on the government to prioritize reconciliation with the First Nations of New Brunswick: the Wolastoqiyik, the Mi’kmaq, and the Passamaquoddy. “We must implement the recommendations of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada if we are to […]

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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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A statement from the Green Party leader on World Oceans Day

Fredericton – David Coon, Leader of the Green Party of New Brunswick and MLA for Fredericton South, issued the following statement in recognition of World Ocean’s Day: “We must remember that our over-dependence on fossil fuels is not only destabilizing our climate, but the resulting carbon pollution is acidifying our ocean waters right here in New Brunswick. Unabated, this could […]

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