Mr. Speaker, Today is International Workers’ Day, a commemoration of the 1886 Haymarket Massacre in Chicago when police fired on workers during a general strike for the eight hour workday. Today the people of New Brunswick benefit from the sacrifice of these early labour protestors, but not all benefit equally. Non-unionized staff, particularly in the service sector, have no protection […]
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On Monday, April 20, 2015, David Coon found a warm welcome when he spent the morning with students at Ecole des Bâtisseurs.
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Mr. Coon: The scientific staff of the Minister of Natural Resources have publicly stated that the 2014 forest strategy will eliminate old-forest habitats to such an extent that there will no longer be enough to sustain animal populations requiring those habitats. Simply put, by permitting the destruction of old-forest habitats to feed J.D. Irving’s appetite for cheap wood, New Brunswick […]
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Mr. Coon: The Minister of Finance keeps saying that he wants everyone to pay just a little more to balance the books and that he wants to be fair about it. Yet, New Brunswick has one of the lowest corporate tax rates in the country. Instead of the government asking corporations to pay a little bit more, they remain untouched, so we have […]
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