Mr. Coon: My question is for the Minister of Health. The minister is aiming to cut 10% of the budget of the Department of Health. This is supposed to be a strategic review, not an exercise in aiming for arbitrarily determined cuts. There are 50 000 New Brunswickers lacking a family doctor right now, yet the number of nurse practitioners […]
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Member’s Statement – Pension Offer, MLA David Coon, député, Fredericton-sud, chef du Parti vert, Le mardi 21 avril 2015 Mr. Speaker, the Minister of Finance says he is hopeful a new proposal to retired government employees regarding their pensions will resolve the controversy caused by the changes instituted by the former government. But, the retirees and their lawyer say […]
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Video and article at the CBC website Green Party MLA David Coon plans to press the provincial government during departmental budget estimates over changes to how methadone dispensing fees are paid to pharmacists. The provincial government paid $4.9 million in dispensing fees on behalf of 1,916 clients in 2013-14. That figure does not include people in methadone treatment, who […]
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NB Political Panel: April 16 CBC’s Terry Seguin: Climate change, and what New Brunswick’s position should be.
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