Author Archives: David Coon

Province will review shocking child neglect case, minister says – CBC News – 9 February 2018

“It’s unacceptable that the minister is not taking responsibility for this failure of his department in this case, when we have this history in New Brunswick of chronic neglect of children.” -David Coon Article by: JACQUES POITRAS Although there have been news reports about the five Saint John-area children neglected by their parents, Stephen Horsman, the minister of social development, […]

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‘My heart aches for the children,’ minister says of neglect case – Telegraph Journal – 9 February 2018

“We continue to see situations where children are chronically neglected, putting them at grave risk in a province where we’ve had a history of this” -David Coon Article by: JOHN CHILIBECK FREDERICTON • Stephen Horsman, the minister responsible for families and children, wouldn’t take questions from reporters about a couple in Saint John was convicted of neglecting their five children. […]

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Liberals rebuked for use of trauma room during wait times announcement – CBC News – 9 February 2018

“This is what we’re getting these days is these announcements, these press releases where they throw everything vaguely related into a pot and roll it out and say, ‘Here you go,’but you can’t discern what’s in that pot.” -David Coon Article by: JACQUES POITRAS The setting of a Liberal pledge announcement to reduce wait times in hospitals has been criticized […]

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