By: David Coon Before 2017 Members of the Legislative Assembly did not have a Code of Conduct. That’s why I put forward a motion to begin this process in February 2015, during my first session as an MLA. A code of conduct offers new MLAs guidance on their roles and responsibilities, while also detailing how all MLAs should behave in […]
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Green Party Leader David Coon had been calling on another committee of government to add an MLA code of conduct to existing rules. The Gallant government is aiming to create a separate workplace harassment policy for the province’s politicians and their staff. It also plans to add a section on harassment to a code of conduct governing MLAs, two moves […]
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Can the provincial government tighten its conflict-of-interest laws without going too far? That was the subject of debate on this week’s Political Panel, after New Brunswick Integrity Commissioner Alexandre Deschênes, in his annual report, called again for tougher legislation governing MLAs. “The context here is so many people don’t trust politicians, have a low opinion of politicians. So you want […]
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M. Coon : Le Comité permanent de la politique économique s’est réuni pendant 85 heures depuis le 7 novembre pour examiner et modifier des projets de loi, mais aucun des amendements que j’ai proposés n’a été accepté. De plus, des projets de loi importants, comme celui visant à modifier la Loi sur la santé publique, n’ont même pas été étudiés. […]
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