Mr. Coon: The government is constantly asking opposition members for solutions. When it comes to improving health care and reducing costs, solutions are staring the Minister of Health in the face. Yesterday, in my member’s statement, I said that midwives were able to provide 87% of essential care to women and newborns and substantially reduce costs with better outcomes for […]
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Mr. Coon: The Minister of Finance and his colleagues keep repeating that they are simply asking those with a little more to pay a little extra to increase revenues and to cut expenses. He is particularly asking women to do so, yet he is giving some of the biggest and wealthiest enterprises in our province a free pass. They are […]
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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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