David Coon MLA for Fredericton South and Leader of the Green Party of New Brunswick writes a bi-weekly blog to shed light on the business of the Legislature and the issues the Legislative Office are working on. This is the Leader’s Blog for March 26, 2015 My bill to ensure 16 and 17 year olds have the right to vote […]
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Youth Mental Health Mr. Coon: My question is for the Minister of Education. To address youth mental health, an Integrated Service Delivery approach for children and youth was instituted at two demonstration sites in 2011—one in Charlotte County and another in the Acadian Peninsula. As a result, children and youth have received more timely and comprehensive services than […]
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Mr. Speaker, twenty percent of youth experience mental illness, but only 1 in 5 receives help, making suicide the second leading cause of death in youth. The 2010 pilot programs to put Child and Youth Development Teams in the schools of Charlotte County and the Acadian Peninsula have had remarkable results, according to a presentation I heard last Friday by […]
Read moreMr. Speaker, New Brunswick’s Child and Youth Advocate does critical work as an officer of this Legislative Assembly. Every year he produces a State of the Child report and every year makes specific recommendations to help the children and youth of our province. There is a problem. The Child and Youth Advocate has no Legislative Committee to which he reports. […]
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