With files from CTV Atlantic’s Laura Brown. “I find this ludicrous and frankly, sexist,” Coon said in the New Brunswick legislature Tuesday. “Can the Minister of Families and Children explain to this house why his department insists knowing the name of the father before providing a single mom and her children with income they need through social assistance so they […]
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Here is the video and transcript of oral questions today recorded in the language it was originally spoken. Mr. Coon: I have a constituent in crisis. She has no source of income, so she and her children face homelessness. When people are in dire straits, our social safety net is meant to be there to support them. That is not […]
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Here is the video and transcript of oral questions today recorded in the language it was originally spoken. Mr. Coon: In 2015, almost two years ago, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission presented 95 calls to action for the federal and provincial governments. On Monday night, the former chairman, Senator Murray Sinclair, presented his first progress report, and he acknowledged that […]
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Here is my Member’s statement. Fredericton needs an aquatic center, Fredericton is the only city in Canada without one.
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We need greater transparancy in unnatural child deaths and this is how it can be done.
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Every year, New Brunswickers spend $2.6 billion on food and beverages, most of them are imported. Imagine what it would mean for our economy if even 40% of it produced and purchased here in New Brunswick, a $1 billion injection into the New Brunswick economy. I’ve got some suggestions.
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During the public hearings at the Select Committee on Climate Change last summer, our committee repeatedly heard from New Brunswickers who were concerned about the impact of widespread clearcutting on the health of our fresh water system, our lakes, our rivers and our streams. Our committee recognized the important role of maintaining an adequate forest cover to minimize damaging runoff […]
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Here is my Member’s statement. At Estimates Committee, I learned that home care agencies are not requiring increased wages for personal support workers. The Auditor General has warned that we need and additional 5,000 personal care workers in the next 5 years. This is a senior’s issue that absolutely must be address with a sense of urgency it deserves.
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One of the things that’s important for us to remember is that the face of poverty in New Brunswick is predominantly female. I’m a big proponent of Basic Income in New Brunswick, it has proven to work for women in the pilot project in Dauphin, Winnipeg.
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Here is my member’s statement. Our ER rooms are not adequetely staffed and we are missing benchmarks for patient safety.
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