Tenant Farming: Member’s Statements – 28 April 2017
Here’s the video for my statement today in the legislature.
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Softwood Lumber Tariffs & Duties: Member’s Statements – 27 April 2017
Here’s the video for my statement today in the legislature.
Read moreSoftwood Lumber Tariffs: Question Period – 27 April 2017
Here is the video and transcript of oral questions today recorded in the language it was originally spoken. Mr. Coon: For 31 years, the Maritime Lumber Bureau, representing sawmills throughout the Maritime Region, has successfully secured . . . (Interjections.) Mr. Speaker: The member for Gagetown-Petitcodiac will come to order. Mr. Coon: . . . an exclusion from U.S. duties […]
Read moreProperty Tax: Question Period – 26 April 2017
Here is the video and transcript of oral questions today recorded in the language it was originally spoken. Mr. Coon: On March 31, I called on the government to institute an independent commission of inquiry led by a respected New Brunswicker to recommend how to bring fairness to and restore trust in our property tax system. The Premier announced that […]
Read moreProperty Tax: Member Statement – 31 March 2017
Here is my Member’s statement. The latest revelation on the property tax fiasco by CBC suggested that Service New Brunswick fabricated renovation values for over 2,000 homes, driving tax increases above the 10% cap. Sitting in this Assembly in the last three weeks, I’ve heard the back and forth of my colleagues, as each day brought forward some new injustice […]
Read morePublic Transportation System: Question Period – 30 March 2017
Here is the video and transcript of oral questions today recorded in the language it was originally spoken. M. Coon : Ma question s’adresse au ministre des Transports et de l’Infrastructure. Posséder une voiture n’est pas une possibilité pour plusieurs personnes du Nouveau-Brunswick. Si vous ne pouvez pas vous permettre d’en acheter une, se déplacer pour aller voir le médecin, […]
Read moreCBC should better reflect New Brunswick to Canadians: Member Statements – 30 March 2017
Here is my Member’s statement. I hope our Minister of Culture and Heritage will request a meeting with the President of the CBC and the Federal Minister of Canadian Heritage, Mélanie Joly, to discuss the need for CBC to better reflect New Brunswick to Canadians.
Read moreMLA alleges discrimination after N.B. mother denied social assistance. CTV – 29 March 2017
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 […]
Read moreSocial Development Discriminates Against Single Mothers: Question Period – 28 March 2017
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 […]
Read moreImplementation of Truth and Reconciliation Calls to Action: Question Period – 24 March 2017
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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