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David Coon Pushes for Local Food Security and Economic Self-Sufficiency in Response to U.S. Tariff Threats

FREDERICTON – Green Party leader and Fredericton Lincoln MLA David Coon is making a strong push for food sovereignty in New Brunswick, calling on the provincial government to take decisive action in supporting small and medium-scale food...

Green Member of the Legislative Assembly Lynne Lund, Opposition Member in Prince Edward Island, Picks Up Two New Critic Portfolios

After a reshuffling of its critics' responsibilities in late May, the Green official opposition caucus saw the assignments of the Justice & Public Safety and Fisheries & Communities portfolios to Deputy leader Lynne Lund.

New Brunswick Green Leader Demands Answers Concerning New Mysterious Brain Disorder

David Coon, the leader of the New Brunswick Green Party is calling for answers regarding a new disease that has been on the rise in the Canadian province. According to an article on Global News, Coon said...

New Brunswick’s Climate Project Budget

On March 14th, New Brunswick's MLA Green Party Leader Megan Mitton discussed the detailed climate project and budgetary issues for the province. Megan Mitton, the MLA of the Green Party of New Brunswick...

‘Garbage Mountain’: New Brunswick Greens Express Need for Better Waste Management

Leader of the New Brunswick Greens, David Coon, has urged the province to improve their waste management after the Fredericton Solid Waste Commission applied to the Department of Environment for approval to build an extra 29 metres...

With Provincial Elections Approaching, Where Does the Green Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Stand?

With the Newfoundland and Labrador provincial elections right around the corner, to be held on February 13, 2021, Newfoundland and Labrador remains the only province in Canada without a formal Green Party. Under Newfoundland...

Urgent Action Needed in Canada’s Long-Term Care Facilities: Situation at the Maimonides Geriatric Center

Amid Green party leader Annamie Paul’s latest demands to convene a meeting of First Ministers to agree on an urgent action plan to address the humanitarian crisis unfolding in long-term care (LTC) facilities across Canada, and after the controversy,...

New Brunswick GP Leader Introduces Bill to Protect Tenants From Unreasonable Rent Increases

In the wake of steep rent increases experienced by many in New Brunswick this year, David Coon, Leader of the Green Party of New Brunswick and MLA for Fredericton South, introduced an Act to Amend the Residential...

“Backing the Wrong Horse”: Green Party of New Brunswick Leader on Nuclear Power

In a press release December 4, leader of the Green Party of New Brunswick David Coon calls on Higgs' conservative government to set more ambitious targets for renewable energy, rather than the following its current steps to...

Lynne Lund’s Zero Carbon Bill passes second reading in P.E.I. legislature

Charlottetown, P.E.I. — The Zero Carbon Bill proposed by Lynne Lund, Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Summerside-Wilmot and deputy leader of the Green Party of Prince Edward Island, was unanimously voted in the province legislature on...
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The Hon. Peter Bevan-Baker on the Green Party’s first Official Opposition, legislature victories, and their Post-Covid19 Plans

Green Party leader Peter Bevan-Baker discusses the path that led him to become the Green Party leader of Prince Edward Island, as well as the historic victory of the Greens in 2019, the current issues in P.E.I.,...

New Brunswick Greens demand government protection against unreasonable rent increases

FREDERICTON, November 5 - The Leader of New Brunswick's Green Party and MLA for Fredericton South David Coon announced in a press release earlier today his party's firm call on Blaine Higgs' government to establish rent controls...

Nova Scotia Greens Stand with Mi’kmaq First Nations as They Exercise Their Treaty Rights to Fish

News of the attacks and harassment of Indigenous people and their property by disgruntled commercial fisherman in southwestern Nova Scotia has drawn much national attention over the past weeks, and according to Leader of the Green Party...

Green Party of New Brunswick promises to revitalize the Northern Fund and the Miramichi if elected

Ahead of provincial elections scheduled to take place on October 17th, the Green Party of New Brunswick has announced that they intend to revitalize the Northern and Miramichi Funds, should they be elected. From the party's website:

New Brunswick: David Coon announces plan to save public transit

FREDERICTON – Today, just before boarding a city bus, Green Party Leader David Coon announced his plan to save public transit in New Brunswick’s cities. “A Green government will immediately dedicate revenue from the...

PEI Green Party MLA Michele Beaton Questions Massive Corporate Giveaway

In an exchange in the PEI legislature Green Party MLA Michele Beaton questions the minister of agriculture on a massive 4.7 million dollar bailout to the multi billion dollar Irving potato company.

Prince Edward Island Greens forms first official opposition in provincial history

DARREN CALABRESE - THE GLOBE AND MAIL The Green wave many thought could bring the party to power on Prince Edward Island turned blue at the polls Tuesday. Voters elected the Progressive Conservatives to a minority government, the province’s first since...

David Coon; « To Grow a Renewable Energy Industry New Brunswick Power Monopoly Must End »

A text by David Coon, leader of the Green Party of New Brunswick and Member of the New Brunswick Legislature for Fredericton South

Prince Edward Island Greens Maintain Lead In Polls Ahead Of Provincial Election!

Party Leader Peter Beaven-Barker is seeking a mandate to form PEI's first Green government
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