Imagination: that is where real change begins. Today I joined with David Coon and other candidates of the Green Party to promote an alternative vision for the future of New Brunswick. The poverty in NB is not so much a poverty of resources but a poverty of ideas. The party imagines a just and prosperous future that will not cost us the planet. I believe that the resources of this province are the property of all its citizens. They are to be developed in a sustainable manner. The priorities in this endeavour should be People, Planet, Profits -- in that order. Why am I running with the Green Party? You all know that in the last election I represented the NDP. You will also note that the party has rebranded itself as the New NDP. Since I was old enough to vote I believed that the New Democratic Party best represented by political ideals. With its shift to the centre of the political spectrum this is no longer true. The party has changed. I have not. I have a picture of Tommy Douglas in a central position in my campaign office. The Green Party, which holds sustainable development and protection of the planet as its integrating principles is totally consistent with the values he represented. Why am I running? Because I can win. I am not running just to have the Green Party on the ballot. I have already proven in the last election that I am electable. I have no illusion that he Greens will form the government. But I look forward to sitting beside David in the legislature to give voice to the perspective of the Green and the people in my riding. I note that for all the accomplishments attributed to the NDP, these were made without ever forming a government. I believe the same change is possible today.
Posted on: Mon, 18 Aug 2014 22:30:28 +0000
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