Election Platform 2020

This election platform flows from New Brunswick values of fairness, self-reliance and mutual aid. When we need something done, we do it ourselves. When our neighbours are in need, we step up. We are family-centred and community-minded. We treasure our lands and waters. Greens believe government should reflect these values, and that is why we make these platform commitments.

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Rebuilding Good Government and Public Services

For more than thirty years, successive governments have centralized both the decision-making powers and the management of public services. The result has been that citizens now have less say in the management and delivery of those services which are so important in their everyday lives, particularly health and education.

Good government includes putting in place the tools to listen to citizens on how to manage public services. A good government will adequately fund public services to meet the public’s needs and expectations. Finally, good government keeps public services under public control; it does not turn them over to profit-making corporations.

		Keeping People Safe And Healthy All New Brunswickers have a right to quality health care. The global pandemic has brought into sharper...read more
		Senior Care Our government has a moral responsibility to provide respectful, high quality care for senior citizens in long...read more
		Re-Imagining Health Care It is time we bring back our health care system to human scale. We can do that...read more
		Educating For The Future A forward-looking education system is one that is adequately funded and rooted in the community it serves,...read more
		A Fair And Equitable Tax System In order to adequately fund public services, we need a tax system that ensures that everyone...read more
		Building Good Government Citizens expect and need a democracy that works well, particularly in times of crisis. This means leaving...read more

Building the Green Economy

For too long, governments have pursued economic growth at all costs. But growth that destroys forests and wetlands, and dumps pollution into our air, rivers and bays is uneconomic. While companies may profit, our children and grandchildren pay the price.

We must have a strong plan to recover from the economic impact of Covid-19. And that plan has to rebuild Green.

Rather than looking backwards with tired, failed 20th century thinking, a Green economy moves confidently forward, anticipating and meeting the challenges of the climate emergency with creativity and energy.

		Community Sustainable Development The Covid-19 pandemic has revealed our vulnerabilities in the face of globalization. In response, local companies retooled...read more
		Confronting The Climate Emergency Climate change is not something around the corner, it’s already here, and we’re already suffering. As climate...read more
		Clean, Renewable Energy Our biggest source of climate-changing pollution is the electricity system built on coal, oil and gas. We...read more
		Transportation After power plants, transportation is the next largest contributor to climate-changing pollution. To meet our climate change...read more
		Crown Lands And Forests Past Liberal and Conservative governments have given control over Crown forests to private corporations. The result has...read more
		A Local Food System The pandemic has shone a harsh light on the fragility of the global food system as store...read more
		Culture + Nature = Tourism New Brunswickers have fallen in love – again – with our province. Amid the pandemic’s upheaval we...read more
		Safeguarding Air, Water, Land, Species Along with the well-being of people, the state of the environment is the primary indicator of a...read more

Building a Green Society

The fight against climate change and the transition towards a green economy needs an activist government, as well as the mobilization of all sectors of society. If everyone is to contribute, it is essential that each person is respected and feels secure in a society that values them. A Green society celebrates and protects social and cultural equality and diversity.