I’m Trevor Pinsonneault, the recently-elected President of the Green Party of New Brunswick. First, I want to say a huge thank you to outgoing President, Nicolas Jelic, for his outstanding dedication to our party. Nicolas has gone above and beyond to help grow our party into the organization it is today, and I am so grateful for all his hard work and building on his accomplishments.

Last month was a big month for us. Not only did we hold our first in-person AGM since before the Covid pandemic, we also ran three very successful by-election campaigns. Serge Brideau, Rachel Boudreau, and Chantal Landry all came in a strong second place in their ridings, growing the Green vote to 35%, 32%, and 19%, respectively. 

I have served on the provincial council as a councilor at large for the last 2 years. During that time, I have enjoyed working with like-minded Greens and watching our party grow. I hope to continue working with our caucus, members, staff, and of course our new provincial council to strengthen our engagement and set us up for success in 2024 and beyond. 

Enjoy the newsletter!

Trevor Pinsonneault,

President of the Green Party of New Brunswick

In This Issue:

• Volunteer Spotlight: By-election Volunteers
• Staff Appreciation Spotlight: Claire Kelly-Orozco
• Upcoming Events
  
  • Run for Women - Moncton
  • Green Your Spring - Sussex
• Provincial Council Corner
  • Thank you to outgoing members
  • Congratulations to newly-elected members
• Get Involved
  • Donate
  • Volunteer
  • Become a member
• MLAs in Action
  
  • David's Earth Day Blog Post
  • Megan Mitton asks government to clarify stance on fracking
  • Kevin Arseneau discusses food security for families
• Press Releases
  
  • By-election results

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The 2023 by-elections have been called for Monday, April 24!

Rachel Boudreau, the former Mayor of Petit-Rocher, nurse and entrepreneur, is already knocking on doors in Restigouche-Chaleur - a riding where Greens came in a strong second place with nearly 28% of the vote in the 2020 election. 

Chantal Landry, former Executive Director of Habitat for Humanity Moncton and teacher at NBCC, is bringing her extensive experience in leadership, management, and community-building into provincial politics as the candidate for the Dieppe by-election - another riding where we had a breakthrough in 2020. 

The momentum is building steadily in our party. We have already demonstrated that Greens can win. Now, we need to show voters that we are serious about forming government. With your support, we can elect more Green MLAs in this by-election and then build on that momentum to win even more seats in the 2024 provincial election.

You are all welcome to attend our heartfelt reunion, our AGM, on April 29, to meet like-minded greens and your favorite MLAs. Registration is simple - sign up or renew your membership and register to our AGM by Saturday, April 15. 

Change is on the horizon in New Brunswick. This is our time to get organized and take action.

Enjoy the newsletter,

Nicolas Jelic

President of the Green Party of New Brunswick

In This Issue:

• Staff Appreciation Spotlight: Amanda Wildeman
• Upcoming Events
  • By-election on April 24 
  • Annual General Meeting on April 29
  • Run for Women in Moncton 
• Get Involved
  • Provincial Council elections
  • Renew your membership to join your local RDA
• MLAs in Action
  • Megan Mitton calls on government to declare a climate emergency 
  • Kevin Arseneau opposes the 2023-2024 budget
  • David Coon continues to push for affordable housing, expansion of midwife project
• Press Releases

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Next month, we will be holding our 2023 Annual General Meeting on April 29 in Saint John. We hope this year’s AGM will be a moment for Greens across the province to come together (either in person or online) to reconnect and rekindle our vision for a brighter, healthier future for New Brunswick. 

You are invited to get involved by renewing your membership, joining your local RDA (Registered District Association), volunteering in one of the upcoming by-elections, or nominating yourself or someone you know to serve a term on Provincial Council in one of the vacant positions. Joining Provincial Council is a great way to get to know how the party works, meet and work with like-minded Green members, and apply your skills and experience 

We hope this year’s AGM will inspire and motivate you as we work to lift one another up, grow our organization and our membership, and fight for the changes we know are so badly needed in this province. 

Enjoy the newsletter,

Ryan Spencer

GPNB Provincial Council - Treasurer

In This Issue:

• Staff Appreciation Spotlight: Marie Christine Allard
• Upcoming Events
  • So you want to elect a Green MLA? (with Megan Mitton!) on March 8
  • AGM on April 29
• Get Involved
  • Seeking candidates for Upcoming By-elections
  • Provincial Council Nominations - Last Call!
  • Seeking a Youth Rep
  • Renew your membership to join your local RDA
• MLAs in Action
  • Update on David’s Sick Days Bill
  • Megan Mitton’s Climate Change Committee Work 
  • David Coon’s State of the Province Series

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Hello New Brunswick Greens! I am so very excited to start in this role of Executive Director – to support our Green MLAs in the Legislature, the hard-working volunteers and RDAs we have across the province, and to invite even more New Brunswickers to get involved with the Green Party!

For those of you who do not know me, I am a bilingual immigration consultant, environmental activist, feminist, determined optimist, and two-time Green Party candidate. I have lived and worked across Canada and abroad, but I have spent most of my life in this beautiful province and consider myself a proud maritimer and New Brunswicker. 

While immigration and international education have been the primary focus of my career path, after the IPCC report was released in October 2018, stating that we had 12 years (now 7) to limit global warming and prevent catastrophe, I decided to get involved in Canadian politics. I began by serving as the RDA President of Fredericton South, and then ran as the Green candidate in my hometown of Moncton-Riverview-Dieppe in the 2019 federal election. Together, our team managed to quadruple the Green vote, putting us in a strong 3rd place. 

Determined to keep the momentum going, I helped form a historic slate of women candidates for the Green Party in the Moncton region for the 2020 provincial election, landing two in 2nd place. After the election, I co-founded Femmocracy Now to encourage more women to get involved in politics, and was extremely proud when Melyssa Boudreau (a Green volunteer in 2019 and provincial candidate in 2020) won her seat in Dieppe as a City Councillor. I hope to use the political skills, experience and enthusiasm I have gained these past 5 years to accelerate the Green momentum we’ve built together and elect more Greens to enact meaningful change.

I have been so impressed with the work that David, Megan, and Kevin have been doing in the Legislature, and I look forward to supporting all of the caucus priorities of our hardworking MLAs. I am particularly passionate about addressing the urgent healthcare crisis, the current debate about language equality in our education system, affordable housing, and ensuring a just energy transition to fight climate change while protecting workers’ rights. 

I look forward to working with you to help build our grassroots momentum by strengthening RDAs, empowering local communities and volunteers, and of course, highlighting the voices of women and minorities and advancing Indigenous reconciliation. 

Now is the time to get involved. Join me as we gear up and get organized over these crucial next months to choose candidates, inspire voters, and run successful and competitive campaigns in the upcoming 2024 election. Change is coming to New Brunswick and I am calling on you to be a part of it. If you have any questions, concerns, or ideas to share, please don’t hesitate to contact me.

Claire Kelly-Orozco

Executive director

In this issue:

• Volunteer Spotlight: Eric Allain
• Upcoming Events
  • So You Want To Elect A Green MLA? Zoom Workshop February 6
  • Snowshoeing near Fredericton February 11
  • Quarterly Leader’s Update February 22
  • AGM April 29
• Get Involved
  • Provincial Council Nominations
  • Submit a policy resolution
  • Renew your membership to join your local RDA
• MLAs In Action
  • Update on the Sick Days Bill
  • French Immersion Public Consultations

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Happy New Year and welcome to our first newsletter of the year! We look forward to bringing you all the news and events as we dive into 2023.

First and foremost, we are delighted to announce the arrival of our new Executive Director, who will be officially introduced on January 23. We are confident that she will bring new momentum and fresh ideas to our team. 

We are also pleased to welcome our new administrative assistant, Betania Bertone, from Brazil. Please feel free to call her in the afternoon to welcome her or send her an email ([email protected]). We would like to thank Kaely Scott for all her hard work over the past few years.

In April, we will be holding our AGM, where we will be renewing part of our Provincial Council. This event will be an opportunity to meet in person (and/or virtually), to discuss our plans for 2023 and for the upcoming provincial election.

At the end of winter, we will also have by-elections in the ridings of Dieppe, Restigouche West, Bathurst East-Nepisiguit-Saint-Isidore. We are counting on your support and involvement for these crucial elections.

Finally, you will read that our MLAs are working tirelessly in the Fredericton Legislature to defend the values of our party and the common good of our citizens. 

Together, let's make 2023 a year of progress for the Green Party of New Brunswick and for our community!

Enjoy the newsletter!

Nicolas Jelic

President, Green Party of New Brunswick

In this issue:

• Fundraising update
• Provincial Council Corner
• Get Involved
  • Join Provincial Council!
  • Events: 
    • So you want to elect a Green MLA (3rd session) - January 26
    • Zoom Trivia Night! - January 31
    • Leader's Quarterly Update - February 22
• Green MLAs in Action - Paid Sick Days Bill

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There’s a lot going on in New Brunswick.

Like many of you, we teeter between moments of overwhelm and moments of fire-in-the-belly deep desire to fight for a better province.

Does this feeling resonate?

But as we witness the needs getting greater in NB - whether in health care or housing to name a few - we also feel a greater responsibility to step up with strong Green solutions and send more Green MLAs to the Legislature.

We have launched our year-end fundraiser with the goal of having $500,000 in the bank by 2024.

We have the solutions, we have momentum, and we have a strong team. Now, we need even more people power and more funds to make it happen!

Will you make a one-time or monthly donation? 

Would you be willing to start organizing locally to elect a Green MLA in 2024?

What are you able to contribute to our movement?

Let's build hope together as we work for a better New Brunswick.

See you soon.

In this issue:

• Provincial Council Corner
• Volunteer Spotlight: Simon Chiasson-St-Coeur
• Get involved!
• Green MLAs in action
• GPNB Press Releases

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October has been an exciting month for the Green Party of New Brunswick.

David Coon's 10-year leader's tour and celebration has given our members all over the province an injection of energy to plan and fund-raise, looking ahead to the election in two years.

My own RDA, Carleton 45, has held three events  since the end of August: a canoe trip down the Wolastoq/St. John; a corn boil, and a book reading event. We have some plans in the works for the winter. The idea is to work together to boost the visibility of the riding. We won't find a strong candidate if we don't have a strong team of Greens to back them, will we? 

Now is the time to start thinking about the election.

Now is the time to pull together as a riding association.

Now is the time to plan and fundraise, so that when election time comes, our communities will know us as the party with the answers.

Many hands make light work.

What skill can we bring to our RDA?

Together we can generate the spark we need to draw in new members and invigorate those who have been labouring quietly for a green New Brunswick.

Rebecca Blaevoet

VP English, Green Party of New Brunswick

Official Representative, Carleton, Riding 45

In this issue:

• Provincial Council Corner
• Volunteer Spotlight: Leslie Chandler
• Get Involved:
  • Leader’s Quarterly Update (Online) - November 9
  • Focus on RDAs - Zoom event (Online) - November 23
  • Help us find our new Executive Director
  • Volunteer for GPNB
  • Working group on Tax reform and Green New Deal
• Green MLAs in action

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Last month I toured the province to reconnect with Greens across the province, as we emerge from the pandemic. It was wonderful to see so many people face to face again. Meeting through screens is no substitute.

We launched the tour in Fredericton with the theme of 10 years strong and getting stronger. We met outside a farmers market, inside an agricultural museum, at a farm that provides training and skills development for adults with intellectual disabilities and mental health challenges, in an arts and culture centre, and at cafés on both the Bay of Fundy and the Baie des Chaleurs. Additional stops are planned for this fall.

Thanks to all who organized the events, and to those who hosted us at their beautiful venues.

My message was that New Brunswick cannot afford another majority government, and we are the only party that can prevent this.

We are distinctly different from the other parties. Our approach is deeply rooted in community and serving the common good. Our approach is based on respect for all people, and for nature’s balance. Our approach is built around a passionate defense of the commons: the land, sea and sky, the public spaces we cherish, and the public services we need. That’s who we are – the Greens.

Election planning starts now, locally and provincially. We’ve got work to do, so let’s get at it.

David Coon

Leader, Green Party of New Brunswick

In this issue:

• Spotlight: Marco Morency 
• Get Involved:
  • Events
    • Solar Open House - October 15
    • “Letters from the Future” - October 19
    • Elect a Green MLA! (Online) - October 26
    • Leader’s Quarterly Update (Online) - November 9 
  • Petition - Electoral Reform
  • Committees & Volunteering
    • Policy Working Group
    • Volunteer for GPNB!
• Green MLAs in action - Committee Update
• GPNB Press Releases

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Today, August 1, is the inaugural Emancipation Day here in New Brunswick. This is a day to remember the sacrifices of slaves, to examine our history and the legacy of the slave-master relationship, and to celebrate the resilience and accomplishments of Afro-Canadians.

The recognition of this very important day was a strong message for people of African descent. We felt that within the Assembly, elected officials recognize our difficulties in diversifying our communities.

Today, the honour of celebrating or recognizing Emancipation Day represents the culmination of the International Decade for People of African Descent. Now, what about New Brunswick?

At the provincial level, I believe that we have failed to achieve the goals of the UN General Assembly Resolution 68/237. This resolution calls on countries to implement policies and programs that combat racism and strengthen the economic, social, cultural, civil and political rights of people of African descent so that they can participate fully and equally in all aspects of society. The central themes of the resolution are recognition, justice and development.

Let us not forget that slavery took place right here in Canada for nearly three centuries. Before we can speak of fraternity and reconciliation between fellow citizens, there must be recognition and reparation.

By the end of the Decade, we call on the provincial government to take a leadership role and act decisively to provide concrete measures to restore the dignity of people of African descent.

Phylomène Zangio

Green Party of NB candidate, 2020 provincial election
More about Phylomène here.

In this issue:

• 10 Years Strong: A Celebration of David Coon’s Leadership
• Get Involved!
  • 10 Years Strong: A Celebration of David Coon’s Leadership
  • Events:
    • GPNB Multicultural BBQ
    • Pride in your Community
    • Catch David on the Road

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