
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.
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.
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Keeping People Safe And HealthyAll New Brunswickers have a right to quality health care. The global pandemic has brought into sharper...read more |
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Senior CareOur government has a moral responsibility to provide respectful, high quality care for senior citizens in long...read more |
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Re-Imagining Health CareIt is time we bring back our health care system to human scale. We can do that...read more |
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Educating For The FutureA forward-looking education system is one that is adequately funded and rooted in the community it serves,...read more |
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A Fair And Equitable Tax SystemIn order to adequately fund public services, we need a tax system that ensures that everyone...read more |
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Building Good GovernmentCitizens expect and need a democracy that works well, particularly in times of crisis. This means leaving...read more |
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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.
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Community Sustainable DevelopmentThe Covid-19 pandemic has revealed our vulnerabilities in the face of globalization. In response, local companies retooled...read more |
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Confronting The Climate EmergencyClimate change is not something around the corner, it’s already here, and we’re already suffering. As climate...read more |
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Clean, Renewable EnergyOur biggest source of climate-changing pollution is the electricity system built on coal, oil and gas. We...read more |
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TransportationAfter power plants, transportation is the next largest contributor to climate-changing pollution. To meet our climate change...read more |
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Crown Lands And ForestsPast Liberal and Conservative governments have given control over Crown forests to private corporations. The result has...read more |
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A Local Food SystemThe pandemic has shone a harsh light on the fragility of the global food system as store...read more |
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Culture + Nature = TourismNew Brunswickers have fallen in love – again – with our province. Amid the pandemic’s upheaval we...read more |
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Safeguarding Air, Water, Land, SpeciesAlong with the well-being of people, the state of the environment is the primary indicator of a...read more |
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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.
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Making Peace Among UsTo achieve this, we must make peace with one another by recognizing the vulnerability of certain groups...read more |
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Reducing PovertyWe must place the well-being and dignity of New Brunswickers at the heart of all government decisions....read more |
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Promoting Equality And InclusionThe COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the vulnerability of women and the fragility of the gains that they...read more |