I am running for the Green Party of Canada because I believe in it as an important political grassroots movement. The party encourages it's candidates to find their own platform within the guiding principals of the party (which you can find at greenparty.ca). We are supported to find our voice and share it with our fellow citizens. We can and will be transparent: there is NO Green Party whip.  We share our movement with Green Parties around the world. We are doing the work of putting the environment first in every single economic decision being made at the federal level, from tax incentives, to a national electrical grid, to resource extraction and management, to promoting a circular economy, to First Nations consultation. Every single decision in 2025 should have the future longevity of the land and it's people at the heart of discussion. To aid this, we are holding space for youth and young voters. This is the party of the future. 

My priorities and plans focus on three main concerns: Protecting the quality and quantity of water in the Oldman River through the jurisdiction of the federal government through the  Fisheries and Oceans and Environment Ministries, advocating and campaigning the large federal parties to adopt electoral reform and give western Canada a REAL voice in parliament, and disputing the use by provincial governments of the Notwithstanding Clause on Federal Charter Rights. These three things affect people in the electoral district of Lethbridge every day. 

Water Protection

We must first put a stop to the Grassy Mountain Coal Exploration application with another federal review of aquatic health in the headwaters of the Oldman. Times are much different than they were in 2021, with the American threat to Canadian soverignty and economic stability. Both the Conservative and Liberal parties have made pledges to expedite resource extraction nationally, with each offering financial rewards to First Nations should they approve and get involved in resource projects. The NDP has, obviously, vowed to protect workers. These pledges will require a FIRM focus on the environment and a plan for alternative ways that the federation could help monetize the eastern slopes lands to offer jobs. I have a plan that doesn't involve pitting much-needed jobs in the string of small coal towns of the Crowsnest Pass against the need for clean water to agriculture (and humans) downstream. 

Electoral Reform

Voters in Alberta and western Canada, no matter their political stripe, seem to have only one voice in Ottawa: opposition. We have put in this position because the large parties in this country will not consider electoral reform so that the popular vote, rather than an archaic first-past-the-post system dictates the make up of the House of Commons, not even when they have a majority and are able to improve representation. Why? Because it suits the large parties to keep themselves large. It suits eastern Canada to keep decision-making power in the large eastern provinces. We need electoral reform for real representation of ALL Canadians: for all voices to be heard.  

Federal Charter Rights

Three provinces have recently used the notwithstanding clause as a legal loophole to enact policies and legislation that remove the rights of workers, religious minorities, and trans and nonbinary children. Alberta is about to join that group. Before you shrug that off and agree with it, think about what OTHER rights could be removed by a different government in power. Think about things like vaccination requirements at public schools and publicly-funded institutions. Think about religious freedoms. Think about how the notwithstanding clause can be used against you and your federally-protected rights. Alberta is and has always been a province of freedom and hard-work in the federation of Canada. Nobody in this province should lose their federally-protected rights on the whim of a new provincial government. We need to be having difficult conversations, not removing rights. 

Folks, there is so much going on right now that we, Lethbridge and area, will get lost in the noise and the chaos Please vote for real change. I promise an honest and transparent effort to get this accomplished.