December 20, 2019 The Green Party of Nova Scotia congratulates Premier McNeil on making this historical move after 50+ years of ineffective measures and wishful thinking on the part of past governments. “The government is now following their own law”, says Thomas Trappenberg. Green Party Leader Thomas Trappenberg points out that, “The real failure of...
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Climate Strike – by Keith Towse
The Green Party of Nova Scotia marches with the young people on the streets of Halifax and communities across Nova Scotia today. Climate change is a threat to Nova Scotians – its impacts will include sea level rise and increasing coastal erosion, more frequent extreme weather events, and altered weather and rainfall patterns. We applaud...
Ivan Drouin nominated in Truro-Bible Hill-Millbrook-Salmon River!
We are very pleased to announce that Ivan Drouin has been nominated as the GPNS candidate in the upcoming by-election in Truro-Bible Hill-Millbrook-Salmon River! We will share a link to Ivan’s candidate page soon.
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Edmonds to run in Sackville-Cobequid By-election
We are pleased to announce that GPNS Past Co-President (and current Policy Co-Convener) Anthony Edmonds will be our candidate in the Sackville-Cobequid By-election. Anthony is a young, family-oriented professional engineer with a strong sense of responsibility and a record of community involvement. He will make a fantastic MLA. If you would like to support his...
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On Whipping Votes and Making Deals
by Charlene Boyce, Green Party of Nova Scotia Co-President The recent New Brunswick election results engendered a lot of interest in the more obscure aspects of parliamentary procedure. What happens when the winner is really not evident? This election has gone a long way toward showing the serious drawbacks of first-past-the-post in a splintered electorate....