WOLFVILLE, N.S. — Another hat has been thrown into the ring for the upcoming federal election in Kings-Hants.
Brogan Anderson of Kentville won the nomination for the Green Party of Canada in Kings-Hants on the first ballot at a recent nomination meeting in Wolfville.
There were 43 party members in attendance and more than 20 observers. This was the first time that there was a contested nomination for the Green Party in the riding.
“I believe in the possibilities for positive change, I believe in democracy, I believe in hope for the future and I wanted to concretely do something to take action on those things,” Anderson said.
She wants to provide meaningful representation for the people of Kings-Hants in Ottawa and truly address the issues. Anderson said we often get politicians who make all sorts of promises but then seem to forget who their true constituents are once elected.
“I have no other agenda but to be a voice for Kings-Hants,” she said.
Climate change is top of mind for her as an issue heading into the election. She said we seem to have an impression of climate change as something that’s happening somewhere else but the effects are being felt right here in the riding. We’re being faced with rising sea levels; more storms and fisheries are being impacted.
Action, not lip service, is needed on the issue. She said we have to address our dependency on fossil fuels and make the switch to renewable sources of energy. We have to set targets and cut fossil fuel subsidies. She said the Liberals promised to do so and “have done nothing about it.”
Other issues she sees as important include electoral reform, relations with First Nations, health care and the high cost of post-secondary education. Anderson said the Liberals promised electoral reform and then “completely bailed on it without any further explanation.”
Anderson said politics is not about leveraging power for big corporations. The Green Party is issues-based and value-based and this aligns well with her belief system. She said the party has legitimacy because members want to take tangible action on the issues.
“I think it actually aligns with a lot of people’s personal belief systems but we’ve sort of given up hope,” Anderson said. “We think that politics is just crooked and that’s the way it is. I’m encouraging people not to abandon that hope.”
Anderson has a degree in linguistics from the University of Ottawa and is fluently bilingual in English and French. She is employed with the Annapolis Valley Regional Library as a library clerk and has worked at the Wolfville branch since 2001. She has been active in the community with the local chapter of the Sierra Club and the Council of Canadians.
Anderson lives in Kentville with her partner, Peter Gillis, and has two children, daughter Zoe and son Sacha, ages 16 and nine.
For more information on Anderson’s candidacy, email [email protected]
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