Fourteen N.B. NDP candidates defect to Green Party
Fourteen New Brunswick NDP candidates have announced their resignation from the provincial party to join the federal Green Party.
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Fourteen New Brunswick NDP candidates have announced their resignation from the provincial party to join the federal Green Party.
Fourteen New Brunswick NDP candidates have announced their resignation from the provincial party to join the federal Green Party.
The announcement was made in a media release which pointed to the fact that Green Party leader Elizabeth May visited the province while NDP leader Jagmeet Singh has not.
The NDP members who've signed this declaration say @theJagmeetSingh hasn't visited New Brunswick once since becoming leader, and has failed to nominate a single candidate in the federal race. They also note @ElizabethMay has visited several times. #cdnpoli— Sarah Ritchie (@SarahRitchieTV) September 3, 2019
In the news release, the group said: “encourage all New Democrats, New Brunswickers and, indeed, all Canadians in voting for the Green Party of Canada this election.”
Their focus is just not in Atlantic Canada,” said Jonathan Richardson, an NDP Atlantic Canada national executive who has also resigned from the party. “That’s just the reality of the election you gotta go where you’re going to get your votes.”
“They’re more attached to the branding than the ultimate goal of helping people,” said Richardson about the federal NDP.
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View on XThe Green Party has swept candidates away from the NDP before, including MP Pierre Nantel who announced that he will be running for the Greens in the 2019 election.
CBC News reported the following names as the full list of candidates who have defected:
This is a breaking news story and will be updated with new information.
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