The beginning of the 2014 New Brunswick Election saw the local leaders overshadowed by national notoriety of Gallant supporter Justin Trudeau. Trudeau swept into New Brunswick and travelled with Gallant to several cities and townships. He co-hosted a widely attended Liberal rally in downtown Fredericton. Together, the two Liberal leaders rode on the Big Red Bus and released videos to social media.
Now another popular leader from Ottawa joins the New Brunswick show. Elizabeth May, leader of the federal Green Party will be in Fredericton on September 14th with David Coon (provincial Green leader) at iRock Bar. Go Green! is an open event, a meet and greet with the two Green leaders as well as a handful of Green provincial candidates. May will be drumming up as much support as she can for Coon who is currently projected to win no seats but has brought up the popularity of the party. May is a considerable figure herself; the first Green MP in Canada, she has brought a former NDP MP across the floor to join her ranks, she has seen Green Party donations increase significantly, and is a very popular national figure.
Will her presence during the campaign season change anything for the provincial branch of the tree-hugging party? Undoubtedly. Will it be enough to help land some Greens seats in the legislature? That is to be determined.
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