P.E.I.'s Green leader believes party's success can translate to federal stage
After making history by leading his party to official Opposition status in P.E.I.’s provincial election Tuesday night, Green Party Leader Peter Bevan-Baker believes his party’s success can be matched on the federal level in October.
“There’s a real disillusionment with conventional politics and unimaginative politicians,” he told CTV’s Your Morning in a phone interview from Charlottetown early Tuesday. “I think the Green Party, at least on Prince Edward Island, had a real opportunity to be a different voice and Islanders went for that. They really embraced that. I think the same is possible on the national scene.”
“I think there’s no reason… that the Green Party couldn’t emulate what we have done today on the national scale in October,” he said.“I think one of the big reasons that we did so well last night is that we’ve demonstrated to Islanders that we are competent legislators. We know the issues, we can knowledgeably talk to them,” he said. “We’ve gone way past that misconception that we’re a single-issue party.
The Tories, led by premier-designate Dennis King, won a minority government with 12 seats. Former Premier Wade MacLauchlan’s incumbent Liberals dropped to third-party status after holding on to six seats.
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