Standing up for Canada, for democracy, and for the health and wellbeing of PEI's communities.
I will always be free to independently represent the voice of everyday people from PEI, to the House of Commons. No matter which party forms government this election, because my party does not whip votes, I won't have to parrot a party line. I will be able to support the government when they're doing good things, and will hold them to account and apply pressure when they're doing things that don't make sense for our communities here on PEI, both in the short term, and for when our kids are grown. I want to hear your priorities and concerns this election campaign.
Anna Keenan's journey spans 15 years of international climate action and democracy advocacy, followed by two years as a municipal public servant—a path that has shaped her into a pragmatic, globally informed candidate, with one foot in science and another in public service.Â
Anna isn't interested in political spin. Holding degrees in physics and economics, she's driven by evidence and committed to policy that works for local communities.
Her search for global best practices, beyond what can often be a limited debate within Canada and the U.S., sets her apart from conventional political thinking.
Anna and her husband Robert, a local small-business owner in craft brewing, live with their energetic 9-year-old boy in a rural farmhouse they’ve renovated DIY. Together, the family are all-season outdoor sports enthusiasts, frequenting Brookvale Provincial Park. Anna can occasionally be spotted stilt-walking in the Island’s Gold Cup and Saucer and Pride parades, or the River Clyde Pageant.
Policies and Values
Your priorities, not partisanship
These are the priorities that Anna has heard from our community. If your issues are not represented here, contact Anna to share your thoughts, so she can amplify your voice.
Protect Canada from US threats
Strengthen Canadian-owned supply chains and value-added processing, particularly for agriculture & fisheries. Directly support local businesses. Diversify Canada's international trading and diplomatic relationships. Establish federal strategic reserves of key commodities to ensure Canadian companies have buyers through fluctuations.
And - we need to have some frank conversations about the role of the fossil fuel industry in the US-Canadian context.Â
Click here to read the Green Party's position paper on Protecting Canada.
Fix the Housing Market
Tackle affordability through bold, evidence-based public investment, drawing inspiration from successful post-WWII federal housing investments, and looking at examples of housing policy excellence around the world, for example Vienna and the Netherlands.
Housing experts in Europe recommended aiming for one-third of homes being deeply affordable non-market housing, one-third being rentals with regulations that protect renter rights, and one-third for home ownership. The balance is out of whack in Canada and it drives up prices for everyone. The federal government has a role to play.
Defend democracy & human rights
As the US backslides into autocracy, we need to defend democracy and human rights in Canada and abroad.
Domestically this includes proportional representation; fighting misinformation and propaganda; championing diversity, inclusion and nonviolence; defending the CBC and local journalism; and maintaining a professional, nonpartisan civil service.
Internationally, we must strengthen Canadian diplomacy and peaceful protective forces, to enable us to push back against apartheid, genocide, and imperial wars of aggression, wherever they occur. Anna has endorsed the Vote Palestine platform at VotePalestine.ca
Protect Canada's natural heritage
Canda is defined by our waters, farmland, forests and our climate. Our natural heritage deserves robust protections.
At a time when these protections are under threat, we must act to ensure that proper risk assessments and regulations are in place, so that our children do not pay a long-term cost for short-term development decisions made today.
Resolve the healthcare crisis
In the short term, invest in rapid expansions in family medicine residencies, and finish the work already begun on recognizing international qualifications, and Canada-wide medical licencing.
In the long term, consider comprehensive reforms to the Canada Health Act, in light of global best practices from countries with the strongest healthcare outcomes.
Fair Taxation
Anna and the Green Party support raising the personal tax-free threshold to $40,000.
Paying tax is a contribution to our nation's collective good. Our services, our infrastructure, our culture and heritage.
We all go through seasons in our life. When we have high incomes, we should be proud to chip in to that common good. And when we are out of luck financially, we should get a break, and extra support.
Changing the tax-free threshold is a small step we can take for working people. For all, the progressive goal north star is a truly universal Basic Income Guarantee.
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(902) 978 1178
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