A Green Party candidate has been announced in Thompson for the provincial election.

 

Meagan Jemmett was announced as the official candidate for the Greens on Thursday.

 

Jemmett, grew up in Nova Scotia, and lived in Alberta and Ontario before moving to Thompson in 2017. She currently works as an attorney, and practices criminal law.

 

She says she joined the Greens because it was the only party offering solutions for challenges such as the climate emergency, economic inequality, and the declining quality of healthcare in the north.

 

Jemmett goes on to say that if elected, she would advocate for health care investments, green jobs, and environmentally sustainable infrastructure for Northern communities.

 

She will be taking on Kelly Bindle from the Progressive Conservatives and Danielle Adams from the New Democrats.