Kris Austin
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People's Alliance of New Brunswick
Alliance des gens du Nouveau-Brunswick |
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| Active provincial party | |
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| Leader | Kris Austin |
| President | Joyce Wright |
| Founded | 2010 |
| Headquarters | Fredericton, New Brunswick |
| Ideology | Right-wing populism |
| Colours | Purple |
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The People's Alliance of New Brunswick (French: Alliance des gens du Nouveau-Brunswick), founded in July 2010, is a political party registered in the province of New Brunswick, Canada.
It was created in the spring of 2010 amidst widespread opposition to the Liberal government's plan to sell NB Power to Hydro-Quebec and what was perceived as lack of credible opposition from the Progressive Conservatives (PCs). The party aimed to run as many candidates as possible in the provincial election held on September 27, 2010. It nominated 14, none of whom was elected. The party won 4,365 votes in those ridings.
The leader of the party is Kris Austin, a former interdenominational minister and candidate for the PC Party nomination in the Grand Lake-Gagetown riding. He was the Deputy Mayor of Minto from 2012 to 2016.
In March 2013, former Liberal MLA Leroy Armstrong joined the party, citing an inability to accept Liberal policies, such as support for bilingualism, and problems with ineligible voters in the 2012 Liberal leadership election.
The party has faced some difficulty in Francophone New Brunswick, due to perceptions about the party's stance on language issues. These perceptions stemmed in part from its first president's ties with the Anglo Society of New Brunswick. They have since been nurtured by the party's position on language skill requirements in the civil service, and by its opposition to duality in education. These perceptions were also partly the result of two candidates for party nominations publicly leaving the party, in October 2013. They accused it of showing a "lack of respect" towards the province's Acadian community. Similar comments were made in April 2016 by the party's former vice-president and "Francophone liaison" who deplored the Party's removal of his translations from its official website following his resignation. The party has argued that Francophone concerns about its policies are unfounded, and that the party supports official bilingualism in a practical use that ensures government services are provided in both official languages.
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