Phoenix Neault

I grew up in the three prairie provinces of Saskatchewan, Alberta and Manitoba; I research steadily to keep track of a special concern: homelessness. I read about the homelessness initiatives governments have tried and I really like the Housing First initiative, treating people as people.

I was made a ward of the government at 12 years old in Winnipeg and I know “the system” inside and out. Through my own hard times, and now through my work life, I have come to understand the range of people’s deep needs and how crucial it is to support the human rights and civic rights of people. I have always worked with people. My studies brought me an Early Childhood Education diploma with an emphasis on speech and behaviours. I have worked with children in their homes, in centres and in schools, along with running parenting groups and supporting disadvantaged adults and families at group homes, centres and drop-in centres. 

An MP  should be a lifelong learner, and as your Green candidate, I am proud to ask you to vote for that quality in me. My education, demanding life experience and work life have fused to make me ready to serve and face the future challenges awaiting us Saskatchewan people.
I want to see our government able to end poverty as we know it and to see the government working in collaboration with the First Peoples of this land. I want to see the houseless have homes. Our children’s education should cover the struggle for social justice and equal rights. I believe in a Guaranteed Basic Income for all.  

I work with many children, at Michael’s Place, through Prairie Harm Reduction. This group home is for male-identifying youth who have a variety of complex needs and are actively using substances. I have chosen to work for Prairie Harm Reduction because I believe in their cause and I believe in the way they do things. In this company, we meet people where they are and go from there on a harm reduction model. I also love the atmosphere and all the staff. We need more safe consumption sites, and for the government to quit regulating them in such a way that supplies are cut off! Of course, PHR now supplies the essentials, but they are paid for out of pocket through donations.

Saskatchewan is faced with the need for safe, environmentally sustainable power and energy. We need to drastically lower our carbon footprint in these coming years. Our youth need to become more involved in the political process. My non-binary child is the SGP Northern Youth Representative this year with the approval of my family because we know young people need to be involved. Our family also supports the Saskatchewan Green Party because of its commitment to the UN and non-violence. The Greens also believe in the rights of all minority groups and sexually and gender diverse people, and that everyone has the right to their own language and culture without discrimination. Everyone needs to be seen as an equal person having an equal vote. 

I look forward to serving the constituents of The Battlefords-Lloydminster-Meadow Lake as MP. This area needs a poverty-right advocate in the House of Commons. I also recently ran for the provincial Greens in the fall 2024 general election.