OTTAWA – The Green Party of Canada is pleased to announce that Ronnie Smith has been appointed as the Party’s new Shadow Cabinet Critic for Peace and Security.
A Theology student in the MDiv program at Waterloo Lutheran Seminary and a special needs educator, Ronnie Smith is also currently running as the Green Party of Ontario candidate in Kitchener Centre. Smith has extensive experience in foreign policy studies, and served as Assistant to the Defence Attaché with the Korean Embassy.
“I am honoured to be asked to serve on Elizabeth May’s Shadow Cabinet,” said Smith. “I look forward to bringing a strong Green voice to our national discourse on global peace and security.”
“I am very pleased to welcome Ronnie to our Shadow Cabinet team,” said Elizabeth May, Leader of the Green Party of Canada and Member of Parliament for Saanich–Gulf Islands. “Ronnie brings real wisdom and a remarkable depth of experience to his new role with the Party. I look forward to working with him to develop policies that build on our party’s deeply held principles of disarmament, international cooperation, and peaceful conflict resolution.”
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Contact:
Nicholas Gall
Communications Coordinator
Green Party of Canada
(613) 614 4916
nicholas.gall@greenparty.ca