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Luke Randall
Liberal candidate for Fredericton North
Affordability
Childcare
Luke Randall's promise
Liberal's promises
Improve working conditions and increase wages for Early Childhood Educators
Reduce administrative and regulatory burden on childcare operators
"Reduce the administrative and regulatory burden on childcare operators to enhance their ability to provide the best care possible for children." — Team Holt: Focused On You, retrieved 2024-10-12
Increase financial support for ECE students
Fuel and transportation costs
Liberal's promise
Remove the roughly 4 cent/litre levy on gas remitted to refiners
"Immediately remove the Higgs Gas Tax, saving you around 4 cents a litre at the pumps." — Team Holt: Focused On You, retrieved 2024-10-12
Post-secondary
Liberal's promises
Work with universities and colleges to develop long-term strategies for student housing
Provide more grants for students studying in high-priority fields
Keep provincial student loans interest-free
Poverty and the minimum wage
Liberal's promises
Better allow people receiving social assistance to participate in the workforce without financial penalty or loss of benefits
"Increase the capacity of New Brunswickers receiving social assistance to participate in the workforce without financial penalty or loss of benefits." — Team Holt: Focused On You, retrieved 2024-10-12
Increase social assistance rates
"Increase social assistance rates given the rising cost of food and housing, while ensuring regulations are not penalizing recipients." — Team Holt: Focused On You, retrieved 2024-10-12
Tax measures and rebates
Liberal's promise
Immediately remove PST on electricity bills
"Immediately remove the provincial sales tax (PST), on electricity providing 10% relief from home energy bills." — Team Holt: Focused On You, retrieved 2024-10-12
Climate Change & the Environment
Air quality
Liberal's promise
Require all new schools, hospitals, long-term care homes, and other public buildings have modern air filtration, heating, & cooling systems
"Our government will require that all new schools, hospitals, long-term care homes, and other public buildings have modern air filtration, heating, and cooling systems, following ASHRAE 241. For existing infrastructure, we will add suitable air filtration and cooling units." — Team Holt: Focused On You, retrieved 2024-10-12
Carbon pricing
Liberal's promise
Work with the federal government to make big emitters bear the brunt of the price on carbon
"While we move to a 100 percent non-emitting grid, we will work with the federal government to ensure big emitters bear the brunt of the price on carbon." — Team Holt: Focused On You, retrieved 2024-10-12
Climate adaptation
Luke Randall's promise
Liberal's promises
Review and update the emergency preparedness plan to deal with increasingly frequent extreme climate change-related weather events
"Review and update our emergency preparedness plan for dealing with the increasing number of extreme climate change-related weather events." — Team Holt: Focused On You, retrieved 2024-10-12
Close cell coverage and high-speed internet gaps
Implement a coastal erosion plan
"Implement a coastal erosion plan to protect communities." — Team Holt: Focused On You, retrieved 2024-10-12
Conservation
Liberal's promises
Increase conservation of lands and waters from 10% to 15%
Work with communities, First Nations, and experts to create a plan for 30% conservation
Green construction and retrofits
Liberal's promises
Increase support for home energy retrofits
Introduce a provincial programme for solar retrofits
Provide a free heat pump programme
Pollution
Liberal's promises
Update the Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act to guarantee everyone the right to clean air and water
Reevaluate the safety of glyphosate with new and comprehensive data specific to New Brunswick
Increase restrictions on pesticide and herbicide use, including examining banning aerial spraying
"Implement the recommendations of the Legislative Assembly’s all-party Standing Committee on Climate Change and Environmental Stewardship to increase restrictions on pesticide and herbicide use, including examining the banning of aerial spraying." — Team Holt: Focused On You, retrieved 2024-10-12
Investigate alternatives to pesticide and herbicide use
Power generation
Liberal's promise
Develop an energy plan to provide affordable, reliable, clean energy
"Deliver an energy plan that provides affordable, reliable, clean energy for New Brunswickers and New Brunswick businesses." — Team Holt: Focused On You, retrieved 2024-10-12
Reducing greenhouse gas emissions
Liberal's promises
Ensure all government buildings are net-zero by 2035
Ensure all government vehicles, including school buses, are electrified by 2035
Walkable, bikable communities
Liberal's promise
Increase active transportation infrastructure, including walking and cycling trails
"Work with communities to increase active transportation infrastructure, including walking and cycling trails, to build healthier communities." — Team Holt: Focused On You, retrieved 2024-10-12
Education
French immersion
Liberal's promises
Continue grade one early French immersion
Expand access points for grade six entry
K-12 funding
Luke Randall's promise
Liberal's promise
Develop a new 10-year plan with teachers and other education professionals, experts, and parents
"Develop a fresh 10-year plan with teachers and other education professionals, experts, and parents to set a collective vision for education." — Team Holt: Focused On You, retrieved 2024-10-12
K-12 learning needs
Liberal's promises
Review class composition
Ensure schools have staffing, spaces, & resources to provide one-on-one or small group support in literacy, numeracy, & learning behaviours
"Ensure schools have adequate staffing, spaces, and resources to provide classroom support in literacy, numeracy, and learning behaviours, which will provide students with more small group or one-on-one practice." — Team Holt: Focused On You, retrieved 2024-10-12
Identify and fill staffing, training and resourcing gaps to effectively implement Policy 322 on inclusive education
"Support inclusive education for all students by reviewing class composition and identifying and filling the staffing, training, and resourcing gaps impacting the effective implementation of Policy 322." — Team Holt: Focused On You, retrieved 2024-10-12
K-12 staffing
Liberal's promises
Improve working conditions for all education professionals, prioritising support and wellness
Increase financial support for people entering education professions
Post-secondary
Liberal's promises
Work with universities and colleges to develop long-term strategies for student housing
Provide more grants for students studying in high-priority fields
Keep provincial student loans interest-free
School nutrition
Liberal's promise
Provide free, nutritious, universal free breakfasts, and pay-what-you-can lunches, for all students, using local food where possible
"Provide nutritious universal free breakfast and pay-what-you-can lunches to all New Brunswick students leveraging local, New Brunswick food where possible." — Team Holt: Focused On You, retrieved 2024-10-12
Trades
Liberal's promise
Provide grants to people who have studies to work in the building trades
"Provide grants to New Brunswickers who have studied to work in high-priority fields, including healthcare, the building trades, and education." — Team Holt: Focused On You, retrieved 2024-10-12
Healthcare
Air quality
Liberal's promise
Require all new schools, hospitals, long-term care homes, and other public buildings have modern air filtration, heating, & cooling systems
"Our government will require that all new schools, hospitals, long-term care homes, and other public buildings have modern air filtration, heating, and cooling systems, following ASHRAE 241. For existing infrastructure, we will add suitable air filtration and cooling units." — Team Holt: Focused On You, retrieved 2024-10-12
Cancer
Liberal's promise
Implement at-home pap tests for cervical cancer screening
Dental care and optometry
Luke Randall's promise
Drugs and addiction
Liberal's promises
Invest in treatment beds throughout the province
"Invest in treatment beds throughout the province, ensure there is a bed for anyone who wants it when they want it, and ensure that there is an optional continuum of care for those exiting treatment." — Team Holt: Focused On You, retrieved 2024-10-12
Ensure an optional continuum of care for those exiting treatment
Family doctors and primary care
Luke Randall's promise
Liberal's promises
Establish at least 30 community care clinics to offer local, collaborative care
"Establish and support at least 30 community care clinics that offer local, collaborative care from a variety of health professionals in one place when you need it." — Team Holt: Focused On You, retrieved 2024-10-12
"Provide dedicated non-clinical staff and administrative support to these clinics to ensure healthcare providers are focused on patients, not paperwork." — Team Holt: Focused On You, retrieved 2024-10-12
Improve the compensation model for doctors and primary care providers, including fair pay for performing after-hours care
"Improve the compensation model for doctors and primary care providers, including fair pay for those who perform after-hours care." — Team Holt: Focused On You, retrieved 2024-10-12
Health administration
Liberal's promises
Invest in technology, including centralised waitlists and digital records management systems
"Invest in modern technology, including centralized waitlists and standardized digital records management systems, to facilitate the seamless and secure exchange of patient information among healthcare providers, regions, the regional health authorities, and community care clinics." — Team Holt: Focused On You, retrieved 2024-10-12
Make the public health office independent
"Make our public health office independent to ensure unbiased and evidenced-based decision- making and research are communicated to all New Brunswickers." — Team Holt: Focused On You, retrieved 2024-10-12
Health staffing
Liberal's promises
Create a multi-pronged plan to improve working conditions, prioritise supports, and increase retention
"Create a multi-pronged plan developed for all healthcare professionals to improve working conditions, prioritize support for their wellness, and increase retention." — Team Holt: Focused On You, retrieved 2024-10-12
Work with Dalhousie Medicine NB and Centre de formation médicale du N-B to create more training and residency seats
Work with regulators to improve foreign credential recognition for nurses, doctors, and other healthcare professionals
"Leverage existing healthcare knowledge by working with regulators to improve foreign credential recognition for nurses, doctors, and other healthcare professionals already in our province and looking to call New Brunswick home." — Team Holt: Focused On You, retrieved 2024-10-12
Provide immediate retention payments for nurses
"Immediately deliver retention payments to show our respect for nurses and examine other tools that aid retention and recruitment." — Team Holt: Focused On You, retrieved 2024-10-12
Review and expand healthcare professionals' scope of practice to optimise their roles
Hospitals
Liberal's promise
Increase the time that operating rooms are open
Indigenous health
Liberal's promises
Invite First Nations leaders to create a bilateral forum and ongoing process for achieving culturally safe and equitable healthcare
"Invite First Nations leaders to create a bilateral forum and ongoing process with the goal of achieving culturally safe and equitable healthcare for Indigenous people in New Brunswick." — Team Holt: Focused On You, retrieved 2024-10-12
Work with First Nations to create and implement mental health and addiction programmes with culturally safe service and practice standards
"Work in partnership with First Nations to co-create and implement mental health and addiction programs that meet culturally safe First Nation service and practice standards of care." — Team Holt: Focused On You, retrieved 2024-10-12
Support and work with First Nations healthcare leaders on the Health Transformation design and implementation process
"Support, collaborate, and engage with First Nations healthcare leaders in achieving their Health Transformation design and implementation process." — Team Holt: Focused On You, retrieved 2024-10-12
Long-term care
Liberal's promises
Expand the Nursing Homes Without Walls model
"Expand the Nursing Homes Without Walls model and ensure that those who want to stay at home can do so for as long as possible." — Team Holt: Focused On You, retrieved 2024-10-12
Set sector standards and transparent reporting practices, with a robust system for complaints
"Establish sector standards and transparent reporting practices with a robust system for complaints that leads to quick responses and better overall delivery to ensure our seniors continue to receive excellent care." — Team Holt: Focused On You, retrieved 2024-10-12
Increase the comfort and clothing allowance for seniors from $150 to $200
Invest in wages for personal support workers and resident attendants to fill staffing gaps
"Ensure all existing nursing home beds are accessible by filling staffing gaps by investing in wages for personal support workers and resident attendants ultimately resulting in increased hours of care." — Team Holt: Focused On You, retrieved 2024-10-12
Mental health
Liberal's promises
Include mental health professionals in as many community care clinics as possible
"Ensure mental health professionals are located in as many community care clinics as possible to ensure mental health is being treated as primary care and reduce the frequency of acute mental health challenges." — Team Holt: Focused On You, retrieved 2024-10-12
Develop a retention and training plan for mental health professionals, specifically within schools
"Increase residency seats for psychiatrists and clinical psychologists, and develop a retention and training plan for psychologists, counsellors, and other mental health professionals, specifically within schools." — Team Holt: Focused On You, retrieved 2024-10-12
Invest in community-based case management approaches for front-line service providers
"Invest in community-based case management approaches for front-line service providers currently providing mental health support." — Team Holt: Focused On You, retrieved 2024-10-12
Increase residency seats for psychiatrists and psychologists
Create a Mental Health Advocate position
"Create a Mental Health Advocate position to ensure New Brunswickers struggling with mental health and navigating the system have a champion." — Team Holt: Focused On You, retrieved 2024-10-12
Expand mental health court access
"Expand mental health court access to ensure the promotion of alternative pathways for justice." — Team Holt: Focused On You, retrieved 2024-10-12
Natal care
Liberal's promises
Expand midwifery services
Provide funding for training midwives
Seniors
Liberal's promises
Review and update the process and standards for homecare allocation
Increase the comfort and clothing allowance for seniors from $150 to $200
Create a $250/mo caregiver benefit for unpaid and informal caregivers of aging family members
"Implement a caregiver benefit for unpaid and informal caregivers of aging family members, giving caregivers $250 a month to recognize their contribution." — Team Holt: Focused On You, retrieved 2024-10-12
Increase wages for homecare workers
Develop and implement an Alzheimer's and dementia support strategy
"Work with communities to develop and implement a strategy that better supports those living with Alzheimer’s and dementia." — Team Holt: Focused On You, retrieved 2024-10-12
Fund safety and accessibility retrofits for seniors and people with disabilities who wish to stay in their homes
"Provide funding for safety and accessibility retrofits for New Brunswick seniors and people with disabilities who wish to stay in their homes." — Team Holt: Focused On You, retrieved 2024-10-12
Provide the RSV vaccine for free for seniors and vulnerable people
Sexual and reproductive health
Liberal's promises
Fund one round of IVF
"Increase access to fertility treatments by funding one round of IVF, which is in line with jurisdictions across Canada."
Ensure people can better access abortion services by amending regulation 84-20
"Ensure New Brunswickers can better access abortion services by amending regulation 84–20." — Team Holt: Focused On You, retrieved 2024-10-12
Make contraception free
Housing & Homelessness
Affordable housing
Liberal's promise
Create a Community Housing Retention and Expansion Pilot to fund non-profit and community housing
"Model a Community Housing Retention and Expansion Pilot to fund housing in the non-profit and community sectors that support capacity building pre-construction costs, and acquisition." — Team Holt: Focused On You, retrieved 2024-10-12
Home construction and supply
Liberal's promise
Increase investments in modular and offsite housing
"Work with companies to increase investments in made-in New Brunswick solutions like modular and offsite housing." — Team Holt: Focused On You, retrieved 2024-10-12
Home purchases and ownership
Liberal's promise
Overhaul property tax to ensure stability and fairness
Homeless services
Liberal's promises
Invest in long-term and sustainable core funding for transition homes and frontline domestic violence services, including women's shelters
"Invest in long-term and sustainable core funding for transition homes and frontline domestic violence services, including women’s shelters and additional support services." — Team Holt: Focused On You, retrieved 2024-10-12
Work with municipalities and community groups who already use a housing-first approach
"Work directly with municipalities and community groups already grounded in a housing-first approach and support their expansion." — Team Holt: Focused On You, retrieved 2024-10-12
Provide wraparound services, starting with housing, and support a community case management approach
"Provide wraparound services to those experiencing chronic homelessness, starting with housing, and support a community case management approach." — Team Holt: Focused On You, retrieved 2024-10-12
Public housing
Liberal's promises
Invest in renovating existing public housing
Invest in creating new public housing
Rental housing
Liberal's promises
Immediately introduce a rent cap
Make a comprehensive update to the Residential Tenancies Act
Jobs, Businesses, & Labour
Arts and culture
Liberal's promises
Consider arts and culture as important economic and social drivers
"Consider arts and culture as important economic and social drivers. Better leverage opportunities to invest in our artists, cultural and creative industries, and institutions to ensure good-paying jobs and a robust creative economy that all New Brunswickers can be proud of." — Team Holt: Focused On You, retrieved 2024-10-12
Support the transition committee's work on the Status of the Artist
Infrastructure
Liberal's promise
Create an asset management plan to ensure transportation infrastructure is prioritised for repair and replacement and contractors are paid
"Maximize the benefit of infrastructure to New Brunswickers by leveraging an asset management plan for transportation infrastructure to ensure roads and bridges are prioritized for repair or replacement and that contractors are paid on time." — Team Holt: Focused On You, retrieved 2024-10-12
Pay equity
Liberal's promise
Phase in pay equity in the private and care sectors, using a model similar to Quebec and Ontario
Poverty and the minimum wage
Liberal's promises
Better allow people receiving social assistance to participate in the workforce without financial penalty or loss of benefits
"Increase the capacity of New Brunswickers receiving social assistance to participate in the workforce without financial penalty or loss of benefits." — Team Holt: Focused On You, retrieved 2024-10-12
Increase social assistance rates
"Increase social assistance rates given the rising cost of food and housing, while ensuring regulations are not penalizing recipients." — Team Holt: Focused On You, retrieved 2024-10-12
Startups and small businesses
Liberal's promise
Review and improve investment tax credits like the SBITC and scientific research and economic development credits
"Increase productivity by reviewing and improving investment tax credits like SBITC and scientific research and economic development (SR/ED) credits to ensure investments in research, automation, and technology." — Team Holt: Focused On You, retrieved 2024-10-12
Trades
Liberal's promise
Provide grants to people who have studies to work in the building trades
"Provide grants to New Brunswickers who have studied to work in high-priority fields, including healthcare, the building trades, and education." — Team Holt: Focused On You, retrieved 2024-10-12
Society & Government
Budgets
Liberal's promise
Balance the budget every year
"Balance the budget in each year of our mandate." — Team Holt: Focused On You, retrieved 2024-10-12
Government transparency and decision-making
Liberal's promises
Commit to evidence-based decision-making across all departments
Strengthen the Whistleblower Act to ensure anonymity and employment protections for whistleblowers
"Strengthen the Public Interest Disclosure Act (Whistleblower Act) to ensure anonymity and employment protections for the whistleblower." — Team Holt: Focused On You, retrieved 2024-10-12
Operate under an 'open by default' principle
Reform the Right to Information legislation to ensure more accessible and less restrictive access to the public
Improve open data across government
Immigration
Liberal's promise
Focus immigration pathways on critical labour needs like healthcare, building trades, and education
"Focus immigration pathways on critical labour needs like healthcare, building trades and education, and supporting newcomers to make New Brunswick home." — Team Holt: Focused On You, retrieved 2024-10-12
Indigenous reconciliation
Liberal's promises
Rebuild nation-to-nation relationships that establish trust and a shared understanding of treaty obligations
"Commit to rebuilding relationships with First Nations based on a nation-to-nation relationship that establishes trust and a shared understanding of treaty obligations. We will renegotiate tax agreements to ensure all parties have a fair deal." — Team Holt: Focused On You, retrieved 2024-10-12
Renegotiate tax agreements with First Nations to ensure all parties have a fair deal
Justice system
Liberal's promise
Expand mental health court access
"Expand mental health court access to ensure the promotion of alternative pathways for justice." — Team Holt: Focused On You, retrieved 2024-10-12
Languages
Liberal's promises
Appoint a Deputy Minister to lead the Official Languages Secretariat
Implement the recommendations of the McLaughlin/Finn report
Establish a Standing Committee on Official Languages
Legislature
Liberal's promise
Use set calendars, allow remote participation, and modernise committee work
"Ensure our legislative assembly and its practices are modern and fit for purpose including set calendars, remote participation, and modernizing committee work." — Team Holt: Focused On You, retrieved 2024-10-12
Lobbying and political donations
Liberal's promises
Modernise and strengthen the lobbyist registry
"Modernize and strengthen the lobbyist registry to enhance transparency and accountability." — Team Holt: Focused On You, retrieved 2024-10-12
Ban out-of-province political donations
"Ban out-of-province political donations to increase trust in our political parties." — Team Holt: Focused On You, retrieved 2024-10-12
Municipal funding and government
Liberal's promise
Overhaul property tax to ensure stability and fairness
People with disabilities
Liberal's promises
Consider providing a basic income for people with disabilities
"Explore a plan for a basic income for New Brunswickers living with disabilities." — Team Holt: Focused On You, retrieved 2024-10-12
Fund safety and accessibility retrofits for seniors and people with disabilities who wish to stay in their homes
"Provide funding for safety and accessibility retrofits for New Brunswick seniors and people with disabilities who wish to stay in their homes." — Team Holt: Focused On You, retrieved 2024-10-12
Racism
Liberal's promise
Immediately review and respond to the Systemic Racism Commissioner's Final Report, and implement recommendations
"Immediately review and respond to the Systemic Racism Commissioner’s Final Report, working on a timely plan to implement its recommendations." — Team Holt: Focused On You, retrieved 2024-10-12
Misc. topics
Parks
Liberal's promise
Provide residents with 25% off the cost of provincial park passes
"Provide New Brunswick residents 25% off the cost of provincial park passes to encourage exercise and spending time outdoors." — Team Holt: Focused On You, retrieved 2024-10-12
Biography
submitted by the candidate or their team
I’m about hard work, community, and practical action plans. This election, I’m running under Susan Holt. Susan has gathered a team of the best people from across party lines and career backgrounds to work together under one banner to fix the broken parts of our province.
Luke Randall
Luke’s deep connection to Fredericton North started generations ago, even before he was born. His paternal grandfather worked pulling ice from the Wolastoq River to chill neighbourhood ice boxes. Today, his parents live only a few houses away from where the old family bakery once operated. Luke spent many of his school years in Devon, spending time with his maternal grandparents on St. Mary’s Street where they also ran their family owned and operated business. Many years later, Luke would buy his first home in Devon where he resided for fourteen years. He now lives with his husband Tyler on the North Side of the Wolastoq.
Luke grew up just outside of Fredericton and he earned his high school diploma from Devon Park Christian School on Fredericton’s North side in 1994. After graduating, instead of continuing on to post-secondary education, Luke decided to take a gap year to open Endeavours The Artist Shop at the age of 18.
Starting his own business on his parent’s front porch, the “gap year” has lasted for almost 30 years and now includes ThinkPlay, the local toy and boardgame store that Luke opened separately in 2003. Endeavours & ThinkPlay is now under one roof and located at 141 Brunswick Street in Fredericton’s downtown. Luke has a passion for arts, culture, and community; believing that everyone should have the opportunity to be engaged. In addition to running his business, Luke has been instrumental in developing arts in our Fredericton community and beyond, having served on many arts boards and initiatives, including in executive positions. Luke has contributed through planning and hosting arts events, or enabling their possibility through mentorship and sponsorship. Owning his own company in downtown Fredericton has allowed Luke the opportunities to serve on the executive for Downtown Fredericton, act as a mentor to many new business owners, and work with high school students in co-op programs, art classes, and business classes. For many years, Luke wrote a business column for The Daily Gleaner. Finally, Luke has served on the board and many committees of iAMart, a North American buying group for artist materials retail companies. All of these opportunities have given Luke firsthand experience with working in community, but also understanding the nuances of large-scale business management.
While business has been a fulfilling career for Luke, the current state of our social and environmental landscape has left Luke knowing he has a responsibility to be an active part of the solution for the challenges we face as a community. Luke is deeply committed to our community and province; this is where he grew up and where his parents are aging. Luke is particularly concerned with the crisis in access to primary healthcare in this province, the lack of adequate and affordable housing for residents of Fredericton North, challenges to daily affordability, and the protection of marginalized communities. Luke is confident we must take action on environmental issues affecting Fredericton North. Flooding will continue to impact Fredericton North, and Luke wants to help prepare our community for future challenges to come, including the growing risk of fires and dry periods. For this reason, Luke has decided to take a step back from the business he started from nothing, in order to do his part to help ensure our community has a future with access to healthcare when you need it, adequate housing and solutions to make life more affordable for New Brunswickers.
Reason for running
submitted by the candidate or their team
Last fall, my husband Tyler and I knew that we needed to do something because the province was in such terrible shape. The Premier was working hard at dividing, pitting neighbour against neighbour and so many people lacked primary healthcare.
Two parties asked me to run. We booked meetings with both and it was Susan Holt who committed to collaborative leadership, valued our differences of opinions, and showed us how she was working with people across the political spectrum who shared her goal of improving this province for everyone. Most of all she told us that she the division that we all feel needed to stop. She wanted New Brunswickers to be neighbours who could trust each other again. She wants New Brunswickers to be working together because we need all hands on deck to fix this broken province.
I’ve spent almost 30 years building my business and I love what I do. If I was going to take four years off of my job, I needed to know that I was going to get work done and that the work that I was doing was bringing my neighbours together. Susan Holt shares that vision.
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