'Tricky balancing act': Green party leader not taking own riding for granted

P.E.I Green Party Leader Peter Bevan-Bakersays it will be a balancing act to manage his own campaign while supporting other candidates in his party.

Bevan-Baker is the incumbent in the New Haven-Rocky Point (District 17).

Support for the Greens has been climbing according to the latestpolls. The election will be held April 23.

For Bevan-Baker, thatmeans he'll have to spend time backing other candidates on top of his own campaigning.

"As leader, of course I'm getting pulled in 10directions all the time, every day, and so I have to pace myself," he said.

"I have to make sure that the use of my time is being spent effectively and efficiently. And we're early days. We're not even a week into the campaign now.So the first bit is always a little chaotic."

'We could win this'

He saidlocal campaigns are up and runningand thathe'll be deployed at various locations to endorse nominees. But his firstpriority is to retain his seat.

"You cannot take any seat for granted. It's going to be a tricky balancing act," he said.

"You go around the doors and you get a sense of whether you have enough support locally and I haven't done enough doors yet to feel comfortable about that.But so far the response has been great."

Bevan-Baker said while he recognizes hisparty may not have the same amount of funding as others, he thinks it will be able to make up for itin other ways.

"If you can get your candidates out to the doors, and have proper in-depth, one-on-one conversations with Islanders, I think there's every opportunity that we could win this," he said

The Greens plan toannounce their platform on Monday.

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