This comes as a recent survey by the Angus Reid Institute shows the Green party is polling well in the region

The Halifax-based deputy leader of the Green party of Canada says a green wave could be on the rise in Atlantic Canada.

This comes as a recent survey by the Angus Reid Institute shows the Green party is polling well in the region.

Jo-Ann Roberts tells NEWS 95.7 the survey also found that 40 per cent of Canadians who were asked if they would be "willing" to vote for the party said "yes," which is a first for the party.

Roberts cites increasing concerns about the environment as a possible reason, but also adds the party is concerned with other important issues.

"It's too bad, many people don't get past that first page of what we stand for," said Roberts. "We're also the party that first introduced the idea of pharmacare, for example. We're also the party that has for quite a while been talking about electoral reform and about a guaranteed livable income of some sort, ideas that other parties are starting to pick up on."

On Monday, voters elected the Green party's Paul Manly as their new Member of Parliament in the Vancouver Island riding of Nanaimo-Ladysmith, B.C.