I’m Emily Lowan, and I’m the new Leader of the BC Green Party.

These are not normal times. 

Here in B.C., one-third of us can’t afford our bills. Rent and grocery prices are sky-high. Home-ownership and good, stable work feel like a fantasy. And it’s difficult to imagine our futures through the haze of wildfire smoke and worsening climate disasters every year.

To make matters worse, the rise of the MAGA movement poses a real threat to our province. Premier Eby says he’s “Elbows Up” against the US trade war, but he’s fast-tracking a natural gas pipeline built by U.S. military contractors, sending profits straight to Donald Trump’s inner circle of donors. He’s using the Trump threat to justify a sweeping, undemocratic power-grab, Bill 15, at the expense of Indigenous rights and the climate.

I’m tired of corporations and billionaires calling the shots. If our leaders won’t stand up for working Canadians, it’s up to the people to fight.