by Deepinder Dhillon | May 2, 2019 | Media Releases Archive
VICTORIA, B.C. – Sonia Furstenau, B.C. Green Party spokesperson for electoral reform and MLA for Cowichan Valley, delivered a petition to extend voting rights to 16 and 17 year-olds on behalf of her constituent Simon Minkow, a 14 year-old advocate for the issue. The...
by Deepinder Dhillon | May 2, 2019 | Media Releases Archive
VICTORIA, B.C. – Andrew Weaver, leader of the B.C. Green Party, is calling for politicians to hold themselves to a higher standard of facts and evidence in discussions around the Trans Mountain pipeline. “There is an inordinate amount of fear-mongering going on in the...
by Deepinder Dhillon | May 2, 2019 | Media Releases Archive
VICTORIA, B.C. – B.C. Green Party leader Andrew Weaver responded today to the Speech from the Throne. “I am encouraged to see our shared values represented in today’s Throne Speech,” said Weaver. “The focus on housing and child care and early childhood education...
by Deepinder Dhillon | May 2, 2019 | Media Releases Archive
VICTORIA, B.C. – “The introduction of B.C.’s new Overdose Emergency Response Centre and five new regional response teams could not have come soon enough,” said Sonia Furstenau, MLA for Cowichan Valley, of today’s announcement. “It is the culmination of tireless,...
by Deepinder Dhillon | May 2, 2019 | Media Releases Archive
VICTORIA, B.C. – Andrew Weaver, leader of the B.C. Green Party, reintroduced his Private Member’s Bill, the Endangered Species Act, 2017. Weaver first introduced the bill in February 2017 under the previous B.C. Liberal government. The Act builds off similar...
by Deepinder Dhillon | May 2, 2019 | Media Releases Archive
VICTORIA, B.C. – Sonia Furstenau, B.C. Green Party spokesperson for electoral reform, today welcomed the government legislation to enable a referendum on proportional representation. Attorney General Eby introduced the Electoral Reform Referendum 2018 Act....