by Deepinder Dhillon | Sep 18, 2020 | Media Releases Archive
VICTORIA B.C. – The B.C. Green Party announced today that Sonia Furstenau has won the party’s Leadership 2020 contest, succeeding interim leader Adam Olsen, effective immediately. Furstenau won 52.4 per cent of the votes on the second ballot. A media availability with...
by Deepinder Dhillon | Sep 18, 2020 | Media Releases Archive
VICTORIA B.C. – Sonia Furstenau, leader of the B.C. Green Party, offered her congratulations to the N.B. Green Party, which re-elected its caucus in today’s provincial election, and increased their popular support from 11.88% (2018) to 15.24%. “I am so happy for New...
by Deepinder Dhillon | Sep 18, 2020 | Media Releases Archive
VICTORIA, B.C. – Today Dr. Bonnie Henry, B.C.’s Provincial Health Officer, issued a public health order to help slow B.C.’s overdose crisis by increasing the number of health professionals authorized to help people at risk for overdose access safer...
by Deepinder Dhillon | Sep 11, 2020 | Media Releases Archive
VICTORIA, B.C. – Today, the B.C. government released the long-anticipated report on old growth management in B.C., A New Future for Old Forests. The B.C. Green Caucus has issued the following statement: “The deferral of old growth logging in these nine...
by Deepinder Dhillon | Sep 10, 2020 | Media Releases Archive
VICTORIA, B.C. – Today students and teachers return to the classroom under extraordinary circumstances. The B.C. Green Caucus is requesting the Minister of Education issue an unambiguous statement reassuring every school district in B.C. that there will be no...
by Deepinder Dhillon | Sep 2, 2020 | Media Releases Archive
VICTORIA, B.C. – In a move that advances the interests of the oil and gas industry instead of British Columbians, today the B.C. NDP announced they will cancel the scheduled increase of the 2020 carbon tax. This decision will save industry and heavy polluters hundreds...
