by Deepinder Dhillon | May 2, 2019 | Media Releases Archive
VICTORIA B.C. – Andrew Weaver, leader of the B.C. Green Party and MLA for Oak Bay-Gordon Head has named Cowichan Valley candidate Sonia Furstenau as one of the party’s two deputy leaders. Furstenau succeeds Saanich North and the Islands candidate Adam Olsen in this...
by Deepinder Dhillon | May 2, 2019 | Media Releases Archive
NORTH VANCOUVER B.C. – The B.C. Green Party is pleased to announce the nomination of its candidate for North Vancouver-Seymour, Joshua Johnson. Johnson was instrumental in student actions at Argyle Secondary School leading up to the 2014 teacher’s labour dispute. “As...
by Deepinder Dhillon | May 2, 2019 | Media Releases Archive
FERNIE B.C. – The B.C. Green Party is pleased to announce the nomination of its candidate for Kootenay East, Yvonne Prest. For the past six years Prest has worked as a secondary school teacher for School District #5. “I am running as a member of the B.C. Green Party...
by Deepinder Dhillon | May 2, 2019 | Media Releases Archive
VICTORIA, B.C. – Andrew Weaver, leader of the B.C. Green Party, today questioned housing Minister Selina Robinson on the B.C. NDP government’s intentions to take action to cool the housing market. “Last week at UBCM the Premier indicated that his government’s...
by Deepinder Dhillon | May 2, 2019 | Media Releases Archive
VICTORIA, B.C. – Adam Olsen, B.C. Green Party MLA for Saanich North and the Islands and spokesperson for wild salmon, issued the following statement of support for the group of local chefs calling for an end to open net-pen wild salmon farming. A letter signed by over...
by Deepinder Dhillon | May 2, 2019 | Media Releases Archive
VICTORIA, B.C. – Andrew Weaver, leader of the B.C. Green Party, is reviewing the government’s speculation tax legislation before determining his next steps on the issue. Weaver has raised three main concerns with the speculation tax to date, namely that the tax should...
