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Keep up to date with BC Green news.BC Greens: Lower death toll should not reduce government action on toxic drug crisis
VICTORIA, B.C. – The BC Green Caucus has issued a statement following the recent BC Coroner’s report on deaths due to overdose: “It’s been over ten years since the toxic drug crisis was...
Eby Trades His Spine for a Pipeline
Lək̓ʔəŋən [LEKWUNGEN] TERRITORY / VICTORIA, B.C. — “Today, the Prime Minister disparaged the economic model of foreign resource companies taking from British Columbians, like his grandfather, while...
Leader’s Statement: National AI Data Centre Protests Tell Government to Stop Bailing out Corporations
Lək̓ʔəŋən [LEKWUNGEN] TERRITORY / VICTORIA, B.C. — Emily Lowan, leader of the BC Greens, released this statement on the National AI Data Centre Protests: “Tomorrow, thousands of working people...
Provincial-Federal Housing Agreement Must Deliver Homes for People, Not Profit, say BC Greens
VICTORIA, B.C. – Statement from Rob Botterell, MLA for North Saanich and the Islands, on the housing and infrastructure announcement from Prime Minister Mark Carney and Premier David Eby: “When...
BC Greens say Province delivered distraction, not affordability
VICTORIA, B.C. – A lacklustre spring session from the BC NDP has left the BC Greens feeling like the lone progressive voice in the BC Legislature.“While inequality grows, our health care crisis...
American Billionaires are Buying Out BC’s Farmland — Government Must Take Action
Lək̓ʔəŋən [LEKWUNGEN] TERRITORY / VICTORIA, B.C. — “From Kamloops, to Pemberton, to Dunster — our farms are being taken by US billionaires, used as tax havens and luxury vacation grounds,”...
BC Greens statement on the five-year anniversary of the discovery at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School
VICTORIA, B.C. – Five years ago, British Columbians learned of news that can only be described as horrific: the discovery of unmarked and undocumented burials at the site of the former Kamloops...
BC Green Caucus call on government to stop selling off BC water
VICTORIA, B.C. – As drought conditions worsen across the province, the BC NDP are telling British Columbians to conserve water, while selling water off to corporations. The BC Green Caucus is...
BC Green Caucus statement on the Second Reading of the K’ómoks Treaty Act
VICTORIA, B.C. – Statement from Rob Botterell, MLA for Saanich North and the Islands, on the BC Greens’ support for the Second Reading of Bill 20, the K’ómoks Treaty Act: “The BC Green Caucus...