Media Archive
Weaver tables First Responders Act
VICTORIA B.C. – “Paramedics and emergency dispatchers are an essential service, and should be treated as such,” says Andrew Weaver, Leader of the B.C. Green Party. “As citizens, we owe first...
Time for funding on home and mental health care
VICTORIA BC - Home care and mental health are at a crisis point in B.C. and the provincial government continues to play politics with the wellbeing of British Columbians. “The federal government has...
B.C. Greens reiterate calls for action on protecting Grizzly Bears
VICTORIA B.C. – In response to the announcement by the B.C. NDP that if elected they would institute a province wide ban on trophy hunting grizzly bears, Andrew Weaver, leader of the B.C. Green...
Weaver applauds Grizzly Bear Foundation inquiry
Victoria B.C. - “I welcome the Grizzly Bear Foundation’s inquiry into the status and future of grizzly bears in British Columbia and am supportive of the critical lens through which they are looking...
[MEDIA STATEMENT] No excuses left: Lot 21 title change means Government must investigate Shawnigan site
Victoria B.C. - The recent news that the title for Lot 21 near Shawnigan Lake, next to the disputed contaminated soil dump site, has reverted from 0782484 BC Ltd. to the Crown means that the...
B.C. Greens Address Union of B.C Municipalities Convention
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fg2p-SH1II Vancouver B.C. – In a speech to delegates at the annual Union of B.C. Municipalities Conference, B.C. Green Party Interim Leader Adam Olsen called on the...
[STATEMENT] International Day of Pink
BC Greens are celebrating diversity today on the International Day of Pink. The event raises awareness to stop bullying, discrimination, homophobia, transphobia, and transmisogyny around the world....
Andrew Weaver Welcomes BCTF call for Binding Arbitration
Victoria B.C. – Andrew Weaver, MLA for Oak Bay-Gordon Head and Deputy Leader of the BC Green Party welcomes the call today from the BC Teachers Federation for binding arbitration in the ongoing...
B.C. Greens welcome government announcement of an independent investigation of Mt. Polley and tailings ponds.
The B.C. Green Party welcomes the B.C. Government’s announcement of a three-person panel charged with undertaking an independent investigation of the Mount Polley mine tailings pond dam failure that...