Media Archive
Furstenau: RCY report highlights MCFD’s fiscal failure
VICTORIA, B.C. – Today, the Representative for Children and Youth (RCY) submitted the report, At a Crossroads: The roadmap from fiscal discrimination to equity in Indigenous child welfare. Sonia...
Furstenau: Homebuyer protections are a drop in the bucket as we combat the housing crisis
VICTORIA, B.C. – Today, the BC NDP introduced changes to the Property Law Act to implement a “Homebuyer Protection Period.” Sonia Furstenau, leader of the B.C. Greens and MLA for Cowichan Valley,...
BC Green leader responds to lifting of mandates
VICTORIA, B.C. – In response to the province announcing an end to the use of the provincial mask mandate tomorrow and the B.C. vaccine card in April, Sonia Furstenau, leader of the B.C. Greens and...
Furstenau: All-party committee on toxic drug supply to be given terms of reference
VICTORIA, B.C. – Sonia Furstenau, leader of the B.C. Greens and MLA for Cowichan Valley, has issued the following statement: “After nearly a year of advocacy by myself and MLA Shirley Bond, I am...
Furstenau responds to Coroner’s Death Review Panel on Drug Toxicity
VICTORIA, B.C. – Today, the BC Coroners Service reported the recommendations of the Death Review Panel on illicit drug toxicity. Sonia Furstenau, leader of the B.C. Greens and MLA for Cowichan...
B.C. Greens call for free contraception
VICTORIA, B.C. – Budget 2022 prides itself on moving forward to build a stronger B.C., but failed to deliver on free universal prescription contraception for all British Columbians, a promise made...
Furstenau: 15,000 businesses at risk as groundwater licensing deadline passes
VICTORIA, B.C. – In acknowledgement of the deadline to register for groundwater licensing in B.C., Sonia Furstenau, leader of the B.C. Greens and MLA for Cowichan Valley, has issued the following...
BC Green leader calls on government to immediately divest in Russian state owned industry, oil and gas development
VICTORIA, B.C. – Sonia Furstenau, leader of the B.C. Greens and MLA for Cowichan Valley is calling on the B.C. Minister of Finance and the British Columbia Investment Management Corporation to...
Furstenau: Activating committees builds trust and political consensus to tackle overlapping crises
VICTORIA, B.C. – After rising in the House to speak to the motion on Select Standing Committees, Sonia Furstenau, leader of the B.C. Greens and MLA for Cowichan Valley has issued the following...