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B.C. Green Party breaks fundraising records again
VICTORIA B.C. – The B.C. Green Party raised $185,000 in the third quarter of 2021, continuing to break fundraising records. The party broke its all-time non-election fundraising records for July and...
B.C. Greens respond to B.C. NDP announcement on old-growth deferrals
VICTORIA, B.C. – Today the B.C. NDP announced their intention to work on deferrals of old-growth logging. “Government is acknowledging previous miscalculations of B.C.’s old growth inventory and...
More urgency needed on decriminalization
VICTORIA, B.C. – Today, the B.C. NDP announced the finalization of its submission to decriminalize personal drug possession in the province. Sonia Furstenau, Leader of the B.C. Green Party and MLA...
B.C. Greens table legislation to ban conversion practices
VICTORIA, B.C. –. Today the B.C. Greens will table legislation to ban conversion practices in British Columbia. The proposed legislation would restrict all attempts to change a person's sexual...
Government’s fossil fuel subsidies compromise CleanBC plan
VICTORIA, BC - Today, the B.C. NDP announced the Clean BC Roadmap to 2030, the province’s plan to meet the legislated 2030 emissions target. “The NDP government’s commitment to fossil fuel subsidies...
BC NDP votes to let oil and gas producers off hook for site cleanup
VICTORIA, B.C. – Today, all BC NDP MLAs present voted in favour of exempting oil and gas permit holders from the requirement to clean up dormant well sites on time. The government caucus voted...
BC NDP continues to lack leadership on old-growth protection
VICTORIA, B.C. – B.C. Green Party leader MLA Sonia Furstenau for Cowichan Valley tabled a Stand.Earth petition with the signatures of 52,204 British Columbians calling for the government to keep its...
Injunction extension rejected at Fairy Creek
VICTORIA, B.C. - The B.C. Green Caucus has issued the following statement in response to Justice Thompson’s ruling against extending the injunction at Fairy Creek: “With over 1,000 arrests, Fairy...
Auditor General’s report reveals failures to oversee and regulate dam safety
VICTORIA, B.C. – B.C. Green Party leader, Sonia Furstenau, MLA for Cowichan Valley has issued the following statement in response to the Auditor General’s release of a new report: Oversight of Dam...