Media releases
Keep up to date with BC Green news.BC Greens announce taskforce for MMIWG2S+ and plan to disband RCMP’s critical response unit CRU-BC
VANCOUVER, BC — Today, BC Green Party Leader Sonia Furstenau and Dana-Lyn Mackenzie, candidate for Vancouver-Yaletown, announced two major public safety reforms: the creation of a Taskforce for...
Sonia Furstenau takes the spotlight in leader’s debate, showcases BC Greens as the choice for change
VANCOUVER, BC — In tonight’s leader debate, Sonia Furstenau showed that she is the only leader that can bring lasting change to British Columbia. “While David Eby and John Rustad argued over who...
Rustad’s ‘new policies’ will deliver same old failures
VANCOUVER, BC — Sonia Furstenau, Leader of the BC Green Party has issued the following statement: “The BC Conservatives mental health platform released today is a masterclass in cruelty disguised as...
BC Greens would meet Island mayors’ call to expand ‘The Village’ model of transitional housing
VICTORIA, BC — Sonia Furstenau announced that the BC Greens would meet the Vancouver Island Mayors’ call to expand the successful model of transitional housing, ‘The Village’, spearheaded in Duncan....
Anniversary of October 7 Hamas terrorist attacks on Israel
VICTORIA, BC — BC Green Party Leader Sonia Furstenau has issued the following statement: “On the first anniversary of the October 7 Hamas attacks on Israel, we mourn the devastating loss of...
New Cornell LNG study shows Conservatives, NDP ignoring facts on climate science and affordability
VICTORIA, BC — Sonia Furstenau is calling out both John Rustad and David Eby after a new study of LNG by Cornell university was released saying that exported natural gas could be worse for climate...
Expanding community forests to protect ecosystems and create jobs
COWICHAN BAY, BC — Today, The BC Greens unveiled a plan to expand BC’s community forest program, to protect forests while boosting local jobs and supporting rural economies. "BC’s forests are part...
BC Greens introduce poverty elimination strategy, close gaps on BC NDP’s child care shortcomings
VANCOUVER, BC — The BC Green Party is stepping up where the BC NDP have failed, with a plan to eliminate government-mandated poverty in British Columbia and provide real, accessible child care...
BC NDP platform shows they’re out of ideas
VANCOUVER, BC — BC Green Party leader Sonia Furstenau has issued the following statement: “The BC NDP is out of their own ideas, and has no plan to tackle the root causes of the problems facing...