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Keep up to date with BC Green news.BC NDP ignores members of its own caucus and risks taxpayer dollars for LNG gamble
VICTORIA, B.C. — Statement from Jeremy Valeriote, MLA for West Vancouver-Sea to Sky, on the recent announcement regarding Phase 1B of the Tilbury LNG Facility on the Fraser River in...
BC Greens: When the LNG Industry Breaks the Rules, the Government Changes Them
VICTORIA, B.C. – Statement from Jeremy Valeriote, MLA for West Vancouver-Sea to Sky, on the BC Energy Regulator’s decision to allow FortisBC to discharge four times the amount of wastewater and...
Forced treatment is not a solution, it’s a political reaction, say BC Greens
VICTORIA, B.C. – In response to Friday’s announcement of new involuntary treatment beds, the BC Greens say the Province is prioritizing an unproven, coercive involuntary treatment regime, while...
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,”...