B.C. Greens call for immediate moratorium on logging of VI old-growth, support sustainable second-growth industry
VICTORIA, B.C. — Today at the Legislature, forestry and community stakeholders joined the B.C. Greens in calling for a moratorium to protect Vancouver Island’s vital old-growth ecosystems and to develop more sustainable forest practices that B.C. can depend on for generations to come.
Most recent money laundering reports support BC Green call for public inquiry
VICTORIA, B.C. — The two reports into money laundering in B.C. directly support the value of a public inquiry, reinforcing the B.C. Green caucus’ call for government to act.
Weaver congratulates Paul Manly, Green MP-elect for Nanaimo-Ladysmith
VICTORIA B.C. – Andrew Weaver, leader of the B.C. Green Party, issued the following statement on the election of Paul Manly as Canada’s second Green MP in the federal riding of Nanaimo-Ladysmith:
Humans threaten 1 million species with extinction worldwide, B.C. still without any endangered species legislation
VICTORIA, B.C. — One million of the planet’s eight million species are threatened with extinction, according to a comprehensive report released today from the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), a UN committee, and yet British Columbia’s government has still not announced how it plans to deliver on its 2017 mandate to enact an endangered species law.
B.C. Green caucus offers best wishes to all across British Columbia in recognition of the beginning of Ramadan
VICTORIA, B.C. — Leader of the B.C. Greens Andrew Weaver issued the following statement today in recognition of Ramadan: