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National Volunteer Week, April 6th – 12th, 2014, is an opportunity to recognize and thank our Green volunteers and the 13.3 million volunteers across Canada.

“Volunteers are the foundation of the BC Green Party, helping to build, sustain and increase our capacity,” said Adam Olsen, Interim Leader. “Everything we do is powered by our amazing volunteers and we thank all of you for your contribution to make British Columbia a better province.You continue to improve our villages, cities, province and country”.

For the past 40 years the Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR) has protected the agricultural value of the land in its boundaries. When British Columbians have been asked whether they support protecting those agricultural values and land for food security, 95% say yes.

OTTAWA/VICTORIA – Elizabeth May, Leader of the Green Party of Canada, today joins BC Green Party Leader Adam Olsen in celebrating the Kitasoo/Xaixais First Nation’s victory in blocking the opening of an unsustainable and environmentally destructive commercial herring fishery on the Nation’s traditional territory.  

The Kitasoo/Xaixais First Nation, located on BC’s central coast, had previously requested and had been granted the voluntary closure of critical herring spawning habitat in Kitasu Bay. The herring have been a staple food for the coastal community for generations.  

For Immediate Release

BC Green Party Interim Leader Adam Olsen Designated as Intervener in NEB Trans Mountain Pipeline Hearings - Available for Interviews and Op-Ed

VICTORIA, 3 April 2014 -- Adam Olsen, Interim Leader of the BC Green Party, was designated by the National Energy Board on 2 April 2014 to serve as an Intervener in upcoming public hearings for the NEB’s Trans Mountain Expansion Project, a role in which he will be questioning the legality and negative impacts of the pipeline proposal under the Douglas Treaty and the risks to First Nations and commercial fishing should a spill occur. First Nations and other citizen groups affected by the proposed project have raised significant questions and concerns regarding the piping of heavy oil across British Columbia and shipping it off the province’s ecologically sensitive coast.

Media Statement: April 2nd, 2014
For Immediate Release

Andrew Weaver and BC Green Party Interim Leader Adam Olsen Approved as Interveners in NEB Trans Mountain Pipeline Hearings

Victoria BC – The National Energy Board has issued the list of approved interveners and commentators for the upcoming hearings on the proposed Kinder Morgan – Trans Mountain pipeline project. Out of more than 2100 applicants, 1250 have been accepted to comment and 400 to submit evidence as interveners and question the proponents, with the formal process to be completed by July 2015.