MLA Olsen: Repatriation efforts a positive step and culturally significant items to Indigenous communities
VICTORIA, B.C. – Adam Olsen, B.C. Green Party spokesperson for Indigenous relations and reconciliation, responded to the news that the Royal B.C. Museum has awarded grants to 21 First Nations communities to support ongoing repatriation efforts.
“Communities pursuing repatriation face substantive challenges. It can take several decades and hundreds of thousands of dollars to bring ancestors or culturally significant items home. It is often someone’s lifetime work and sometimes people pass away before it is completed. That needs to change,” said Olsen.
Andrew Weaver statement on Yom Kippur
VICTORIA, B.C. – Andrew Weaver, leader of the B.C. Greens, issued the following statement today in recognition of Yom Kippur:
“Tonight at sunset Jewish communities around the world are gathering to observe the beginning of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. This day marks the holiest day in the Jewish calendar and is a time for reflection, prayer, and renewal.
Andrew Weaver statement on Rosh Hashanah
Andrew Weaver, leader of the B.C. Greens, issued the following statement today in recognition of Rosh Hashanah:
“This Sunday marks the beginning of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. On behalf of my colleagues I’d like to offer our heartfelt best wishes to Jewish families and communities across Canada as they prepare to celebrate the year 5779.
Weaver welcomes results of first quarterly report
Andrew Weaver welcomed the results of the first quarterly report, released today.
“The first quarterly report shows that B.C. continues to be on strong economic footing”, said Andrew Weaver, leader of the B.C. Green Party.
Andrew Weaver statement on the need for a made-in-B.C. environmental assessment of the Trans Mountain expansion project
Today Andrew Weaver urged the Province to undertake its own made-in-B.C. environmental assessment of the Trans Mountain pipeline.
“It is clear that B.C. cannot rely on the Federal government to protect our environment from the risks of this project”, said Andrew Weaver, Leader of the B.C. Green Party.