Media releases

VANCOUVER B.C. - Andrew Weaver, leader of the B.C. Green Party, announced David Wong, B.C. Green Party candidate for Vancouver-Hastings, as the party spokesperson on housing and affordability today. Wong is an architect and long-time advocate for affordability and sustainable communities.

VICTORIA B.C. – The Ombudsperson’s report, Misfire, is explicitly clear: B.C. government was wrong to fire the 8 public health researchers in 2012.

“As this report details, there were serious internal problems in government’s handling of this situation. Among many inexcusable outcomes, it lead to a tragic outcome for Roderick MacIsaac and his family,” says Andrew Weaver, Leader of the B.C. Green Party.

VANCOUVER B.C. - Andrew Weaver, leader of the B.C. Green Party, released the party’s Strategy for Lifelong learning today in Vancouver. The strategy includes early childhood education, child care, public education, postsecondary education and adult learning.

PENTICTON B.C. – The B.C. Green Party is pleased to announce the nomination of its candidate for Penticton, Connie Sahlmark. Sahlmark has been a full-time student for the past three years at Okanagan College taking the Sustainable Construction Management Technologies program, which focuses on green building, renewable energy and resource conservation. She has sat on the Okanagan College Education Council for three consecutive years.

LANGLEY B.C. – The B.C. Green Party is pleased to announce the nomination of its candidate for Langley East, Bill Masse. Masse worked for 30 years at the federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans. He was the Chief Fisheries Negotiator when he retired in 2004.