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VICTORIA B.C. - The B.C. Green Party will hold a membership vote for a new leader in February 2016. At the 2015 AGM, the party passed the following special resolution: “To initiate a leadership contest before the adjournment of the 2016 AGM”.

Vancouver B.C. – In a speech to delegates at the annual Union of B.C. Municipalities Conference, B.C. Green Party Interim Leader Adam Olsen called on the provincial government to take far bigger steps to address the long term needs of local communities. This means ensuring that natural resource development provides far greater value to the communities in which the resources come from.

Victoria, B.C. – Joe Keithley has been acclaimed as the B.C. Green Party candidate for the upcoming Coquitlam-Burke Mountain by-election.  

“I have been standing up for citizen rights all my life and that's what I'll do for the people of Coquitlam-Burke Mountain,” said Joe Keithley. “If elected, I will work tirelessly for the people of Coquitlam-Burke Mountain, it's about time they had a representative that will honestly stand up for them. Green Party MLA's are free to stand up for their constituents, unlike with the other parties where they are forced to follow the party line.”

Victoria, B.C. – Today, the B.C. Green Party joins all British Columbians in celebrating British Columbia Day. This year, we reflect on B.C.’s unmatched natural beauty, diversity, innovation, creativity, and all the opportunities therein.

Victoria, B.C. – B.C. Green Party Interim Leader Adam Olsen and Vancouver–Mount Pleasant by-election candidate Pete Fry will march in the Vancouver Pride Parade on August 2. The Vancouver Pride Society requires all political participants to sign a pledge of support for transgender equality, which the B.C. Green Party is proud to do.