Media releases

COQUITLAM, B.C. – B.C. Green Party Leader Andrew Weaver will campaign today with candidate Joe Keithley in the riding of Coquitlam-Burke Mountain. Weaver and Keithley are available for media interviews throughout the day.

VICTORIA B.C. – Andrew Weaver, Leader of the B.C. Green Party and MLA for Oak Bay–Gordon Head, has issued the following statement on behalf of the B.C. Green Party in regard to the events today in La Loche, Saskatchewan:

"As with everyone in British Columbia and across our country, we have been following the tragic news of the shootings in La Loche, Saskatchewan today. Our thoughts are with the families and friends of the victims, and the entire community who are coping with this appalling event."

Victoria B.C. - Today at 1:30 pm, Andrew Weaver, MLA for Oak Bay–Gordon Head and Leader of the B.C. Green Party, presented his oral summary argument in the National Energy Board Hearings for the Trans Mountain Expansion Project. Representatives from the Coldwater Indian Band spoke before Andrew Weaver and he was followed by the Stz'uminus First Nation.

VANCOUVER B.C. – Andrew Weaver, Leader of the B.C. Green Party, announced today that he has appointed high-tech entrepreneur Matt Toner as the party’s second Deputy Leader. Toner will continue to serve as the party’s Critic for Finance and the New Economy, a role he has held since April 2015.

Victoria B.C. - Andrew Weaver, MLA for Oak Bay - Gordon Head and Leader of the B.C. Green Party, is encouraged to hear that the Minister of Health is following up on a suggestion he brought to the legislature last year about age-based healthcare funding.