Dr. Alison Shaw nominated as B.C. Greens candidate in Kelowna-Lake Country
KELOWNA B.C. – The B.C. Green Party is pleased to announce the nomination of its candidate for Kelowna-Lake Country, Dr. Alison Shaw. Shaw was the first authorized researcher to explore how scientists and policymakers influence one another in the Nobel-Prize winning United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). She founded FlipSide Sustainability, which applies cutting-edge research and pioneering tools to help public and private sector clients account for people and planet alongside budgets and profit.
Brendan Ralfs nominated as B.C. Greens candidate in Langford-Juan de Fuca
LANGFORD B.C. – The B.C. Green Party is pleased to announce the nomination of its candidate for Langford-Juan de Fuca, Brendan Ralfs. Ralfs is a provincial emergency manager on southern Vancouver Island, where he has helped communities respond to a broad array of weather-influenced emergencies, including floods, storms and drought.
Bradley Shende nominated as B.C. Greens candidate in Vancouver-False Creek
VANCOUVER B.C. – The B.C. Green Party is pleased to announce the nomination of its candidate for Vancouver-False Creek, Bradley Shende. Shende is a teacher at BCIT and co-founder of Conversations for Responsible Economic Development (CRED), a non-profit, non-partisan collection of business owners, academics, landowners and everyday Vancouverites who support responsible economic development.
Weaver tables Endangered Species Act, 2017
VICTORIA B.C. – The entire world in is the midst of an extinction crisis and humans are the driving force.
“In Canada, British Columbia is the most biodiverse province, but it is also home to more at-risk species than any other province,” says Andrew Weaver, Leader of the B.C. Green Party. “Half of B.C.’s assessed species are deemed at risk.”
Weaver introduces Right to Roam Act
VICTORIA B.C. – Locked gates on back roads are increasingly restricting access to wild lands in the province, making it harder for outdoors people to go hunting, fishing or hiking. A new bill tabled Monday by Andrew Weaver, Leader of the B.C. Green Party, would put a stop to that practice.
“British Columbians are increasingly being fenced out of the province’s wild lands. The ability to access and experience nature is a public right, and we must protect it,” says Weaver, who is the MLA for Oak Bay-Gordon Head. “Free public access to the outdoors is vital to people’s health and well-being, but it is also vital to the health and well-being of our environment. People protect what they know and love. If we become disconnected from our environment we risk disengaging with the fight for its future.”