Media releases

Victoria, B.C. – Andrew Weaver, Leader of the Green Party and MLA for Oak Bay – Gordon Head, says that government policy is contributing to the rampant speculation in Vancouver’s housing market and that it could take simple steps to start addressing the issue now.

Victoria, B.C. – Andrew Weaver, Leader of the B.C. Green Party and MLA for Oak Bay-Gordon Head made the following comments in response to the government’s 2016 Speech from the Throne:

"The Speech from the Throne demonstrates that with the monumental failure of the government’s LNG pipedream, they are officially out of ideas. It will do little to assure British Columbians that this government is in fact paying attention to the economic challenges facing our province," said Andrew Weaver. "Their suggestion that there was no way of knowing that LNG was a bad gamble to make, despite the fact that experts have been telling them this for almost 4 years, is a troubling rewrite of history." 

For immediate release
February 2, 2016

[MEDIA RELEASE] B.C. Green Party candidates more than double previous vote counts

VANCOUVER, B.C. – B.C. Green Party candidates Pete Fry (Vancouver–Mount Pleasant) and Joe Keithley (Coquitlam–Burke Mountain) finished with historic results in today’s Metro Vancouver by-elections. Fry’s second-place finish at 26.42% is the best second-place finish in Vancouver–Mount Pleasant since 1991, excepting the 2001 NDP wipeout. Fry also more than doubled the B.C. Green Party’s 2013 result of 11.92%. Keithley received 13.77% of the vote, which more than doubles the party’s 2013 finish of 5.84%.

Victoria B.C. - Andrew Weaver, Leader of the B.C. Green Party and MLA for Oak Bay - Gordon Head commented today about the Great Bear Rainforest Agreement.

Victoria B.C. - Andrew Weaver, Leader of the B.C. Green Party and MLA for Oak Bay-Gordon Head, is offering concrete steps for how the B.C. Government can remove the potential of political interference in University Boards.