[MEDIA STATEMENT] Mount Polley Report emphasizes need for paradigm shift in managing tailings ponds
January 30, 2015
For Immediate Release
Andrew Weaver, MLA for Oak Bay-Gordon Head and Deputy Leader of the B.C. Green Party, and Adam Olsen, Interim Leader of the B.C. Green Party, welcome today’s release of the Report on Mount Polley Tailings Storage Facility Breach and say it raises important questions about how we store tailings waste in British Columbia.
Green Parties thankful for Grace Islet purchase
For immediate release
January 15, 2015
VICTORIA – The BC Green Party and Green Party of Canada today expressed gratitude that the Province of British Columbia is partnering with local First Nations and the Nature Conservancy of Canada to preserve Grace Islet in Salt Spring Island’s Ganges Harbour.
[MEDIA RELEASE] Site C Decision a Lost Opportunity
December 16 2014
For Immediate Release
Victoria B.C. – Andrew Weaver, MLA for Oak Bay – Gordon Head and Deputy Leader of the B.C. Green Party is extremely disappointed with the announcement by the B.C. Government today to proceed with the construction of the proposed Site C dam.
[MEDIA RELEASE] B.C. Green Party applauds Adam Olsen’s oral testimony before Kinder Morgan hearings
Wed. Nov. 26, 2014
VICTORIA B.C. – The B.C. Green Party applauds Adam Olsen’s oral testimony yesterday before the National Energy Board’s (NEB) hearings on the expansion of the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline. Olsen, who is currently serving as the Interim Leader of the B.C. Green Party, testified before the panel in his capacity as a member of the Tsartlip First Nation in the W̱SÁNEĆ (Saanich) territory.
[STATEMENT] B.C. Green Party on Remembrance Day 2014
For immediate release
Mon. Nov. 10, 2014
Interim leader Adam Olsen:
Sidney Cenotaph, Sidney, B.C.
Tues. Nov. 11, 11:00am
Deputy leader Andrew Weaver (MLA, Oak Bay-Gordon Head):
Oak Bay Cenotaph, Victoria, B.C.
Tues. Nov. 11, 10:55am