VICTORIA, B.C. –  Sonia Furstenau, B.C. Green Caucus spokesperson for the environment, welcomed the introduction of government legislation to revitalize B.C.’s environmental assessment (EA) process. A commitment to revitalize the EA was a shared election platform commitment of the B.C. Green party and B.C. NDP, and was recommitted to in the Confidence and Supply Agreement between the two parties.

VICTORIA, B.C. – Andrew Weaver, leader, and Adam Olsen, spokesperson for agriculture for the B.C. Green Party caucus, endorsed the provincial government’s legislation to protect B.C. farmland. The legislation includes two policies, to limit house size on ALR and to return the ALR to a single zone, that Weaver and Olsen have previously called for.

VICTORIA B.C. – The B.C. Green Party announced today that it is now accepting applications for nomination as the party’s candidate in the upcoming by-election in the riding of Nanaimo.

VICTORIA, B.C. – Andrew Weaver, leader of the B.C. Green Party, today commended the government’s legislation that would take big money out of recall campaigns. Weaver says the legislation builds on the work the B.C. NDP government and his Caucus are doing to make the B.C. political system more responsive to voters rather than special interests.

VICTORIA, B.C. – Andrew Weaver, leader of the B.C. Green Party, and Sonia Furstenau, spokesperson for electoral reform, issued the following statement on the beginning of the referendum on proportional representation.