Media releases

VICTORIA, B.C. – Today, the Special Committee on Reforming the Police Act released their final report, Transforming Policing and Community Safety in British Columbia. Adam Olsen, MLA for Saanich North and the Islands, and the BC Green Caucus representative on the Committee, has issued the following statement:

VICTORIA, B.C. – Today’s BC Coroners Service report revealed that in February 2022, 174 people in B.C. died from suspected illicit drug poisoning. Sonia Furstenau, Leader of the B.C. Greens and MLA for Cowichan Valley, has issued the following statement: 

"Each month, we see the relentless toll of the poisoned illicit drug supply. Over six people died a day in February 2022 - a number that remains unchanged from February 2021.

UNCEDED COAST SALISH TERRITORY (VANCOUVER, B.C.) – Today, Wendy Hayko, B.C. Green candidate for the Vancouver-Quilchena by-election, launched her campaign at an event with B.C. Green Leader Sonia Furstenau. The meet-and-greet and media availability took place at Memorial West Park, adjacent to Dunbar Community Centre.

VICTORIA, B.C. – The B.C. Green Caucus is calling for the BC NDP to immediately act on the family doctor crisis in British Columbia. Between 750,000 to 900,000 British Columbians are without a family doctor and the shortage is predicted to only grow. The government needs to urgently improve their outdated payment model and remove administrative barriers to keep family doctors in their communities.

VICTORIA, B.C. – Sonia Furstenau, Leader of the B.C. Greens and MLA for Cowichan Valley has issued the following statement in response to the Ministry of Health’s update on COVID-19 vaccines and the lifting of the vaccine card mandate: