Furstenau: All-party committee on toxic drug supply to be given terms of reference
VICTORIA, B.C. – Sonia Furstenau, leader of the B.C. Greens and MLA for Cowichan Valley, has issued the following statement:
“After nearly a year of advocacy by myself and MLA Shirley Bond, I am relieved to see the Premier put it on record that he will activate the Select Standing Committee on Health and put in place terms of reference. The B.C. Green Caucus first wrote to the Premier to request this committee in May of 2021. Tragically, the number of deaths from the illicit drug supply has continued to break records.
Furstenau responds to Coroner’s Death Review Panel on Drug Toxicity
VICTORIA, B.C. – Today, the BC Coroners Service reported the recommendations of the Death Review Panel on illicit drug toxicity. Sonia Furstenau, leader of the B.C. Greens and MLA for Cowichan Valley, has issued the following statement:
B.C. Greens call for free contraception
VICTORIA, B.C. – Budget 2022 prides itself on moving forward to build a stronger B.C., but failed to deliver on free universal prescription contraception for all British Columbians, a promise made by the BC NDP in 2020.
Furstenau: 15,000 businesses at risk as groundwater licensing deadline passes
VICTORIA, B.C. – In acknowledgement of the deadline to register for groundwater licensing in B.C., Sonia Furstenau, leader of the B.C. Greens and MLA for Cowichan Valley, has issued the following statement:
BC Green leader calls on government to immediately divest in Russian state owned industry, oil and gas development
VICTORIA, B.C. – Sonia Furstenau, leader of the B.C. Greens and MLA for Cowichan Valley is calling on the B.C. Minister of Finance and the British Columbia Investment Management Corporation to immediately divest public pension plans from all Russian-backed industries, with a plan for divestment from all oil and gas development by the end of 2022.