Weaver introduces private member’s bill for Holodomor Day
VICTORIA, B.C. - B.C. Green Leader Andrew Weaver in collaboration with Bruce Ralston, Minister of Jobs, Trade and Technology, honoured all survivors of the Ukrainian famine and genocide, also known as the Holodomor, by introducing legislation to enshrine a day of remembrance in the province for all time.
Weaver announces he will not seek re-election in 2021; asks party to prepare for a leadership contest
VICTORIA B.C. – Andrew Weaver, leader of the B.C. Green Party, today announced his decision not to run for re-election as MLA in the next scheduled provincial election in 2021. In preparation, Weaver has requested the party’s Provincial Council begin preparations for a leadership contest to select a new leader. Weaver will continue in his role as leader until a successor has been chosen by the party’s membership.
Weaver extends best wishes for Rosh Hashanah
VICTORIA B.C. – Andrew Weaver, leader of the B.C. Green Party, released the following statement of best wishes to those celebrating Rosh Hashanah which begins tonight at sundown.
B.C. NDP government empowered to revisit Trans Mountain pipeline conditions
VICTORIA, B.C. – Today’s B.C. Court of Appeal’s unanimous ruling that the NDP government must reconsider the conditions of the environmental assessment certificate allowing the expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline opens a path for additional environmental protections.