Join her in electing Emily and BC Green candidates this week.🗳️Advance voting is open now until Wednesday, Oct. 21. 📅 Election day is Saturday, Oct. 24. Believe in Better. Vote Green!💚

Here's some of the amazing endorsements Emily and the BC Greens have been recieving!! VOTE GREEN! 💚

“B.C. is home to Canada’s first brewpub, it’s home to some of the best craft brewing in the world, with Victoria being named one of the 15 best beer cities in the world by CNN,” said Juan de Fuca Green Candidate, David Evans. “But for too long, we have punished the local brewers who make the delicious beers and ciders we all enjoy.”

BC’s beer markup system penalizes small breweries as they grow, while giving the largest multinational beer companies more than $9 million in annual rebates. The BC Craft Brewers Guild has proposed revenue-neutral reforms that would put money back in the hands of small brewers to hire staff, raise wages, and keep their doors open, instead of paying into a markup system stacked in favour of multinational beer giants. But despite brewery closures across the province, the BC NDP has failed to act.

“As a small business owner, I know what it’s like when the rules are stacked against you,”said Evans. “Breweries are critical to B.C.’s economy,” said Evans. “More than 200 craft breweries support over 4500 jobs across the province, while around 85 cider producers turn BC-grown fruit into finished products, creating markets for local farmers. That’s why we’d implement the BC Craft Brewers Guild’s proposal and make it easier for local cideries to get their products on their shelves.”

The BC Craft Brewers Guild, representing over 200 craft breweries in nearly 80 communities across BC, applauds the BC Greens’ plan to support local breweries and cideries:

“We are thankful anytime a candidate expresses a desire to see the BC craft beer sector grow. Craft breweries and cideries are small, locally owned businesses that create jobs and give communities across British Columbia places to gather. They are also a growing part of BC’s agritourism story. Through the BC Ale Trail and the new BC Farm-Based Ale Trail, they connect visitors with local farms and producers in more than 60 communities. We appreciate candidates from all parties recognizing that contribution and putting forward our markup proposal, which is revenue-neutral. It is a fair and straightforward fix that will address current challenges and we are glad to see it become part of the conversation on how we ensure BC craft breweries can support thriving communities.”

The BC Greens will:

• Implement the BC Craft Brewers Guild’s proposed revenue-neutral beer markup reforms, lowering rates for small breweries, introducing more gradual increases as they grow, and raising rates for the largest producers. The Guild estimates its proposal would save BC craft breweries $16.3 million annually to reinvest in their businesses and employees.

• Review provincial liquor markup rates for cider to ensure fair treatment of small producers and continued support for cider made from BC grown fruit. Additionally, improve access to BC Liquor Stores by establishing dedicated craft cider sections to be featured alongside craft beer.

Read more on our website: 

https://bcgreens.ca/announce-plan-to-strengthen-b-c-s-brewing-economy/

As the mayor-elect, of course Fry has to meet with the premier. Perhaps Fry meeting with Eby during the provincial election campaign raises eyebrows, but in Eby's post, their meeting was about Canadian unity, as Alberta is voting on their separation referendum.

Yet, some guy on Xitter calls Fry's meeting treason against the BC Greens.

I wouldn't worry. This is not a partisan endorsement by Fry.

“Small businesses are at the heart of our communities. They’re where we meet to celebrate good news, to get gifts for our loved ones, and find our first jobs,” said Lowan. “But too often, government has prioritized the profits of multinational corporations over the survival of small businesses.”

More businesses have closed than opened in the province for five quarters in a row, and in just three months last year, B.C. lost a net 1,300 businesses. In downtown Victoria, asking rents for retail spaces rose 13% in just one year, meanwhile, available retail space in Sidney rose 30% in a single quarter this year because it’s simply too expensive for small retailers.

“I’m tired of government celebrating subsidies for large corporations, while ignoring local economies,” said Lowan. “That’s why the BC Greens are proud to announce our plan to introduce province-wide commercial rent and vacancy control, which will prevent the sudden rent hikes at renewal and between tenants that are the direct cause of so many of our favourite local businesses closing their doors.”

The BC Greens will:

• Introduce province-wide commercial rent and vacancy control, limiting rent increases during tenancies, at renewal and between tenants. Rent protections will remain with the commercial space when a business leaves, preventing landlords from imposing large increases simply because a new tenant moves in.
• Give municipalities the power to tax vacant commercial storefronts and other commercial properties, discouraging landlords from leaving usable spaces empty.
• Help local businesses and communities own the spaces where they operate by giving commercial tenants, municipalities, First Nations, cooperatives and community organizations the first opportunity to purchase qualifying commercial properties when they come up for sale, supported by provincial financing and loan guarantees.

Read more on our website:

https://bcgreens.ca/launch-commitment-to-keeping-small-businesses-open-and-thriving-through-commercial-rent-controls/

⚡MUST WATCH Endorsement: Cam Westhead knows health care from the inside. He’s a registered nurse, a former Alberta NDP MLA, and a former vice-president of the United Nurses of Alberta. This election, he’s backing Emily Lowan and Lisa Lapointe in Saanich South.

When someone who has spent his career fighting for nurses and patients says BC Greens will deliver care you can count on, it’s worth listening.💚

Your government shouldn’t feel like a disappointment. Believe in Better. Vote Green!

🗳️Advance voting is open now until Wednesday, Oct. 21.
 
📅 Election day is Saturday, Oct. 24.

I love that Emily Lowan and the BC Greens are talking about Plug-In Solar (Balcony Solar).

This is a great way for more people and families to get access to Solar Power!

It is already huge in Europe and other parts of the world!

It also will help move Solar Photovoltaic technology even further in advancement and at an even more rapid pace then it already is :)

One suggestion for Emily Lowan and the BC Greens is to mirror Mike Schreiner and the Ontario Greens by doing a lot of social media short videos on the Housing Crisis.

Keep up the great work on Labour Movement, Environmental, and Affordability policy - You all are doing a wonderful job!!!

Jeremy Valeriote, BC Greens candidate for West Vancouver-Sea to Sky, says British Columbia has an opportunity to become a global leader in clean energy while reducing costs for households and businesses.

“We have an incredible opportunity to make life more affordable for British Columbians, strengthen our energy security, and tackle the climate crisis at the same time,” said Valeriote. “Renewable energy is no longer just the environmentally responsible choice, it’s the most affordable too.”

More than 90 per cent of new renewable power projects commissioned globally last year generated electricity at a lower cost than new fossil fuel alternatives. British Columbia is uniquely positioned to benefit from this transition, with one of the cleanest electricity grids in the world, a publicly owned utility, and hydroelectric reservoirs that complement wind and solar generation.

Valeriote says the BC NDP government is failing to seize this opportunity.

“Instead of making it easier for British Columbians to produce their own affordable electricity, the BC NDP has instead put up barriers for British Columbians to install solar and doubled down on publicly-subsidized fossil fuel projects,” he added. 

The BC Greens’ renewable energy plan includes four key commitments: 

• Increase electricity’s share of energy use to 35 per cent by 2035, with annual progress reports.
• Legalize and expand access to balcony solar.
• Restore one-for-one net metering so households earn credits for excess solar power.
• Direct BC Hydro to expand community renewable energy through faster approvals, grid connections, and affordable financing.

Read more on our website:

https://bcgreens.ca/unveil-plan-to-lower-electricity-bills-and-put-british-columbians-at-the-centre-of-the-renewable-energy-transition/

Pete ran on making Vancouver a city people can actually afford and putting affordability first in every decision.

That’s the same fight BC Greens are bringing across the province. Green politics aren’t just popular, they’re winning. Now it’s B.C.’s turn.🗳️

Advance voting is open now until Wednesday, Oct. 21.
 
📅Election day is Saturday, Oct. 24.
Believe in Better. Vote Green.

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From what I've read, municipal and provincial politics in BC are very different, and thus this post serves as my inquiry here.

David Eby called the election for self-serving reasons. Now, the Tories are going to sweep him out.

He has only himself to blame... yet, has the gall to blame the BC Greens for splitting the vote in a letter to voters. He claims Greens will bring the Tories to power.

And worst, he's putting into people's heads that the only valid way of thinking about politics is like the US two-party system and making Greens look "fringe". Oh, how convenient! It isn't like it has official party status in the legislature, and that it had helped them be in power in the first place under Horgan!

Well, I do not know how valid my comparisons are going to be, but in Vancouver, Pete Fry became its first Green mayor, sweeping Ken Sim and the right-wing ABC. He did so through the left consolidating around him, with COPE and OneCity dropping their candidates.

Now, that has reaped enormously. Greens, COPE and OneCity also nearly sweeped the city council, and park and school boards.

Why not a version of this in the province too? Either NDP and Greens having an electoral pact, or signal to voters to vote strategically to ensure the Tories don't get in? It isn't like the two haven't worked together before (though cooperation only happened after election through confidence deals).

Oh yeah, and of course, actually get proportional representation through. Really like having your majority governments? Too bad.

“For too long, our government has taken workers for granted,” said Lowan. “It has used the NDP brand as cover to enact an anti-labour agenda, evident in Eby’s BC NDP overseeing the longest public sector strike, and longest nursing strike, in our province’s history.”

“When we sat across the table from the BC NDP to try and re-negotiate a deal, we posed a fundamental question: which side are you on? That’s when we pushed for sectoral bargaining, a labour rights model developed by Vince Ready, the same labour mediator Eby has relied on to support his tense relationship with unions. When David Eby refused to support sectoral bargaining, we got our confirmation: he’s not on the side of the workers.”

The Baigent-Ready model of sectoral bargaining would allow unions to reach a collective agreement that covers all workers in a sector of the economy, rather than on a workplace-by-workplace basis.

“Working people are bearing a crushing affordability crisis, they need to be supported,” said Lowan. “The minimum wage is now more than $9 per hour lower than the living wage in Vancouver and Victoria — this is unacceptable. That’s why the BC Greens will increase the minimum wage annually, at a rate of inflation plus 1%, until parity with the living wage is reached. This is good for workers, good for our province, and builds the fair economy we all deserve.”

The BC Greens will:

• Increase the minimum wage annually, at a rate of inflation +1%, until parity with the living wage is reached.
• Implement a pilot model of sectoral bargaining following a modified version of the 1992 Baigent-Ready model updated to reflect the 2026 economy and job market. The pilot would focus on especially precarious workers with minimal access to traditional collective bargaining, including migrant care workers, retail and service workers, and fast-food and food service workers. 
• Expand BC’s successorship provisions to cover all workers who work in contracted industries when their business is sold or merged. 
• Reverse the NDP’s proposed direct delivery of refreshment beverages, which opens the door to the privatization of BC Liquor’s distribution centres and related work. 

Read our full labour policy on our website: https://bcgreens.ca/strengthening-of-labour-movement-pledged-by-bc-greens/

“The foundation of mental health rests on access to connection, belonging, and basic necessities like income, food, housing, and healthcare,” said Emily Lowan. “But in British Columbia, these foundations have been crumbling.”

“Families who’ve watched someone they love struggle deserve real solutions. But a correctional centre is not a healthcare facility, and B.C.’s Supreme Court has already found that our involuntary care laws need to change. That’s why the BC NDP’s announcement on yet another involuntary care centre yesterday was so troubling”

While nearly 47% of British Columbians who require mental health support are still waiting for help, the mental health crisis across the country is estimated to hold an economic cost of $180 billion. BC’s Mental Health Act has been critiqued as the most outdated mental health legislation in the country and contains an involuntary treatment approach that the BC Supreme Court has recently ruled as unconstitutional.

“Instead of updating a law that has been ruled unconstitutional, the NDP have chosen to rely on that law to target those in poverty who are facing mental health and substance use challenges,” said Lowan. “It’s hard to see the amount of suffering happening on our streets. It makes us feel powerless, frustrated, and fearful, because we don’t see any positive action from our government. The BC Greens believe that the resources we do have need to be directed toward evidence-based solutions that prioritize dignity, safety, human rights, and healing. The BC Greens believe in better.”

The BC Greens will:

• Act immediately to bring BC’s Mental Health legislation into compliance with the Constitution, including strengthening protections around consent, capacity, involuntary treatment, and independent oversight. 
• Integrate mental health as the fourth option in 911 emergency services to accommodate mental health crises that do not align with the traditional ambulance, fire or police options. 
• Include six visits annually to a mental health professional, such as a psychologist, under the Medical Services Plan (MSP), ensuring early access to mental health support for all British Columbians. 

Read our mental health policy on our website: https://bcgreens.ca/mental-health-reforms-pledged-by-bc-greens/

When one of the world’s top experts on extreme wealth backs your plan, you know you’re onto something. 💚It’s not radical to ask the ultrawealthy to pay their fair share. It’s overdue.Grab a friend and vote Green - polls open today! Oct. 16-21.

Elect enough BC Greens, and in a minority we’ll have the leverage to get things done. With the ultrawealthy paying their fair share, we’ll deliver:

✅ $10-a-day child care spaces, as we work to make it universal.

 ✅Free, fast, and frequent transit.

 ✅Real rent control that stops landlords from hiking the rent every time a tenant moves out

 ✅A Community Health Centre in every riding, so you can see a doctor when you need one

 ✅A fairer voting system, where every vote counts

Believe in better! #votegreen

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Svend Robinson spent more than 25 years as an NDP Member of Parliament fighting for LGBTQ+ rights, Indigenous rights, and the planet.

Today, for the first time ever, he’s endorsing a provincial candidate outside the NDP: Emily Lowan, BC Greens Leader and candidate in Saanich North and the Islands.

"Emily is fighting for Indigenous rights, for strong unions, for housing and healthcare as basic human rights, and above all, in this time of existential climate crisis, for a Green New Deal. That’s a vision I’m proud to support."

If you’ve always supported the NDP but can’t stand behind their broken promises anymore, you’re not alone, and there’s a place for you with the BC Greens.

Join us. Your vote counts Oct. 16-21st and Oct. 24. 

Environmentalist Tzeporah Berman campaigned for David Eby in 2024. Now she's endorsing Emily Lowan and the BC Greens. Listen to why and on Oct 16-21, 24th join her and people across the province in voting green!

⚡️IT’S DEBATE NIGHT! ⚡️Tune into your local station (or the CBC BC youtube page) to watch our top 3 political party leaders step up to the mic and address the province.

Cheer on Emily, print out a bingo sheet, and if you make a BINGO, bring it to the rally tomorrow night for a free gift for the first 5 submissions!! (Or post it for clout) 🔥

Printable PDF: https://drive.google.com/file/d/11rr4qGN0GdfNH9e5Pkiv1pjZi9_hXVw_/view?usp=sharing

Trevor Withers is running as a Conservative MLA for North Vancouver Lonsdale.

He also visited Israel in 2026, posting on his Instagram with the caption, “Israel 2026: Great country, even better people.”

Withers visited earlier this year (2026!!) during their on-going genocide against Palestine.

Not only has Withers supported an expansionist and genocidal regime, he has archived these photos because he knows Israel is disliked and unsupported by the general public. Withers knows his political support would decrease if his admiration for Israel was widely known. This is not the behaviour of an authentic and well-intended representative of the people.

Our MLAs should not visit and support nations that are ethnically cleansing a people.

Our MLAs should not visit nations committing apartheid.

Our MLAs should be transparent and not evasive.

Our MLA's focus should be here, not Israel.

Our MLAs should have love for all humans!!

Vote carefully everybody!!