BC Greens Announce Leadership Contest and Release Rules - BC Green Party

https://lemmy.ca/post/39838149

Achievement unlocked! Emailed the offices of the #BCNDP #BCCP #BCGreens and every elected MLA. A similar message as last week's to Municipal leaders/staff.

Tweaked the message to emphasize the "BC Made" element in this time of a trade war with the USA.

Bluesky isn't it.

It's a time when people are going to look for locally grown solutions. That includes Social Media!

#Mastodon and the #Fediverse are the *only* places with Canadian options!

Is Eby & co. more trustworthy than Horgan & co? I guess we’ll find out…

“…in order to reach this new pact, both parties had to have frank discussions about what went right and wrong with the previous deal…” which Horgan used to royally screw BC Greens

#bcpoli #bcndp #bcgreens https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-bc-ndp-government-says-it-has-reached-shared-priorities-agreement-with/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=other

BC NDP and BC Greens sign cooperation deal to stabilize government
The deal gives the NDP's razor-thin majority breathing room to survive confidence votes in the term to come.
#politics #government #BC #BCGreens #BCNDP #BCpolitics
https://globalnews.ca/news/10916941/bc-ndp-green-cooperation-deal/

BC NDP and BC Greens sign cooperation deal to stabilize government
The deal gives the NDP's razor-thin majority breathing room to survive confidence votes in the term to come.
#politics #government #BC #Promo #BCGreens #BCNDP #BCpolitics
https://globalnews.ca/news/10916941/bc-ndp-green-cooperation-deal/

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*Me, psychically beaming my suggestion for the #BCGreens ask to the #BCNDP in exchange for their support.

Sonia Furstenau of #bcgreens is in favour of #proportioalrepresentation After this most recent electoral debacle, doesn’t it beg for a change? The BC United party was dismantled weeks before the election which forced many of their candidates to run as independents instead of joining the very right wing BC Conservative Party. We deserve the option of choice when we cast ballots, not just right or centre left. https://www.fairvote.ca/22/10/2024/first-past-the-post-to-blame-for-leaving-bc-more-polarized-than-ever/

I stand behind Sonia Furstenau completely. John Rustad needs to explain the comments some of his conservative colleagues have expressed. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/10/24/Furstenau-Ghosts-Rustad-Phone-Call/?utm_source=daily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=241024 #NeverVoteConservative #bcgreens

@BCGreens Fursteneau should refuse to negotiate with Eby until he follows his own party's policy and passes mixed member pro rep in the legislature. It will double or triple the greens' seats in the next election, and make a conservative takeover impossible for all time. It would be a brave, cool, democratic thing to do. Bonus: the Vancouver Sun will hate it. #BCpoli #bcgreens #greens #bcelection2024

What should Sonia Fursteneau ask for, when she's bargaining with the NDP or Cons? What should be her red line(s)? Cancel Site C? Cancel LNG? Free transit province-wide? Other stuff?
#BCpoli #bcgreens #bcelection2024

This is a brilliant opinion piece from Howard Breen. Mudslides and Missed Opportunities: The Election BC Deserved, But Not the Leader It Needed
Ah, British Columbia, where democracy and disaster walk hand in hand. On one side, you’ve got David Eby’s NDP, so hooked on LNG you’d think fracking was a national sport. On the other, John Rustad’s climate-denying Conservatives, whose solution to rising sea levels might as well be ‘build higher stilts.’ And what do we get? A first-past-the-post dead heat that’s as inspiring as a damp squib in the middle of a mudslide. You know, the mudslide that swallowed someone and their home while voters were still lining up to cast ballots for politicians who can’t seem to decide whether we’re drowning or just having a really long shower.
It’s fitting, really -- one part of the province is a torrent running into the ocean, and the rest of us are stuck watching two political parties claw for relevance in a system that rewards just showing up. Perhaps the whole event should be sponsored by Big Fracked Gas: "BC Election 2024, brought to you by the folks who promised you’d still have a shoreline in the morning!"
There’s democracy for you -- where the winner is declared ‘too close to call,’ and the planet continues to smolder in the background. The political mudslide meets the real one. Let’s all hope the rescue teams work faster than the ballot counters.
In the tumult of BC politics, where the loudest voices often drown out the wisest, Sonia Furstenau singularly stood out -- steady, principled, and unrelenting in her pursuit of a future rooted in survivability and justice for all. While the Orange and Blue political machines churned, and billions in fossil fuel subsidies flowed like a rain-bloated river toward industry, she remained a beacon of what could have been. Her leadership of the Green Party wasn’t about soundbites or short-term gains; it was about fighting for a livable world for generations to come.
Sonia Furstenau stumped not just for votes but for values -- courageously calling for solution-based climate and nature action while others whispered about it behind closed doors. Even as the NDP redirected resources to target her, preferring a BC that muddles along rather than one that takes a stand, she didn’t waver. She spoke with clarity and integrity, a voice for the people and the planet, even as the riptides of political cynicism rose around her.
It’s been said that a leader’s legacy is not determined by the office they hold, but by the impact they make. And Sonia Furstenau has already shaped the discourse of BC’s future, challenging us to think beyond today’s politics, beyond the elections, beyond the short-term gamesmanship that so often defines them. She showed us what leadership could look like -- honest, compassionate, and unwavering in the face of fascist and neioliberal adversity.
Sonia Furstenau may not have been declared premier, but in the hearts of many, she was already the best leader this province never had. Her fight was not in vain; the seeds she planted will boldly grow. We just have to be ready to listen, act, and nurture the vision she so fiercely defended. The harder the forces of denial try to silence the Greens, the louder we will become.
Yes, this election wasn’t the decisive climate and nature emergency turning point many of us had hoped for, but it is the beginning of a loud whooshing public outrage -- from the swollen skies to our burning forests.
Rest assured, Sonia Furstenau will be there on the frontlines alongside the brave and bold, fighting for all life on this fragile blue and green planet we call home. She has never been one to retreat in the face of adversity, and this defeat will not silence her. While others trade in political capital and compromise, Sonia stands unwavering, driven by a fierce love for the land, the water, and the people who depend on them.
Her vision transcends elections -- it’s about a future where climate survivability isn’t just an ideal, but a necessity; where the voices of the marginalized and the vulnerable are heard and uplifted; and where leaders are held accountable, not to corporate interests, but to the Earth and the generations yet to come.
In a time when our environment teeters on the edge, when political will so often falters under the weight of convenience and expediency, Sonia will continue to fight --- her heart beating in sync with the forests, the rivers, and the communities she has always served. Whether in the old-growth stands or on the streets, she will be a champion for the future, for those who demand action and justice in the face of crisis.
So rest assured, Sonia Furstenau will not fade into the background -- she’ll remain a force for good, a frontline warrior for the planet, and a reminder that real leadership is defined not by the office one holds, but by the unyielding commitment to what is right.
#bcelxn2024 #bcgreens #bcpoli #cdnpoli

The BC Greens are just the shits at tactics and strategy. And they refused to take a moral stand on Gaza. Which was like dropping tens of thousands of youth votes at the dump. That's the Greens for ya. #BCpoli #bcgreens #greens #bcelection2024

Glad I didn’t stay up for the #BCElxn2024 results. Looks like it might be weeks before we have a final count.

At any rate, the projected result looks to be my second-best-case scenario: an NDP led minority government with the Greens holding the balance of power. (My first-best-case would have had the #BCConservatives being totally annihilated & banished to the void forever)

I wonder what the #BCGreens will push for in exchange for their support?

#BCPoli #CDNPoli

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-election-results-2024-1.7357408