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A Yes for Green's Lowan because 'someone has to save the trees,' voter says
Lowan’s campaign highlighted climate policy and Indigenous rights as the Greens sought to defend a Vancouver Island seat.
- On Friday, British Columbia Green Party leader Emily Lowan encountered voter Jim Leard outside a Greater Victoria school after he cast his advance ballot for her in the Saanich North and the Islands riding.
- Lowan assumed leadership of the British Columbia Green Party over a year ago, running on a platform opposing large resource projects and pledging to tax the wealthiest residents to fund social programs.
- Grand Chief Stewart Phillip endorsed Lowan on Friday, calling her a "strong and courageous ally" in the Saanich North riding and citing her "proactive, principled, evidence-based approach" to climate and Indigenous rights.
- Phillip also endorsed New Democrat leader David Eby as "the best choice as leader of this province," affirming support for the NDP's ideology despite earlier conflict over the Indigenous Peoples Act.
- Campaigning in Coquitlam on Friday, David Eby warned that Conservative proposals to repeal the Indigenous Peoples Act would create "unbelievable chaos," emphasizing that provincial success requires partnering with First Nations.
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A Yes for Green's Lowan because 'someone has to save the trees,' voter says
VICTORIA — Jim Leard had just cast his ballot for Emily Lowan on Friday when he ran into the British Columbia Green Party leader outside a high school in Greater Victoria.
·Bradford West Gwillimbury, Canada
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Leaning Left13Leaning Right0Center1Last UpdatedBias Distribution93% Left
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- 93% of the sources lean Left
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