The leader of British Columbia's Green Party faces an uphill battle one month before the provincial election as she faces off against an incumbent cabinet minister in a Victoria riding that's long been held by a New Democrat.
B.C. Green Party leader Sonia Furstenau, speaks during the Union of BC Municipalities convention in Vancouver on Friday, September 20, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairnsfaces an uphill battle one month before the provincial election as she faces off against an incumbent cabinet minister in a Victoria riding that’s long been held by a New Democrat.
Furstenau acknowledges it’s “never an easy thing” to get elected as a Green in B.C., noting she’s among three party members ever to sit in the legislature. “We have demonstrated in the last seven years that we can actually bring about real change in the legislature. Even a small number of Greens makes a big difference.”
Furstenau said the NDP and Conservatives are busy defining themselves as each other’s opposite instead of offering voters a vision for a better future. The shifts by the New Democrats could open an opportunity for the Greens, Prest said, adding that’s “something they desperately needed.” Prest said he thinks the likely scenario is the re-consolidation of B.C.’s political landscape into a two-party dynamic with the Greens as a “distant third.”
Furstenau is counting on her message of hard work and hope resonating with voters in Victoria-Beacon Hill, where she is squaring off against Grace Lore, the minister of children and family development, and Conservative Tim Thielmann.
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