Sonia Furstenau, who previously represented the Cowichan Valley, is set to do battle in Victoria-Beacon Hill, after moving back to Victoria to be closer to family
B.C. Green Leader Sonia Furstenau examines a wall of multi-coloured yarn in a Victoria yarn shop to find the one with just the right look and feel.
Furstenau spent summers at her grandmother’s house in Campbell River and later her aunt’s Ravenhill Herb Farm in Saanich. By 27, Furstenau had a child, and had married and divorced. She was a co-parent with her former husband. She had to work her way through school running several micro-businesses, but she said she and her son lived well.
“And then one thing led to another, led to a contaminated landfill, and here we are 13 years later and I’m back in my home,” said Furstenau. In 2020, Weaver stepped down and Furstenau became leader. The NDP called a snap election and won a majority. Furstenau concedes that she was disappointed that her party fielded only 69 candidates in B.C.’s 93 ridings, but optimistic that if enough voters cast a Green ballot, the party could once again help shape legislation in a minority government, as it did from 2017 to 2020.
In announcing the B.C. Greens’ 72-page platform on Tuesday, Furstenau said her first demand in a minority-government scenario would be the adoption of a “well-being framework” to guide both government policy and budgets, similar to what’s done in New Zealand and Scotland. The Greens would provide free public transit, increase social assistance so people can live above the poverty line and spend $1 billion more on K-12 education.
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