Green MLA Sonia Furstenau launches leadership bid
Credit to Author: Rob Shaw| Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2020 18:26:29 +0000
VICTORIA – Green MLA Sonia Furstenau launched her bid to become the party’s next leader on Monday.
Fursteanu, the MLA for Cowichan Valley, is the first major candidate to declare after Andrew Weaver resigned as leader and from the party earlier this month.
At a media conference in Victoria, Furstenau said she wants to continue the fight for political change that she first began when opposing the Shawnigan Lake contaminated soil dump in her riding.
The other B.C. Green MLA, Adam Olsen, is currently serving as the party’s interim leader and therefore ineligible from running for the full-time position.
Leadership candidates have until April 15 to declare. Rules include three public debates, $16,000 in fees to the party and campaign spending limits of $300,000. The winner will be named at a convention in Nanaimo on June 28.