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Climate Justice Advocate Emily Lowan Enters B.C. Green Party Leadership Race

Her bid follows Comox councillor Jonathan Kerr’s nomination with an August town hall set ahead of a mid-September member vote.

Emily Lowan, right front, is shown in this handout photo provided by the B.C. Green Party. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Handout — B.C. Green Party (Mandatory Credit)

Overview

  • At 24, climate justice and Indigenous solidarity advocate Emily Lowan became the second declared candidate in the B.C. Green Party leadership contest on July 3.
  • She joins Comox town councillor and physician Jonathan Kerr in seeking to replace Sonia Furstenau, who stepped down after the party’s election defeat.
  • Lowan’s platform calls for halting projects that ignore Indigenous rights, implementing vacancy control, lowering living costs and taxing the ultrarich.
  • She says those measures would generate funding for affordable housing, free public transit and the creation of good green jobs.
  • The race will move forward with an August town hall, a September debate and member voting from Sept. 13 to 23 to determine a new leader by Sept. 24.