Provincial election: Meet your Green Party of BC Candidate, Connie Larochelle
By Rossland Telegraph
Editorial Note: Readers may notice that this is the first statement we have published from any BC political party or candidate; that is because it’s the first one we’ve received. We have not published any of the press releases from other parties so far because we refuse to publish material based on attacks on others, or statements made by Party A about what Party B will do. We are happy to publish statements that talk about what the writer and the writer’s party want to accomplish, and explain their approach to various issues.
Connie Larochelle says:
Hello Voters —
Like who cares? Who can think about mining, logging, water, volunteering when you are struggling? It’s a luxury to have time to be thoughtful when you are putting up food, taking care of family, working.
The mental load of caring often falls upon the struggling few and they are getting older, tired, exhausted. It’s time we help carry that torch.
The BC Green Party has thought of this – and we have our platform to prove it.
My top Green list:
- Fair Share Tax on net wealth over $50 million to fund communities
- Change old growth deferrals to permanent protection
- Stop Data centres rapid expansion
- Put checks on AI, chatbots with children
- Build affordable AND suitable housing
- Protect watersheds from resource extraction
- Standards of healthcare that don’t force choices between tests and money in your pocket
- $10/day childcare
Life needs to be more affordable.
And a special note for Rossland. I have to admit, I am more than annoyed.
WHY WHY? It peeves me that proponents have traditionally been approved across BC. Scope creep, opps’, we didn’t anticipate, oh sorry, we’ve sunk so much and whatever other excuses they have.
I would advocate to put a stop to the mine. I admire the tenacity of this group. This quote resonates with me:
“There’s no good reasoning for the lack scrutiny. If anything, if there’s a project that should be going through the most scrutiny, this is the project because there’s way too much at stake,” said Mercier.
We have tools we can use, but right now no teeth. I would advocate to close legislative loops and higher environmental bonds for breaches. I would point to the Water Sustainability Act and lean on weighting for environmental values.
Use the tools within the Water Sustainability Act to their full potential where necessary, including critical environmental flow thresholds, responsive and flexible water license review and transfers, and water sustainability plans.
