Local BC Greens set out platform

Prince George-Valemount candidate Gwen Johansson says having been born and raised in McBride means she’s intimately familiar with the issues of the Robson Valley, whether it’s forestry in her home community or tourism in Valemount.

“I have deep roots in that. So I think I can understand some of the issues that have existed there for a long time, and I know the background, and how it came to be. It’s a matter of trying to understand the diversity of the whole community.”

However, she says her riding is very diverse, the rural Robson Valley and the urban Prince George.

“They’re looking at clinic closures. They’re looking at they’re wondering about schools. And so that’s what is at one end of the riding and then you come to Prince George, which is the exact opposite, and you’ve got lots of growth and lots of activities happening. It’s a matter of trying to understand the diversity, I think, of the whole the whole community and still acknowledging there are other issues.”

And Steidle acknowledges there are other issues in the riding he seeks to represent.

“We want to see improvements in health care. We also want to see addiction treatments being improved in our region. We want to see more local food security being brought to the table, and we want to see important action being taken on climate change and addressing the decarbonization of our economy moving away from the fossil fuel industry for the future. British Columbia and moving towards other economic bases.”

by Cheryl Jahn

Local BC Greens set out platform

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