In the lead-up to the Oct. 24 B.C. election, Ecojustice is urging candidates to adopt a suite of environmental platform proposals that will pave the way to a resilient, just and sustainable future for all.
British Columbia’s natural beauty, ecological diversity, and vibrant communities and cultures are vital to residents’ prosperity and well-being. Yet, like so many places, the province is confronted with multiple, intersecting crises that threaten the very basis of life as we know it: climate breakdown, accelerating species extinction, large-scale ecosystem transformation, food and water insecurity, and build-up of toxic pollution in our bodies and the environment.
Policy commitments made during the 2020 B.C. election will largely be focused on the immediate crisis posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. However, this election is also an opportunity to look forward, to emerge from the pandemic stronger and more united, and to set B.C. on course to a resilient, just, and sustainable future for all.
To help political parties and candidates put forward environmental platforms that will make this vision possible, Ecojustice lawyers have assembled a briefing note with three key environmental policy proposals. We’re asking parties and candidates to adopt each of these proposals, and for the incoming government to make protecting the environment a top priority in its mandate.
You can read the full briefing note here. Or, scroll down for an abbreviated look at Ecojustice’s three platform recommendations: