The public is supposed to be benefiting from an engagement between campaigns meant to champion the two systems up for consideration in this May 12 referendum in B.C.: our existing system, first past the post (FPTP), and the alternative recommended by the BC Citizens’ Assembly, the single transferable vote (STV). 

Instead, we have one serious, grassroots campaign for STV, and this other rump bunch of political elites who campaign as ‘No STV’ and refuse to admit that they are stumping for the status quo.  Nice public process.

Jenny Kwan, MLA for Vancouver-Mt. Pleasant has been outspoken advocate for Insite, North America’s first supervised injection site for drug addicts. With the B.C. election just days away, Kwan sat down to discuss a range of issues with Am Johal.

Am Johal: You’re running for a fourth term in the B.C. Legislature.  Before that, you were the youngest City Councillor in the history of Vancouver. What’s changed in terms of campaigning over the years?

If you are concerned about the state of BC's agriculture industry, the continued erosion of the Agricultural Land Reserve, the lack of provincial programs for farms and farmers, or any of the myriad other policy failures of the BC government over the past decades, this rally is your chance to demand a change. Join us at the BC Legislature as we rally for agriculture policy reform leading up to the May 12 BC provincial election!