Provincial leader not expecting to form government but to affect change
Sonia Furstenau says these words as she greets a woman out walking her dog on the streets of James Bay, a neighbourhood of Victoria not far from the provincial legislature, where Furstenau has guided the fortunes of the B.C. Greens as leader for four years.
These exchanges may well capture some of the challenges facing B.C. politicians generally on the cusp of a provincial election and the B.C. Greens and Furstenau specifically. Rustad has denied the accusation of being anti-science and acknowledged humanity's contribution to climate change, but questioned whether it is an existentialist crisis in light of other issues. Furstenau made her comments in a statement headlined 'Frustenau exhausted by climate denial in 2024' but it would be mistake to read a sense of resignation into those words.
But Furstenau's decision to run in the NDP-strong hold of Victoria-Beacon Hill rather than her old riding of Cowichan Valley also means that she partially has to re-introduce herself to voters used to casting their ballots for New Democrats like former NDP leader and finance minister Carole James. Furstenau underscores this point by drawing an analogy to her days as a middle-distance runner in high school.
"In which case, we will insist on that government focusing on solving problems that are solvable," she says.
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