OR.. WHY BCers MUST VOTE BC GREENS to BRiNG A BETTER FUTURE to this province!
Here's a video introducing the awesome Sonia Furstenau, new leader of the BC Greens, followed by public comments -- including mine (as HairaSarah, my YouTube channel name) -- which oughta cLaRiFy what's happening in this province & why we NEED this change. NOW.. (CLICK THIS LINK:)
YT vid: BC Greens new leader Sonia Furstenau
BC Greens
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Sonia is a relentless underdog who puts people and communities above politics. Growing up, she saw clearly how important it was to protect what we cherish and fight for those who have no voice. Now she is the Leader of the BC Green Party and fighting to make British Columbians' lives better.
45 COMMENTS
BCers need to educate themselves on the realities of BC's ongoing CORRUPTION in our politics -- Cons, Libs AND NDP -- defined by blatant FUNDING OF O&G (@ the expense of taxpayers' best interests) & PANDERING to polluting corps that iGNORE eco-protections & are (STiLL!!?) laying waste to our natural ecosystems/ old-growth forests that sustain healthy biodiversity.. Widespread EXTINCTION of our native Species At Risk has aLReady resulted from CLEARCUT LOGGING of BC's intact old-growth stands (now reduced to approx 1%) -- it's CRITICAL these last major C02 sinks are SAVED & PROTECTED from further industrial logging.. PERIOD! ONLY the BC Greens will UPGRADE our UNSUSTAINABLE 'growth at all costs' economics that FAIL to take into account extractive industries' PROVEN exacerbation of ecological breakdown that leads to rampant wildfires (eg. Australia/ California) --- & TRANSITION INTO FUTURE-FORWARD, RENEWABLE-ENERGY INDUSTRIES: BC Greens are the ONLY PARTY WITH THE SMART, SUSTAINABLE PLANS TO MAKE THAT POSSIBLE -- for our kids' futures as well as our own!
Farzad Panahi
Her potential is beyond a provincial politician. Looks like we've got a world-class leader here. Let's support her.
Carrie Graham
I believe in you Sonia. Totally have my vote.
Trevor Premack
Such a great video!!!! I hope its shared far and wide!!!
Jim Hamilton
Dear Sonia, I'm voting for you and I believe that time is on our side.
VerifiedCanadian
Such a strong video, you’ve got my vote
HairaSarah
VOTING BC GREENS FOR SURE THIS ELECTION! (Just a heads-up: your latest video here on YT is set as 'for kids' -- which means we cannot add to any folders --eg. 'Favorites')
price-sings Puccini
So “green.” Meh. Every 10 yards I see a Furstenau election sign which will be destined for a landfill.
idcraw
Really it will be recycled and some one will make money off it if it was up to the others the water would be poisoned by that land fill she did a good job
Darcy Mcnabb
One of the troubles with the green party is they do not understand oil is the life blood , of a modern civilization. How you feel about this fact is of no importance. Until they comprehend this fact as well as other facts about a civilization needs , they will stay nothing but a fringe party . Of no use or relivence to society....
Fletcher Waller
If oil is the lifeblood of a modern civilization, we better slow down the rate at which we consume it, then! It is a finite resource, after all. And we hope humans aren't a finite civilization!
HairaSarah
@Darcy McNabb NO ONLY youR opinions are of no use or relevance (sp.!) to modern society! It's YOU who doesn't understand that our extractive industries (O&G/mining/logging) are PROVEN to be UNSUSTAINABLE due partly to excessive GHG emissions (eg. C02/methane) that accumulate in Earth's atmosphere---> cause climate change/ global warming---> POISON OUR WATERWAYS with toxic chemicals that leach into communities/ ecosystems/ groundwater!!? BANKS & INS. CO's are DIVESTING TRILLION$ from polluting projects (eg. new pipelines) & INVESTING in cleaner, science-based renewable-energy projects.. BECAUSE THEY KNOW THERE'S NO FUTURE IN FUNDING POLLUTING ACTIVITIES DRIVING ALL LIFE ON EARTH TO EXTINCTION!!!? (duh?)
The Birdmen
How is a landfill contaminated before it exists?
MAGUS ANGELBLAZER
This Sonia Furstenau will gobble up like German sausages with cabbage Mr. Hogan and his NDP party.Why? Because she is Fürstenau! The surname Furstenau was first found in Baden, where the name was anciently associated with the tribal conflicts of the area. They declared allegiances to many nobles and princes of early history, lending their influence in struggles for power and status within the region. They branched into many houses, and their contributions were sought by many leaders in their search for power.))) Richard Wagner - Ride of the Valkyries...........https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDibWbBCzpI
Edwin Daniel
Although I am deeply disappointed about the manipulation at the National Green Party that resulted in the election of a neoliberal rather that an eco-socialist leader, I can support our BC Green Party under Ms. Sonia Furstenau
Devon Russell
the greens will destroy are economy
zeazi
our*
Devon Russell
@zeazi thank you for correcting me maybe I can hire you if I have any money left from are broken economy
zeazi
@Devon Russell so how are the greens going to destroy the economy?
Devon Russell
@zeazi easy the greens will get rid of all fossil fuels witch is are god given right to have witch people will lose thousand's of jobs yes they will make new jobs but people wont want them nobody will be able to have anything gas or diesel power and be forced into electric witch will start a civil war if you take peoples classic cars and rights away they would be removed from power and plus fossil fuels is scientifically good for the environment the air does need it or plants we die so there killing us they have been brain washed by radical left wing fake science and trust me I know I used to be a green that's why they really stand no chance even if the get in there doing so many things that are illegal
Devon Russell
@zeaziand I would like to thank you for having a peaceful conversation with me were we can share are opions
zeazi
@Devon Russell I think the point is to transition to renewable forms of energy since O&G are finite resources. If you believe that O&G are God given resource, why is it only available to the people now and not the people generations from now? Maybe it was intended that people graduate from gas powered vehicles to electric cars - just like how humanity graduate to gas powered cars from the horse and buggy. Even if you don't believe in climate change, Its inevitable that we will run out of oil, at which point we would have to import technology from USA or China. We should get ahead of the curve by creating infrastructure and jobs in the green technology spaces to benefit Canadians so that other countries would rely on us instead of us relying on them.
Devon Russell
@zeazi we can still get oil from anything its an natural substance that cant go away just like water but we do have to protect it I agree with the greens with that and I I like how peaceful the greens are and also I think there plans for health care beats any other party's I think all party's has there pros and cons personally I'm more right wing but for bc I'm more for the bc liberal's moderate left if there is a really good moderate green and if they get there party a bit more sorted out with there embers than I will defiantly vote for them I love natural but not everyone believes in climate change but we still care about natural I have friends that are green and for all this and I respect them so in conclusion I wish you and the greens the best and hopefully all party's can work together someday
zeazi
@Devon Russell Thanks Logan 👍🏽, we all just want what's best for Canada and Canadians. Good to hear your perspective
HairaSarah
@Devon Russell Not only are you iLLiTERATE saying "the greens will destroy are economy"(sic.) you haven't a CLUE what makes a sustainable economy! As for fossil fuels being "are god given right" (sic.) are you suggesting that our most DESTRUCTIVE extractive industry -- using obsolete, unsustainable methods which poison the environment & lay waste to millions of hectares of healthy biodiversity/ ecosystems & mainly benefits the GREED of resource corps. NOT the interests of ordinary taxpayers NOR 1st Nations whose communities are WORST affected -- is somehow RIGHT?? Let alone in any way GODLY?? (OnLy if Satan's youR 'God'!!) THE GLOBAL SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY CITES FOSSIL FUELS AS ROOT CAUSE OF CLIMATE CHANGE -- BANKS & INS. CO'S ARE DIVESTING FROM THIS SECTOR BY THE TRILLION$ -- SO SAVE YOUR IGNORANCE.. & SUPPORT CLEAN RENEWABLES for a sustainable & viable future (& MORE long-term jobs) by voting BCGreens!
idcraw
our economy
idcraw
@Devon Russell Don't be bringing your imaginary friends into this
Devon Russell
@idcraw find some more typeos for me please your very good at that thanks for doing something with you life
Devon Russell
@idcraw are you on any type of medication
Paulo
Dr. Weaver was a credible and influential leader toward a sustainable future because he is a real climate scientist. The Green Party has traded him for a former high school history teacher, whose calm demeanour thinly veils that she is a zealot within the so-called "social justice" movement. Perhaps that's why Weaver now supports the NDP, and Horgan no longer trusts his alliance with them to maintain a stable government. Please educate yourself about the true nature of that movement before you vote.
HairaSarah
@Paulo NO - YOU need to educate yourself on the realities of BC's ongoing CORRUPTION in our politics -- Cons, Libs AND NDP -- defined by blatant FUNDING OF O&G (@ the expense of taxpayers' best interests) & PANDERING to polluting corps that iGNORE eco-protections & are (STiLL!!?) laying waste to our natural ecosystems/ old-growth forests that sustain healthy biodiversity.. Widespread EXTINCTION of our native Species At Risk has aLReady resulted from CLEARCUT LOGGING of BC's intact old-growth stands (now reduced to approx 1%) -- it's CRITICAL these last major C02 sinks are SAVED & PROTECTED from further industrial logging.. PERIOD! Problem with your old-school economics is they rely on UNSUSTAINABLE 'growth at all costs' calcs that FAIL to take into account extractive industries' PROVEN exacerbation of ecological breakdown that leads to rampant wildfires (eg. Australia/ California) It's unfortunate Weaver is a sell-out, but most see the $$-based motivations behind that move! (On taxpayers' dimes no doubt) FACT IS: WE NEED TO UPGRADE - TO SUSTAINABLE, FUTURE-FORWARD INDUSTRIES - & THE BC GREENS = the ONLY PARTY WITH THE SMART, VIABLE PLANS TO MAKE THAT POSSIBLE -- for our kids' futures as well as our own!!?
Jennifer A. Nelson
Unfortunately our political system is so corrupt it wouldn’t matter if the Virgin Mary was running for election, to navigate such a corrupt system even she would have to corrupt herself at some point. The only HONEST VOTE these days would be for “NONE OF THE ABOVE” to show the truth of it all....total lack of confidence in our entire governments. NO-CONFIDENCE is the only truth available.
HairaSarah
I disagree -- only a VOTE 4 the BC Greens will effectively mark your protest against the prevailing CORRUPTION shown by the BC Cons, BC Liberals AND BCNDP!? Listen to Sonia & the other Greens candidates.. Read the Greens constitution, & their measured common-sense platform for this election.. NOTE their ReaL plans to protect the best interests of aLL BCers AND (yes) still-struggling 1st Nations, whose communities are WORST affected by ongoing polluting activities which the corrupt 'big 3' parties plan to KEEP ON FUNDING!!? ONLY the BC Greens will bring much-needed revisions to our political system -- & re-direct OUR TAXPAYERS' $$ away from the polluters STILL laying waste to BC's healthy communities/ ecosystems/ waterways ---> CLEAN NEW TECHNOLOGIES & RENEWABLE-ENERGY PROJECTS that'll ensure our future & prevent another CALIFERNO happening here.. But they NEED OUR VOTES to be able to put their awesome GREEN PLANS into effect!!!?
Jennifer A. Nelson
HairaSarah sorry...none of it will make a difference....we have no more”tax dollars” to save have you seen the new debt lately? 😂 our great, great grandchildren will still be slaves because of what’s been done today. THE SYSTEM is the ISSUE......democracy is dead, we live in a world run by tyrants (they are lined up beating down the doors to get in because they know the system is so corrupt) and there is NO ACCOUNTABILITY for the crimes they commit. We will never recover if we stick to the same 100% corrupt system.....and it’s FALSE HOPE like yours that actually insures that.....I won’t vote again until there is actually something TRUTHFUL to vote for and today it is plain to see there is 100% NO CONFIDENCE. NONE OFTHE ABOVE needs to at least be a choice but we will never see it happen because there is NO ROOM FOR TRUTH OR JUSTICE IN ANY OUR OUR CONTROLLING SYSTEMS AND INSTITUTIONS. Anything else is a flat out LIE or just another EMPTY PROMISE. Your false hope STEALS the only hope we have left in all of this, and that’s to TRULY WAKE UP.
idcraw
so you are suggesting anarchy get a grip grow up
Jennifer A. Nelson
idcraw wow...those are your words not mine...pretty sure I stated my point clearly and see no suggestion of any of that so who needs to grow up here? Thx but no thx for trying to think or speak for me..... 🙄🤣
idcraw
@Jennifer A. Nelson You suggested no government works so what is the answer
Jennifer A. Nelson
idcraw A whole new system.
HairaSarah
@Jennifer A. NelsonThe Greens haven't even had a CHANCE to put their fresh ideas to the test -- due to clueless brainwashed peopls & the status quo keeping people in the dark -- so don't lump them w/ the 'TOP 3' parties' corruption!!! Simply saying 'it's corrupt' does NOTHING -- BCers (like you?) are complacent/lazy & do zip while eco-crimes accelerate biodiversity loss/ global warming & crimes VS our 1st Nations stewards continue to inflict HARM: it's sick.. & I REFUSE to sit back on ANYONE'S advice while injustices abound!! DOING NOTHING while you "wait" for system changes isn'T any kind of valuable input -- IT'S JUST COMPLAINING IF YOU HAVE ZIP TO OFFER~!!!? Most BCers are woefully ignorant of govt. policy etc. -- our LAME MSM doesn't help! -- which leaves the few of us who ARE aware/ involved being overrun with our most urgent matters (like #OldGrowth logging, which NEEDS TO STOP).. WIDESPREAD EDUCATION that currently only eco-groups (& BCGreens) provide is NECESSARY NOW!! If it seems the general public have LESS & LESS SAY & our leaders more & more:, it's NOT cuz we're run by dictators but cuz MOST PEOPLE ARE MISINFORMED & UNMOTIVATED.. & that suits the 'big 3' mining/O&G shills just fine~!! I'm sad 4 you, as you've clearly no idea how much relentless work & sheer tenacity goes into EACH volunteer-led campaign to influence govt decisions -- you don'T even bother to get involved with change, other than weak-ass armchair advice that makes you sound smart but is based on theories in your head, NOT the actuality of grassroots activism -- WHICH CAN BE FAIRLY EFFECTIVE! HOW DO I KNOW THIS? I've been on the frontlines of MANY eco-campaigns.. & never failed to be humbled by the determination & spirit of beautiful BCers fighting for our precious ecosystems, waterways & wildlife -- it's the ONLY stuff worth fighting for! And tho we don't always win, when we DO we FEEL the satisfying rewards of ACTIVISM (which belies your "nothing we can do about it" pathos -- THAT's just a cop-out.. & a way of guaranteeing nothing WILL change!?) When elections happen, it's apparent EVERY TIME that ONLY the BCGreens support the Good Fight -- ie. campaigns to save our rainforest & coastal communities from irresponsible & ruinous C02-belching industrial projects & same-old govt. "Growth at all costs" BS that continues fast-tracking our demise (C02 = CUMULATIVE!!) The only shock that sinks my heart each election is HOW FEW PEOPLE HERE --- STILL! -- KNOW the prevailing issues & are WOKEN to the evils brought by 'Corrupt 3' -- Cons, NDP & Liberals.. ALL BCers oughta be campaigning for our kids' healthy, safe futures & storming parliament in droves.. (& VOTING GREEN!!).. Shame's on YOU for dampening all hope -- mine is hard-won & TRIED/ TESTED from personal experience.. which proves MASS ACTION still has the power to wake up politicians to LISTEN.. BELIEVE IT: YOU are stalling change/progress FAR MORE EFFECTIVELY with your nihilist pessimism than I with my constant rallying cries for better legislation, revisions & systemic overhauls.. Cuz as #COVID has proven, it's MUCH EASIER to urge large #'s of peops to stay home & not work than organizing to STOP THE CALAMITOUS OUTCOME OF EXTINCTION of all life on Earth if we don't ACT NOW ON THE SCIENCE!!!!??? ONE thing's definite: URGING INACTION won't help one iota to revise politics for the better -- whereas I've SEEN proof that BEING THE CHANGE YOU WANT IN THE WORLD can indeed bring RESULTS: VOTING GREEN is just ONE WAY BCers could help fast-track those results..
Jennifer A. Nelson
HairaSarah wow...take a chill pill....you have no idea who I am or what I stand for as I clearly have not fully expressed it. Have a snickers or something your violence is showing 🙄 You CLEARLY have your opinion and I have mine (which I have no intentions of sharing with a complete stranger like you) pretty sure each of us is allowed to express it, so you can take your “all caps’ and ‘childish, hostile, ffs attitude’” and troll someone else....your comments make it clear any further communication is pointless. Have a nice life....✌🏼
HairaSarah
@Jennifer A. Nelson Guess it makes sense you decide to retreat behind a veil of "you don't know me" & "Have a nice life" -- tho at no point was i presuming to know you personally!? I was simply responding to your PUBLIC COMMENTS ADDRESSED TO ME (NOT "violently" but maybe passionately?) since you made some BIG SWEEPING ACCUSATIONS -- EG.: "Your false hope STEALS the only hope we have left in all of this" -- why wouldn't i CALL YOU OUT (IN ALL-CAPS, FOR EMPHASIS!!) to BACK UP YOUR WORDS? My familiarity with the Greens, along with my firsthand experience as outlined, bely any 'false hope' given!!? PS. I didn't disagree with aLL you said -- in fact, i acknowledged the CORRUPTION prevalent in our past/present govts, as well as the need for systemic revisions.. & if you're as 'AWAKE' as you claim & have the solution all figured out, as you imply, be happy my response gives you the opportunity to ENLIGHTEN US ALL? As you've called for a "whole new system", why not welcome the chance to explain what you mean? Otherwise, WHY BOTHER COMMENTING PUBLICLY IN THE 1ST PLACE??
UPDATE 2021: Only a paltry 17% of BCers voted in last Oct's election, which suited the right-wing fat-cats just fine: John Horgan won his majority govt. of course, even with such a small turnout.. & has proceeded to fast-track #OldGrowth logging permits (breaking his election promises directly & repeatedly) & reiterated his wholehearted support for polluting boondoggles like Site C Dam/ TMX.. ALL in defiance of the "best science" which he claims to follow:
(Ya you can be sure his NDP govt is very much to blame for the deepening severity of this year's early fire season AND the worsening climate effects like heat waves that are affecting our communities- & esp our most vulnerable - beyond what COVID19 will EVER do.. & under Horgan's cont'd leadership, it'll only keep getting worse!
AT WHAT POINT will our leaders take stock of their science-led responsibilities to their constituents? When it's too late for changes to have any effect?
Here's a tip: DON'T believe a word of what you hear from the Cons, NSP or Liberals: they've proven wholly inadequate to lead us anywhere but off the (burning) cliff, like lemmings..
ONLY the Greens have what it takes - the know-how, the solid respect for science & the fresh convictions/ guts to brings the changes/ measures we desperately need to fulfill a better destiny than the ecocidal, jaded path we've been led to directly by weak-ass leaders who have done ZIP but hone the calamitous, decrepid & FAILING STATUS QUO..
(Pathetic, I know)
BillyGoat, you possess a particularly enticing writing style –-esp. your visceral descriptions placing yourself in the thick of a landscape where close contact with the earthy, heady ecology of ‘mixed farming’ inspires your most poetic efforts; ALL V. historic, raw & seductive —tinged with an old-timer’s wisdom of the land.. That is, until your brutally opinionated attempts to turn vegans/ vegetarians into the ‘misappropriated scapegoats for heart disease’ whom you blame for this ‘Brave New’ chemicalized monoculture of vegetable farming..
First, the knowledge that monocropping is an ‘ecologically malignant system’ is surely widespread among farmers (even non-farmers!) everywhere-!?That this most basic of farming fundamentals is ignored –-along with pollinator-starving herbicide spraying & other diabolical insults to key wilderness ecosystems-– has little to do with ‘veganic fanatics’ & more with corporate homogenization driven solely by profits & sales. Most vegans i know are among THE most conscious/ conscientious consumers of all –-at least in Canada, where vegans actively generate ‘continuous learning’ groups/ platforms to share info on ethically-sourced/ non-GMO/ organic/ regenerative farming (markets that continue to expand due to their efforts).
Suggesting vegans ‘unknowingly’ cause ‘degradation of soil fertility’ belie their core beliefs, which are rooted in compassion, evolution & science-forward learning —as opposed to corps laying waste to healthy ecosystems via mass applications of toxins to yield crop outputs & nothing more.. (& there’s NOTHING beneficial/ worthy about corps' undue influence on global food production/ security: theiR scourge of the Earth needs to die out along with their murderous influence on the future of farming!)
While i empathize with your nostalgia for mixed farming’s magical symbiosis of yore (how can i not, given your expose of modern-day monocrops draining soils of their natural nitrogen-rich healthfulness?), I'm certain most vegans/ vegetarians would prefer to preserve that ‘ethereal relationship flowing between the soil, the crops, the livestock and the landscape’ than support monocropping -- iF the ‘livestock’ in question weren’t destined for inevitably violent, bloody ends on slaughterhouse assembly-lines bereft of an ounce of the compassion needed to bring that idyllic vision to life-!?
The reality today is that meat-eating has become such an aggrandized ‘staple’ in people’s diets that animal-protein-related diseases abound –-including heart disease & obesity.. & in Asian cultures, encroachment on wildlife habitats is widely affirmed to bring contagious pandemics like COVID-19 into human populations. And that’s nothing to ignore. Whereas, even the most small-scale farmers on the planet have learned that the oppressive 'Big 3' demands of modern corporate farming --fungicides, herbicides & pesticides-- are degrading healthy plants & soils with long-term harms such as acidification & pollinator wipeout, which could well NiX the idealized goal of global food security.. & herald worldwide famine instead..
Here on Canada’s west coast, my vegan peers bear no resemblance to youR mistaken IDs of blind but well-meant NAiFs. So I must refute your view that vegans finagLed these sweeping veg-over-livestock revisions by making meat/ dairy 'the misappropriated scapegoats for heart disease'. Being vegan myself, i know firsthand that veganism's core raison d'etre revolves not around myopic obsessions with human health --but rather, abhors the way humans have corrupted their innate Dominion over all non-human beings, & thus REJECTS & BOYCOTTS aLL cruelty & disrespect of those whom WE see as our EQUALS who deserve to live happy lives free from oppression by heartless 'humans' who treat them as objects to use & abuse at will, without any thought of their inmates' feelings/ desires..
So while vegans eschew the products of human-inflicted oppression --including animal-derived clothing, 'entertainment' et al-- we welcome all efforts to better animals' lives & ease their pain. Sadly, the dynamics of yore --wherein humans may have taken to heart their roles as stewards respecting Mother Nature in taking from her what was needed to live (while replenishing that which was reaped--hence, 'SOW WHAT YE REAP') are mostly NO MORE.. Such lofty limits on human consumption/ exploitation, demanding CAREFUL BALANCE in managing nature's abundance, are RARE --if nonexistent-- in today's economics, wherein thoughtless acquisition/ extraction/ harvesting/ mining is the name of the game.. Sadly, it's a 'game' in which animals used for human consumption (of any kind) are condemned to unspeakable cruelty/ discomfort/ violence not of their choosing, from birth to death. Veganism aims above all to create a world that respects nature's laws & frees all living beings from the misery of entitled human enslavement..
False characterization aside, being a vegan consumer in a largely non-vegan world entails witnessing --daily-- the suffering of those that long to be free of human tyranny (alongside much opportunity for improvement, which i create/ take when i can).. Residing in Canada means sharing this country with miles & miles of treeless prairie grasslands eaten up (literally) by beef cattle ranches providing fast-food outlets with their best-selling menu items –still, despite the growing trend of their meatless/ ‘plant-based’/ vegan burger sectors: {YUP} BeeF burgers..
So much for the runaway, tyrannical success of veganism flooding the globe..😔 YES, in a way you’re depressingly right about the viral ignorance of the consumer majority: even during the most stringent lockdowns forced by COVID-19, they emerged in droves in single-driver bliss to line up end-to-end idling emissions at ubiquitous A&W/ BurgerKing/ McDonalds/ ETC. across North America in ‘social-distancing’ obedience with a renewed catatonia glazing over their short-lived eco-idealism that had so adrenalized NY’s 2020 with promises of rising collective Climate Action — only to be shot down by the sobering (almost freezing) new ‘normal’ of pandemic-paradigm rigidity. A giant PALL over ALL has STALLED the PROGRESS presumed to bring new hope for future gens with the influx of heartrendingly enthusiastic YOUTH to science-based Climate Activism. & THAT's a CRippLing SHAME..