Lana Popham, NDP, Saanich South

Lana is an environmental and community activist, a businesswoman and organic farmer.

Born in Regina in 1968, Lana was raised on Quadra Island where her understanding of sustainability had its roots. Growing food and respecting nature was part of her family's and her neighbours' day-to-day lives.

Lana is Chair of the Certification Committee for the Islands Organic Producers Association.   She offers farm tours for school children so they can see where and how food grows and was recently named  ‘runner up’ as Community Leader in the annual CFAX award for her campaign to replace disposable plastic bags with reusable ones.

Lana lives with her husband Jon, a firefighter, and their son Kye. The family owns and operates Barking Dog Vineyard, the first certified organic vineyard on Vancouver Island.

Gary Holman, NDP, Saanich North and the Islands

Gary is an economist by profession, with a Masters Degree in economics from Simon Fraser University.  He was a consulting economist for over 25 years, specializing in resource and land use issues.  He worked with the Nisga’a Tribal Council on the fisheries component of its land claim, and on a number of regional land use planning processes for the Province

Gary has always been actively involved in community affairs on Salt Spring and a strong supporter of the Islands Trust. 

Gary has been active in the conservation movement in the Capital region, serving on the Boards of the Salt Spring Island Conservancy and The Land Conservancy of BC.  He was a co-founder and Chair of the South and West Salt Spring Conservation Partnership, a coalition of local, regional and provincial conservation agencies that was instrumental in the protection of 2500 acres of the Texada lands in 2001.

Damian Kettlewell, Green Party, Vancouver-False Creek

Damian Kettlewell is a small business owner focused on being the greenest in sector. He has been active in the environmental community for the past 15 years most importantly as past chair of Rivershed Society of BC and producer of 12 EcoFests in southwestern B.C.

Damian’s campaign goals in the new riding of Vancouver False Creek are increasing green & clean tech jobs; ending homelessness; and, Yes BC STV.

Damian has an MBA in leadership and BA in communications and economics.

Barry Penner, Liberal, Chilliwack-Hope

Barry is a former park ranger, lifelong environmentalist and has been a consistent champion of climate action within the Liberal caucus and in public. He helped lead the successful fight against the Sumas Energy 2 power plant, quashed the proposals for unsequestered coal plants in BC, was co-chair of B.C.’s Alternative Energy and Power Technology Task Force, and has worked with California (as well as other provinces and US states) to negotiate BC’s cap-and-trade system to combat global warming.

Barry introduced the legislation in 2007 to reduce BC's emissions by 33% by 2020. Most recently he has been Minister of Environment and Minister responsible for Climate Action. Barry has stickhandled much of the criticism government has received for the tough choices that need to be made (such as the laudable carbon tax) and we endorse his re-election.

"Anyone but Carole"

As leader, the decision to position the NDP campaign against world-leading climate policies while not putting forward improvements or better alternatives is on her shoulders. We do not endorse Carole James (Victoria – Beacon Hill) . Because of the New Democrats’ opposition to key strategies for energy conservation and the BC’s continentally-significant carbon tax, we cannot endorse any NDP incumbents that were members of this past caucus. We believe the party needs new leadership and new voices that take a more urgent, principled and collaborative approach to the challenges of climate change

Yes to Single Transferable Vote

Modifying the electoral system will provide increased opportunity for a multiplicity of voices in the legislature and multi-party, collaborative solutions to climate change and other environmental challenges.