Don’t give up on the Greens

 Don’t give up on the Greens.

If you’re young and thinking, “What’s the point? The Greens can’t win,” remember what happened in 2017.

The Greens won only 3 seats, but the election produced a minority government. The NDP had 41 seats and the Liberals had 43. The Greens held the balance of power and reached a Confidence and Supply Agreement with John Horgan’s NDP government.

That meant the Greens didn’t have to win the election to have influence. They had seats — and those seats gave them leverage.

It happened before. It can happen again.

So don’t look at the numbers and decide your vote doesn't matter. Every seat matters. Every riding matters.

You don't have to give up hope just because your party isn't the biggest one.

🌱 Democracy isn't only about who wins the most votes. Sometimes it's about who holds the balance of power.

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🌱 10 questions for the kids before they decide their vote

1. What kind of B.C. do you want to inherit — and what are we building right now?

2. If a pipeline, LNG project or other major development creates jobs today, who pays the environmental and social costs later?

3. When governments promise that a project will be “good for the economy,” what exactly are they counting — and what are they leaving out?

4. Should governments be making long-term decisions about forests, water, energy and climate based on one election cycle, or several generations?

5. What happens when a government makes a promise and then doesn't follow through?

6. Do young people have to accept decisions made today simply because they're told those decisions are “inevitable”?

7. What would you rather see government invest in: housing, healthcare, transit and education — or more fossil-fuel infrastructure? And can we realistically afford both?

8. If no party wins a majority, could smaller parties hold the balance of power and demand action on the issues that matter to you?

9. Did you know that this actually happened in B.C. in 2017, when three Green MLAs helped keep an NDP minority government in power through a confidence-and-supply agreement?

10. And finally: if you don't participate, who gets to make these decisions for you?

You don't have to believe everything a party tells you.

Ask questions. Read the platforms. Look at the record. Then vote. 🌱