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  • Vancouver Should Lower the City’s Voting Age from 18 to 16

    Electoral Reform October 30, 2025 , by
    Vancouver Councillor Pete Fry

    Presentation to Vancouver City Council by Adriane Carr – Oct 29, 2025

    Vancouver’s Unique Opportunity

    The Vancouver Charter provides Vancouver the unique opportunity to be a leader and become the first municipality in Canada to change the voting age from 18 to 16. It requires Vancouver City Council requesting that the Province of BC make the Charter change, and the Province complying. To be in effect for the next municipal elections scheduled for October 17, 2026, the Vancouver Charter change must be enacted in the spring of 2026. The Province must also tweak the Election Act so Elections BC can include 16-17-year-olds in list extracts. Elections BC has collected this data since 2019.

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  • Emily Lowan is the leader of the Green Party of British Columbia

    Uncategorized September 27, 2025 , by
    Emily Lowan
    Emily Lowan

    The Green Party of BC has just elected a new party leader on September 25, 2025, 25-year-old climate activist, Emily Lowan. Emily won decisively with over 60% of the votes on the first ballot.

     

     

     

    Here is a recent speech by Lowan at the Union of BC Municipalities that was well-received:

     

    Adriane Carr, a director of ActionInTime, was questioned on CBC by Stephen Quinn on her reaction to Emily’s win. What will Emily Lowan’s leadership of the B.C. Green Party look like?

  • Sudden Silence: Hidden Voices

    Drug abuse April 18, 2023 , by
    Sudden Silence Magazine front page

    Toxic illicit drugs have already killed more than 11,000 people in BC. This magazine, Sudden Silence: Hidden Voices tells the story of 16 of them through the voices of their loved ones, who are calling for a regulated safe supply. It includes a postscript by Vancouver City Councillor Adriane Carr and Action in Time Director Paul George.

    A photo-voice project of Mothers Stop the Harm. Project lead: Deb Bailey. Published by Action in Time, April 2023. Photos copyrighted by Gabrielle Beer.

    Click here to read or download the magazine.

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