As the provincial election grows near, get to know your local BC Greens Party candidate for Kootenay-Monashee: Donovan Cavers.
Who is Donovan Cavers?
Donovan Cavers is a school teacher, an entrepreneur and a foodie at heart.
He grew up on a third-generation farm near Chase, BC, before launching a career in the public service.
From 2011 to 2018, he served as a City Councillor in Kamloops, where he was actively involved with the Southern Interior Local Government Association (SILGA), the Transportation Committee, the Fraser Basin Council, and the Social Planning Council.
Outside the office, Cavers is exploring the nature around him- hiking, cross-country skiing, canoeing or you can catch him in his garden.
Cavers says his passion for the environment and creating change supports his position as a BC Greens candidate, and now is the time to stand up and be counted.
“The Green Party needs much more representation than it has now.” Said Cavers.
“The ideal outcome for this election is a minority government with the party that forms the most seats, having to negotiate with the Green Party. I think some of the best policies that our province had came out of the 2017 election when neither party had full control of our government.”
The Issues: Housing, affordability and the environment
For the Kootenay-Monashee area, forest mismanagement has been a highlight of Cavers and the Greens policy platform, and ensuring communities are prepared for an emergency, and supported when they happen.
“Making sure that communities have equipment, and structural protection units is important. And then in the longer term, and this extends across the province, we need to manage our forests in a different way.”
“Alongside climate change and climate action, those are issues that are going to take a lot of thoughtful policy to address.”
“We need to change the way that forests are planted. We have to avoid monoculture reforestation, avoid aerial spraying and to move our forests towards types of woods that are more market friendly.”
“That’s a practice that has been an increasing fire risk.”
Final Words
Cavers says it up to voters to make the change happen, and the best way to do that is to vote in this provincial election.
“Voting is important, and you should exercise your right to vote.” said Cavers.
“Usually, the voter turnout is about 50 per cent, even in provincial elections. So, if you vote and your neighbor doesn’t, your opinion’s going to matter a lot more than theirs if they are one of the people that don’t.”
The election will be held on October 19.
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