BC Greens leader Emily Lowan will get a boost on the campaign trail from Vancouver’s new mayor-elect, Pete Fry.
This past weekend, Fry secured a stunning victory, kicking Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim (for a couple more weeks) out of City Hall in a landslide election decision that also saw only one ABC Vancouver councillor elected (Mike Klassen), meaning ABC lost its supermajority.
Lowan’s itinerary says she’ll be in Sidney, B.C., at 1 p.m., where she’ll hold a media availability alongside Fry in Mermaid Park.
Daily Hive Urbanized spoke to Fry about his decision to join Lowan on the campaign trail ahead of this Saturday’s provincial election.
“I’m flying out to support Emily and do a little door knocking with Emily today and probably go out and support Jeremy Valeriote,” Fry said.
Fry said he’s avoiding getting into anything in the City of Vancouver for the Greens or NDP, explaining that, having served on council for eight years, he has worked with most of the sitting incumbent MLAs running with the BC NDP and has a great working relationship with them.
“I certainly wouldn’t want to jeopardize that,” Fry said, adding that he’s avoiding any kind of endorsement from a City of Vancouver perspective.
Fry said Lowan and Valeriote are Greens and people he’s worked with and feels comfortable standing up for.
“I think Emily brings a fantastic vision for the province,” Fry said.
Lowan shared a celebratory post for Fry when he won the people’s primary last month, becoming the progressive candidate for Vancouver mayor on behalf of COPE, OneCity and the Green Party of Vancouver.
“The energy of this moment must not be wasted. The goal is clear — on Oct. 17, Vancouver will evict Ken Sim,” she wrote back in September.
The BC Green Party vision
Emily Lowan, the new leader of the BC Greens, says her priorities include housing, transit, and support for cities. (BC Green Party)
While the BC Greens aren’t faring too well in the polls, that hasn’t stopped them from campaigning vigorously. In recent weeks, the BC Greens have made some interesting announcements, including a proposal for government-run grocery stores.
Yesterday, the Greens also announced a plan to strengthen B.C.’s brewing economy.
BC Greens candidate David Evans said, “We have punished the local brewers who make the delicious beers and ciders we all enjoy.”
A release from the Greens suggested that B.C.’s “beer markup system” punishes small breweries as they go, while larger companies get more than $9 million in annual rebates.
The Greens have also launched a commitment to keep small businesses open through commercial rent controls.
“Small businesses are at the heart of our communities. They’re where we meet to celebrate good news, to get gifts for our loved ones, and find our first jobs,” said Lowan earlier this week. “But too often, government has prioritized the profits of multinational corporations over the survival of small businesses.”
On the municipal side here in B.C., Fry will be officially sworn in as mayor on Nov. 2, 2026.
We’ll update this story if anything notable comes from today’s media availability featuring Fry and Lowan.
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