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Devyani Singh

BC Greens candidate for Vancouver-Point Grey

Affordability

Public transit

BC Greens's promise

I support fast, frequent and free bus service; this reduces traffic, greenhouse gas emissions, and reduces the cost of living.

Climate Change & the Environment

Forests and forestry

BC Greens's promise

We must end logging of old-growth forests and support forestry-revenue-dependant communities to create environmentally sustainable jobs.

Power generation

BC Greens's promises

I commit to bringing forward a private members bill to end fossil fuel subsidies.

BC Greens will end permitting for new fracking, phase out gas production, and reject any new LNG projects.

Public transit

BC Greens's promise

I support fast, frequent and free bus service; this reduces traffic, greenhouse gas emissions, and reduces the cost of living.

Education

K-12 funding

BC Greens's promise

Equity in education means that every student receives a school issues laptop, for students in grade 6-12.

K-12 learning needs

BC Greens's promise

We must equip teachers and students with the knowledge to keep pace with our rapidly changing digital world through digital literacy.

School nutrition

BC Greens's promise

I support a universal school program to ensure equal access, high nutritional standards and strong collaboration with communities.

Student mental health

BC Greens's promise

We must expand access to school psychologists and increase the number of guidance counsellors.

Healthcare

Drugs and addiction

BC Greens's promise

I support regulated alternatives to toxic supply, cutting profit for organized crime and increased connection to health and social services

Family doctors and primary care

BC Greens's promise

I will ensure that everyone has access to a Primary Health Care centre, offering timely and comprehensive care in once place.

Health staffing

BC Greens's promise

The province must support physicians with leases and administration so that physicians can focus on patient care.

Hospitals

BC Greens's promise

Our hospitals have been underfunded for too long; they are falling into disrepair. I will ensure they have the resources to re-open 24/7.

Housing & Homelessness

Drugs and addiction

BC Greens's promise

I support regulated alternatives to toxic supply, cutting profit for organized crime and increased connection to health and social services

Jobs, Businesses, & Labour

Forests and forestry

BC Greens's promise

We must end logging of old-growth forests and support forestry-revenue-dependant communities to create environmentally sustainable jobs.

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Biography

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Devyani believes that your representative should work for you, listen to you, and advocate for you. Someone who will stand up to the government for you and make evidence-based decisions. Someone who embraces facts, not political ideology, and will always put people and the planet over profit

Growing up in the Indian Himalayas, Devyani saw the impacts of climate change on ecosystems firsthand – receding glaciers, burning forests, and the near extinction of species. After moving to the US for her MBA and working for Fortune 200 companies, she witnessed corporations finding loopholes to exploit the environment. This led her to pursue another Masters in environmental science, a Ph.D. at UBC, a career in climate science, and ultimately, politics.

Devyani has spent years working on global climate policy issues – clean cooking access in India, sustainable forestry initiatives in the Great Bear Rainforest, oil and gas emissions in Canada, and much more.

As a proud resident of Vancouver-Point Grey, Devyani understands the problems in the riding – protecting our access to public parks and beaches, high costs of living, and the need for affordable and accessible healthcare, post-secondary education, and climate resilience.

As a BC Greens MLA, she is committed to finding solutions through community consultation and scientific research. Politicians have repeatedly ignored scientists, so she is determined to bring science to them in the legislature.

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