36 BCBusiness nOVEmBER 2018
POLITICAL
SCIENTIST
LE A DE R SH I P
Andrew Weaver won international acclaim for his research
on climate change, which now poses a threat to his BC
Green Party's alliance with the
NDP
by RICHARD LITTLEMORE portrait by POOYA NABEI
It's a hot August day, and BC Green Party Leader
Andrew Weaver is dripping. We've been walking
all afternoon in the Vancouver Pride Parade, and his
rumpled rainbow shirt is sweat-stained and sticking
to his back. Even his battered cowboy hat betrays the
handiwork of the Denman Street squirt-gunners, who
were firing welcome volleys of refreshing water.
