Surrey: BC Green Party has named, a SFU student and climate advocate Simran Sarai, its candidate for Surrey South byelection. She is third candidate announced for September 10 polls.
Simran Sarai is a Political Science and Environmental Management student at Simon Fraser University. She has served as a spokesperson for BC Children’s Hospital Foundation and the Canadian Cancer Society, and as a presenter at Radio-Canada (CBC French).
“Running as a candidate is not a decision I take lightly, but there’s too much at stake to not use this opportunity to advocate for marginalized individuals and communities. My generation is set to bear the brunt of the rapidly unfolding climate crisis, while the BC NDP and Liberal governments refuse to stop the subsidization of fossil fuels and expansion of unsustainable resource-extraction projects,” she said in her campaign statement.
For the Surrey South byelection, two other candidates including Elenore Sturko for the BC Liberals and Pauline Greaves for the BC NDP are also in the contest for this seat.