Former BC Green Party leader Andrew Weaver slams Premier David Eby, praises Cons

Former BC Green Party leader Andrew Weaver is   making  a  comeback  in  B.C.|Politics,  criticized  NDP Premier David Eby in an   op-ed  in the Vancouver   Sun  and   praised  British  Columbia  Conservative Leader John   Rustad.  He echoed those   views  in an interview with

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   "(Rustad)  reminds me a lot of John Horgan in   the  sense  that   he's  a listener.|   "He's  someone  who  will listen to you,   who  won't  agree  with you, but   who's  open to   changing  his   views,"  Weaver  said.
 
 
 
   Weaver is a   climatologist  and one of the architects of the   province's  climate plan: CleanBC.| He forged an alliance   (and  famous   bromance)  with Horgan that   helped  the NDP   come  to power in 2017, but   has  been  critical of   Horganand's  successor.
 
   "What  we're  looking for is   somebody  who  is  authentic,   who  is  willing to talk to us,   who  is  willing to   listen,"  he said.
 
 
 
   "He's  reacting  like  some,  and frankly I   am,  to  the alarmist rhetoric  out   there,"  Weaver  said  Wednesday.
 
   Rustad welcomed   Weaverand's  praise on   Wednesday  and returned the volley.
 
   "Frankly,  I think he would   be  a great candidate for us if we could ever find a   place,  if he   was  interested in running for   us,"  Rustad  said.
 
   Rustad says climate change exists   (and  that  humans are contributing to   it),  but   maintains  it's  neither  an existential threat   nor  a crisis.
 
   "I  don't  even think   it's  the worst   that  we're  facing in this   province  compared  to  British   Columbia,"  he said.
 
   Environment Minister George Heyman told CTV News   on  Wednesday that   Rustad's  comments on climate change   were  terrifying  and he   feared  Rustad could destroy everything   he's  worked on for the past seven years,   even  with Andrew   Weaver.
 
   Weaverand's  comments are evidence of   further  momentum for the   Conservatives  in  British  Columbia,  UBC political   analyst  Gerald   Baier  said.
 
   "It  certainly suggests that   there's  still   some  unity  around the BC Conservatives as   an  alternative to the BC   NDP,"  Baier  said.
 
   It's  an  impulse  the premier acknowledged   on  Tuesday, saying   he  has  "probably"  made  his  decision  will  face  Rustad when asked who his   primary  opponent will be this   fall.
 
   Weaver said Wednesday   that  he   does  not  plan  to run for   office  but would   like  to   serve  as  a climate   adviser  to Rustad, a position he said is more   akin  to  an economic   adviser.