The Georgia Straight

Green Party of Canada candidate David Merner calls for safe drug supply to address opioid crisis

According to the Public Health Agency of Canada, there were 12,813 apparent opioid-related deaths between January 2016 and March 2019. And in B.C., there were 6,450 emergency-medical-services ...
The Georgia Straight

Will David Merner be the next leader of the Green Party of Canada?

On the odd occasion, I've wondered if Vancouver park commissioner Dave Demers might become a future leader of the Green Party of Canada. The fluently bilingual landscape company owner champions ...
Times Colonist

David Merner gets Liberal nomination in Esquimalt-Saanich-Sooke

David Merner, a lawyer with the B.C. Ministry of Justice, will be the Liberal candidate in the new Esquimalt-Saanich-Sooke riding. Merner defeated Luke Krayenhoff, president of the Langham Court ...
Times Colonist

NDP’s Garrison fends off challenge from Liberal Merner

The NDP’s Randall Garrison has won a second term, this time in the reconfigured riding of Esquimalt-Saanich-Sooke. Garrison’s Esquimalt-Saanich-Sooke riding was previously known as Esquimalt-Juan de ...
Times Colonist

Victoria's David Merner vying for federal Liberal leadership

With just days to go until the formal launch of the federal Liberal leadership race, a sixth candidate has laced up his trainers, ending speculation about his plans. Victoria resident David Merner, ...
Times Colonist

Jack Knox: It’s not easy to attract political party leadership candidates

David Merner with Elizabeth May, then the Green Party leader, during the last federal election.ADRIAN LAM David Merner spent part of Thursday on the phone to a woman in the Maritimes, urging her to ...