Owen Madden (image credit - Owen Madden/Facebook)

By Michael Reeve

CANADA VOTES 2025

Greens tap Grindrod farmer Madden as candidate in Kamloops-Shuswap-Central Rockies

Mar 27, 2025 | 4:41 PM

KAMLOOPS —The Green Party of Canada has named a candidate in one of the two Kamloops ridings so far, with Owen Madden set to run in Kamloops-Shuswap-Central Rockies in next month’s federal election.

The Green Party has a tandem at the head of the table in Ottawa in Elizabeth May and Johnathan Pednault, who will look to bolster their numbers in Ottawa where they hold just two seats.

“The Green Party is the only party that is willing to take on two challenges at the same time. The first challenge is how wealth is being condensed in too few hands in this nation. Too few people hold too much of the wealth. And the Green Party is willing to call that out and change that situation and make this a fairer society for us all. And second, the Green Party doesn’t shy away from the need for us to transition to a green economy,” said Madden.

With all other major parties moving away from carbon taxing and looking to fast-track energy projects and pipelines, the Green Party stands out alone in terms of environmental protection.

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“We have a vision for the future of this country which is ambitious, which is exciting and, for young people, is respectful. Our legacy can’t be that we just didn’t take on the challenge of climate change when we saw the forest fire creep right up to our communities, and we have seen flooding and washed out highways and heat domes,” said Madden. “We have had to make up a whole new language for all the weather systems we are seeing.”

Madden joins incumbent Conservative Mel Arnold, the People’s Party candidate Michael Henry and the NDP’s Phaedra Idzan on the ballot in Kamloops-Shuswap-Central-Rockies.

The Liberals have not named an official candidate.