The third of three columns on the candidates in the BC Green leadership race: Jonathan Kerr, Emily Lowan and Adam Bremner-Akins. Party members vote on a new leader Sept. 13-23.

Adam Bremner-Akins was barely a teenager when he crafted his first protest sign, excused himself from class and stood alone at an intersection outside his high school to call for the cancellation of the TMX oil pipeline expansion.

It was a lonely vigil for a time, until the Grade 10 student at Terry Fox Secondary School in Port Coquitlam managed to rally a crowd.

“I think we peaked at around 100 or 200 kids,” he says.

“Ever since high school I’ve had the political bug in me.”

So began an early interest in climate activism for Bremner-Akins, who quickly found his way into the BC Green Party and never left. Now the 23-year-old is one of three contenders for party leader.

“It was a very exciting time to be within........

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