The Green candidate for Burnaby-Lougheed will officially launch his campaign Wednesday night.

Joe Keithley will be joined by B.C. Green party leader Andrew Weaver at Admiral Pub & Grill on Hastings Street.

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“I will honestly represent our citizens’ concerns in the legislature if I am elected,” Keithley said in a press release. “It’s really about giving power back to the people. Grassroots democracy is what I am all about. I have lived my entire life in Burnaby and I grew up two blocks from the Kinder Morgan tank farm. I and the B.C. Green party will fight to stop the pipeline expansion.”

In the release, Keithley says the party will also work to put money back into the education system and create good paying jobs through green technology.

The Burnaby native is most famously known as being a punk rocker for bands such as the Skulls and D.O.A.

This isn’t Keithley’s first run at politics. He ran for the Greens in both the 1996 and 2001 provincial elections. In 2012, he ran for the NDP nomination in Coquitlam-Burke Mountain, but lost.

Everyone is welcome to attend the launch party on Feb. 1 between 6 and 9 p.m. The restaurant is at 4125 East Hastings St. in Burnaby. Admission is free. Appetizers will be served.