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The B.C. Green Party has nominated a doctor in sustainability and local business owner, Dr. Alison Shaw, as candidate for Kelowna-Lake Country.

A media release from the Green Party states Shaw worked on the Nobel-Prize winning United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, researching the relationship between scientists and policymakers.

She is also the founder of Flipside Sustainability, a local business that uses research to help clients account for people and planet alongside budgets and profit.

“As an academic and business owner, I’ve never considered politics,” Shaw said. “That has changed. BC Politics has been stuck in a cycle of celebrating the professional politician for too long,” Shaw said in a release.

“We have amazing natural and intellectual resources in this Province and yet too many people are struggling and communities aren't feeling the benefits of this bounty. With my experience as a business owner and researcher, I believe I can help."

Leader of the B.C. Green Party, Andrew Weaver says he is “ecstatic” to have Shaw running in the riding.