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 HEADLINES PHILIPPINE ASIAN NEWS TODAY September 1 - 15, 2017 11955 8th Avenue, Delta, BC www.lamezagrill.com 604 501 604 0963 501 0963 11955 88th Avenue, Delta, BC • 604 501 0963 • www.lamezagrill.com • lamezagrill Hector Bremner runs for Vancouver city council in October 14 by-election Hector Bremner has been nominated as the by-election council candidate for the Non-Partisan Association.  The special election for one seat in council will be held on October 14. “Vancouver needs to select the best person to represent us on council this by-election, and the choice we make tomorrow will be a clear statement to the citizens of this great City about what we stand for,” according to a statement by Bremner’s NPA party.  “Hector’s life and career have been marked by recognizing good ideas, getting things done and bringing people together. Our team has received hundreds of volunteers, energy and new members from all neighbourhoods across Vancouver – from east to west.  “He believes Diversity and energy will strengthen our great city Hector’s campaign have been so blessed to have so much amazing support from the Chinese, Filipino, Korean and South Asian communities, broadening our grassroots team across the city! Most importantly Hector is running to Fix Housing in our city.  “Our ability to live in this city, to have our kids live in this city is in real jeopardy and we need to come together to solve this,” according to Bremner’s party.  Bremner lives with his Filipina wife Virginia and two sons, Carlo and Gianluca, in a rental apartment.  He is worried his kids, our kids, can no longer afford to live in this city; price increases for both home ownership and rentals are outpacing the ability of many families to pay.  Bremner believes current city leadership has failed us on both housing fronts. They have failed to build enough housing and they have failed to show they can move needed housing projects forward.  “It is time for the city of Vancouver to take action on cutting red tape, and to take a leadership role within the region to get a greater number of housing of all types of housing to market more quickly,” the party said.  The Non-Partisan love Association would the opportunity to have Hector  Bremner come and speak with you about this by Election. For more information please visit www.hectorbremner. com or contact Jocelyn Wong Wilson at Jocelyn@ inlanguageadvertising.com “BASURA NYO, HAHAKUTIN KO” WWW.PHILIPPINEASIANNEWSTODAY.COM