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Fil-Can Mable Elmore seeks 3rd term as BC NDP MLA
VANCOUVER – The
pride of the Filipino-Canadian
community, Mable Elmore,
is seeking her 3rd term as
the MLA for Vancouver-
Kensington. She’s working
hard to make sure John
Horgan and the BC NDP
team is elected to form the
next provincial government.
“I’m
thankful
for
the opportunity to have
served the constituents of
Vancouver-Kensington and
our kababayans. With their
trust and support, I know I
can continue to work hard
to make life better and more
affordable,”
says
Mable
Elmore, during the opening
of her campaign office on
Fraser Street in Vancouver.
“Christy Clark
serves the wealthy and well-
connected – it’s time for the
Filipino community and all of
BC to have a premier that
works for them,” she
said to her overflowing crowd
of supporters.
With John Horgan
and a BC NDP provincial
government, we can make
changes that improve the
lives of new immigrants,
housing, childcare,
and
other
rising
costs.
I’m proud
of John Horgan’s
commitment to bring
in $10 a day childcare,
to invest in education
and to freeze ICBC
and BC Hydro rates,”
she added.
John Horgan
and
BC
NDP
Campaign
puts
people first
Recently
at a packed and
energetic campaign
event in Vancouver,
Mable Elmore with
John Horgan outlined 3
BC NDP Head John Horgan
commitments he’s made
to British Columbians:
temporary foreign workers,
-
Make life more
and families across BC.
affordable
“Over the last 8 years,
-
Fix the services
I’ve seen how the Christy Clark
and the BC Liberals have people care about; and
-
Create good
given tax breaks to the top 2%
while families struggle with
sustainable jobs
Other pledges he’s
made include eliminating
tolls on the Port Mann and
Golden Ears bridges; closing
loopholes in the Residential
Tenancy Act to protect
renters; and introducing a
$400 a year renters credit
to help families manage the
high cost of housing.
“This is our chance
to bring in a provincial
government that works for us,
and build a better BC. And
I hope our kababayans will
continue to support me and
the rest of our BC NDP team
by volunteering – and voting
for the BC NDP on May 9th,”
concluded Elmore.
Mable
Elmore’s
Campaign Office:
5854
Fraser Street, Vancouver /
604-428-9033 / vkebcndp@
gmail.com
Philippine-born Jane Spitz runs for B.C. Liberals
in Vancouver-Hastings
Among the provincial
electoral districts considered
as bastions of the B.C. NDP,
Vancouver-Hastings is one of
the most solid.
New
Democrats
managed to hold on to
Vancouver-Hastings when the
B.C. NDP was nearly routed in
2001, one of only two ridings
they won in the election that
year.
This hasn’t deterred
a young candidate from
entering the ring in Vancouver-
Hastings for the B.C. Liberal
Party.
Jane Spitz is running
with the governing B.C.
Liberals of Premier Christy
Clark in the May 9, 2017
provincial election.
Spitz was acclaimed
as the B.C. Liberal Party’s
candidate on March 31.
According
to
the
party’s website, Spitz is a
UBC student leader and
sustainability advocate.
“More women, and
especially young women,
need to be at the forefront of
tackling the big issues in our
province today – and that’s
why I’m running,” Spitz said
in party’s online write-up.
Spitz also said: “I’ve
spent my years on campus
empowering more young
people to step up and
participate in our democracy,
and I’m excited to be a voice
for them in this election and
within our party.”
Born in the Philippines,
Spitz is passionate about the
environment and sustainable
development.
She has led a campus
campaign promoting the
importance of protecting our
environment while protecting
and creating BC jobs.
Spitz is the past
president of a major campus
club at UBC, where she
worked to engage hundreds
of students in politics and
current affairs.
She has served on the
Ubyssey
newspaper’s
board of directors, and
has been an active
volunteer
for
good
causes including Ronald
McDonald House.
“Jane is everything
we need more of in politics
– young, energetic, and
full of innovative ideas
that will strengthen our
party and our province,”
said Justice Minister
Suzanne Anton, B.C.
Liberal candidate for
Vancouver-Fraserview.
“I’m delighted to have
her on the strongest team
of BC Liberal candidates
Vancouver has ever seen.”
Jane Spitz
Candidate
Vancouver-Hastings
Getting the Job Done for Surrey-Fleetwood
Peter Fassbender
Re-electionist
Surrey-Fleetwood
Since being elected
in 2013, my approach to
serving the constituents of
Surrey-Fleetwood
has
always
been
premised
on
listening,
informing myself
on the unique and
specific needs of
this
community,
and then working
to take tangible
action.
This is why
I was so excited to
announce a $2.2
billion investment
into
Metro
Vancouver transit a few weeks
ago, which matches the $2.2
billion that was announced
in the recent federal budget.
This means that the Surrey
transit line that will connect
Newton to Guildford and
eventually Langley will be at
the top of the list to receive
these funds.
Surrey schools have
also received a historic
investment of $317 million
that will create 7,200 new
student seats across the city.
This will ensure that that
largest and fastest growing
school district in the province
has the appropriate resources
necessary for many years to
come.
From new
commitments to the Surrey
Safe Schools Wrap program
to keep at-risk-youth out
of the gang and criminal
lifestyle, to the two recently
truck parking facilities that
will help alleviate the parking
difficulties of the local
trucking community, Surrey
is firmly on the radar of the
government thanks to the
tireless work of your local BC
Liberal MLAs.
Surrey’s importance
to British Columbia is further
emphasized by the Surrey
Charter that the BC Liberal
Party has just announced as
a key plank of our electoral
platform. It is an initiative
that recognizes the speed at
which the city is growing, and
the ongoing need to have
special consideration for all
of the community’s diverse
requirements.
At the end of the day, I
am asking to be judged on a
record that has delivered real
results for Surrey residents.
Politics aside, I am very proud
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of my record of getting the
job done for this community.
On May 9 th , I am
asking Surrey-Fleetwood to
carefully examine the success
of our government that
has produced five straight
balanced budgets and led the
nation in economic growth
and job creation. This is the
foundation that has allowed,
and will continue to permit,
strong investment into every
aspect of Surrey.
I want to thank you for
your support over these past
four years, and I hope that I
can once again count on your
vote so we can build upon the
amazing progress that has
already been achieved.