February 16 - 28, 2018
PHILIPPINE ASIAN NEWS TODAY
Vancouver councillor Hector
Bremner seeks party nomination
to run for city mayor
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The newest member of
Vancouver city council has announced
his plan to run for mayor.
Hector Bremner is seeking the
nomination of his party, the Non-
Partisan Association (NPA), as the
standard bearer in the October 2018
municipal election.
In a Facebook post February 19,
Bremner wrote: “I’m excited today—
with the support of my wife Virginia
and two kids Carlo and Gianluca—to
conf irm that I am seeking the NPA
nomination for mayor of our great
city Vancouver.”
Bremner, 37, was elected last
October in a by-election that was held
to fill a seat left vacant in council.
Since 2015, Brember has
worked in public relations with the
Vancouver-based Pace Group.
Bremner has indicated that
he intends to focus on the housing
issue.
“Our city is facing major
challenges, and we will be talking
a lot about them over the coming
months,” he wrote there on
Facebook. “The biggest challenge,
by far, is our housing
crisis. I am both proud
and humbled to be part
of the #LetsFixHousing
movement.
Our
movement
is
full
of people who love
Vancouver. We have all
committed to identify
and implement the
changes needed to make
it possible for middle
class working people to
live in and enjoy our city
again.”
On January 30
this year, the NPA issued
an open call for potential
mayoral candidates.
The NPA currently
holds
four
council
seats. In addition to
Bremner, those are held by George
Affleck, Elizabeth Ball, and Melissa
De Genova.
On his website for his nomination
campaign, Bremner wrote: For most
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people, our city has become a tough
place to live. Everyone is on edge.
It’s near impossible to find and
afford rent or mortgages here. We
see development and growth is not
benefiting us. Taxes are going up and
services declining.”
“As I look around I see our
city no longer makes sense. People
cannot afford to live here. No one
is realizing the benefits of their hard
work, or development. Our taxes go
up, but services decline. We’ve heard
plans, promises, resets and apologies
by our leaders, but our challenges
just get worse.
“I have hope though that we
can come together to solve our city’s
problems. The solutions are there for
us. The truth is that often solutions
are easy, it’s the politics that are hard.
So, I am hoping we can put division
aside and work together to make this
city work again.
“My life and career have been
marked by recognizing good ideas,
getting things done and bringing
people together. That’s why I am
thrilled to be running as your Mayoral
candidate for the NPA – The party
who has moved our city forward over
its many decades in city hall. We need
to get back there to fix our city.
“My promise to you is that I
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Bremner stated.
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