North Shore News October 16 2015

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FRIDAYOctober 16 2015

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Like weary boxers lookingto land one last haymakerbefore the bell, NorthVancouvers six federalcandidates rebutted,refuted and repudiatedeach other one nal time

in a two-hour debateWednesday.

Highlands UnitedChurch was packed pastcapacity as undecideds andvery-rmly-decideds lobbedinquiries and incendiaries inan attempt to suss out theridings best representative.

Independent candidate

Payam Azad was the rstto pound the pulpit as hedecried the high cost ofmedicine in Canada acost he said has resulted inthousands of deaths.

If we put a universal

medicine plan in place inCanada, it is going to evencost less ... than the statusquo, he promised.

Another cost Canadiansshould be wary of bearinginvolves the Trans-Pacic Partnership, atrade agreement that is adouble whammy of badnews, according to Greencandidate Claire Martin.

Signing on to TPP willmean paying off inevitablelawsuits, as the deal wouldforce Canada to either

break its own environmentallaws or fail to live up tothe contract, according toMartin.

Hilary Clinton and Imnot a fan but when HilaryClinton says its a bad dealfor the U.S., I think Canadashould take a second look,Martin said.

NDP candidate CarleenThomas concurred.

When asked about thepossibility of party leaderTomMulcair rippingup the TPP, she pointed

to communities beingdevastated by lost mill andcannery jobs as a resultof previous free tradeagreements.

There needs to be fulldisclosure as well as anunderstanding that wereimpacting families, Thomassaid.

While moderatorAdrian Chaster was largelysuccessful in limiting cheers

RESCUERELIEF North Shore Rescue team leader Mike Danks and Port Metro Vancouver director of marine operations ChrisWellstooddiscuss the finer points of operating an infrared camera. The port donated the camera to the rescue team to help find lost hikers in the bush. Seestory page 5. PHOTOMIKEWAKEFIELD

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Candidates spar at Edgemont debate

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Conservation ofcers shotand killed a black bear lateSunday night after it brokeinto a GrouseWoodshome and ransacked thekitchen.

According to the Ministryof Environment, the bearhad found its way into thebasement suite of a homeon the 5800-block of NancyGreene Way around 10:30p.m. The homeownernoticed the sliding glassdoor pushed open and wentin to investigate only to beconfronted by the bear.

Ofcers ushed the bearout of the home and shot it.Neighbours told the NorthShore News they heardseveral shots.

Bears exhibiting thattype of behaviour enteringhomes do not t the blackbear response matrix for

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HELPINGFREEPAVELKULISEKNorth Vancouver re-sident Pavel Kulisek was wrongful-ly arrested and imprisoned inMexico. I, along with our Conser-vative Government workeddiligently to secure his releaseand reunite him with his wife anddaughters.

Andrew, thanks forallyourhelp insecuringmy

freedom.

-PAVEL KULISEKNorth VancouverResident

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New interchanges will improve traffic flow and ease congestion on the approaches to the SecondNarrows bridge.

A CURE FOR THE CUTNEW + MODERN TRAFFIC INTERCHANGES

SHIPBUILDINGCONTRACTSCREATE2,000NEWJOBS

Our government isre-equipping the RoyalCanadian Navy andCanadian Coast Guardwith a new fleet ofships. North Vancou-ver's SeaspanShipyards won $8billion in shipbuildingcontracts through anopen, competitive

process. This is injecting billions into our local economy, whilecreating 2,000 long-term, high-paying local jobs.

TE 2,000 Thanks to your

governments commit-ment to rebuild its

maritime fleet. NorthVancouvers shipyardswill have work for

generations to come.

- JONATHAN WHITWORTHPresident&CEO

SeaspanShipyards

I helped Capilano Universitysecure $15 million from thefederal government for a newstate-of- the-art film school,which is providing new careeropportunities for our youthand building a skilledworkforce to help grow ourlocal film industry.

CAPILANOUNIVERSITYBOSACENTRECUTTINGEDGEFILMSCHOOL

Thanks for your unwaveringsupport for theBosaFilm

CentreatCapilanoUniversity;itwill bea tremendous longtermbenefit for the filmandtelevision industry in this

province.-PETERLEITCH

PresidentNorthShoreStudios

I delivered $2.2 million infederal support for the newNorth Vancouver Museum,which will be located at thehistoric pipe shop buildingat the Shipyards.

NEWNORTHVANCOUVERMUSEUM

Thankyousomuchforthedecisiontofundthenew

museum!AndthankyouforyourwonderfulworkasNorth

VancouversMP.

-NICKLOCKECampaignChair for theNorth

VancouverMuseum

The North Shore Girls SoccerClub has a 30,000 square footindoor, heated, air-conditionedsoccer bubble, thanks in part to$800,000 that I helped securefrom Ottawa.

NORTHSHOREGIRLSSOCCERCLUBWINDSORSOCCERBUBBLE

TheCluindsocce$800,000fr

Thesoccerbubble is anexcellent facility for ourathletes, students, and

community .

-ERIKVONSPECHTNorth Vancouver resident&

soccer dad

When a bureaucraticglitch threatened toground North ShoreRescue's fleet ofrescue helicopters, Iworked with TransportCanada to find asolution. As a result,the rescue team wasable to resume theiroperations quickly.

SUPPORTING NORTH SHORE RESCUE

Andrews help insolving this problemso quickly likely

saved many lives inthis province.

-MIKE DANKSTeamLeader

NorthShoreRescue

NEW+ICONICARTGALLERYThe Presentation HouseGallery has been bringinggreat art to North Vancouverfor thirty years. A new, largerhome for the gallery will bebuilt at The Shipyards, to becalled the Polygon Gallerywhen it opens in 2017. Idelivered $2.5 million to helpbuild this new, iconic NorthVancouver landmark.

Pleaseacceptmysinceregratitudeforyour

tremendous leadership... inworkingwithustosecureFederal fundingof$2.5

million for thefuturePolygonGallery.

-STUARTMCLAUGHLINCampaignChair for the

PolygonGallery

PROTECTINGOURSALMONI have worked to strengthen our govern-ment's strong partnerships with communitygroups that are working to protect andconserve Pacific salmon and salmon habitat.My efforts have helped improve MacKayCreek, Seymour Creek, Mosquito Creek, LynnCreek, the Indian River watershed and theSeymour River estuary and hatchery.

Thanks for yourleadershipandon-goingadvocacy inOttawa.

-BRIAN RIDDELLPresident of thePacificSalmonFoundation

ght North VancouverResidentNorthShoreRescue

VOTE FOR RESULTS FOR OUR COMMUNITY OCT 19, RE-ELECT ANDREW SAXTON FOR MP

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ANDREW SAXTONWHEN I FIRST RAN TO BE YOUR MP, I PROMISED I WOULD DELIVER FOR NORTH VANCOUVER.

I DELIVERED ON MY PROMISE.HERE ARE SOME OF MY ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR OUR COMMUNITY:

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With only four days to gountil the federal election,polls of local riding votersare pointing to a closerace between Liberal andConservative candidatesin North Vancouver andWest Vancouver, withLiberals leading in both.

But the polls releasedby Insights West andMainstreet-Postmedia didnt agree on whatshappening in the volatileriding of Burnaby North Seymour, with one puttingthe Conservative candidatein the lead, while the othershowed the NDP as thefront-runner.

Polls also point to a largenumber of undecided voterswho could still make up awildcard on election day.

Insights West conductedlive phone polls in the threeNorth Shore ridings for theDogwood Initiative betweenOct 5 and 10.

The poll asked 400 adultsin each of the ridings: If thefederal election were heldtomorrow, which one ofthese candidates would yousupport?

The polls are consideredaccurate plus or minus 4.9per cent, 19 times out of 20.

Undecideds were peggedat 19 per cent in both NorthVancouver ridings and 15per cent in West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast-Sea to SkyCountry.

The Insights West pollshowed Liberal candidatePamela Goldsmith-Jones at42 per cent of decided voterswith a nine-point lead overConservative candidate JohnWeston at 31 per cent. Thepoll showed NDP candidateLarry Koopman had slippedto 14 per cent of decidedvoters and Green Partycandidate KenMelamed at13 per cent.

The increase in Liberalsupport among decided vot-ers is part of a national trendthat has seen Liberals gainmostly at the expense of theNDP, said Mario Canseco,vice-president of public af-fairs for Insights West.

The poll pointed toa similar trend in NorthVancouver, which put sup-port for Liberal candidateJonathanWilkinson at 41per cent among decidedvoters, an eight point leadover Conservative AndrewSaxton at 33 per cent. Thepoll showed a rise in supportamong decided voters for

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Advance voter turnout high inWV

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Voters in North Shoreridings showed upto advance polls inmassive numbersover the Thanksgivingweekend, with votersin the West Vancouver- Sunshine Coast - Seato Sky Country ridingregistering one of thehighest early votingturnouts in the LowerMainland.

A total of 16,108people over 18 per centof all eligible voters casttheir ballots in the WestVancouver riding overfour days of advance

voting, Oct. 9 to 12. NorthVancouver voters werentfar behind 14,268 ofthem (over 17 per cent) cast ballots in advancepolls. And 10,704 voters inBurnaby North-Seymour over 14 per cent of eligiblevoters also decided toweigh in early on federalelection choices.

The huge numbersof advance voters on theNorth Shore were amongthose who accounted fora 71 per cent nationalincrease in advance pollvoters over numbers forthe 2011 election. In B.C.,507,920 people votedin advance polls aboutdouble the 259,278 whodid in 2011.

But the process wasntwithout hitches. The largenumbers who turnedup unexpectedly to theadvance polls resulted insome long lineups thattested the patience of some

voters.Barbara Carstensen

said she waited an hourto vote after showingup to her polling stationat the John BraithwaiteCommunity Centre inNorth Vancouver. It wasabsolutely ridiculous,she said. I was prettyincensed. Carstensensaid she saw some peoplewalk out rather than standaround waiting to vote.Will those people get backto vote or not? she said.They should have donesomething to alleviate theissue.

Dorothy Sitek,spokeswoman for ElectionsCanada, said the turnout

across the province wasmuch higher than had beenanticipated.

She said one of thereasons the lineups wereso long is the CanadaElections Act is veryprescriptive, which meansonly staff who have beensworn in to certain rolescan do those during anadvance poll.

Staff cant just choose toset up an additional poll iftheres a lineup, she said.Voting is a legal process.

In the past, onlyvoters who were going tobe physically absent onElection Day were allowedto vote in advance pollsand had to sign a certicategiving a reason.

Today, anyone can votein advance polls, but thereare still additional steps inthe process, she said, toensure nobody votes twice.

Sitek said in addition toa more streamlined process

on Election Day, there willbe 20 times more pollsopen across the countrythan there were duringadvance polls. Anyone whois in line to vote by 7 p.m.when the polls close will beallowed to cast a ballot.

Max Cameron, aprofessor of politicalscience at the Universityof British Columbia,said the high numbers ofadvance voters was quitea shocker.

Parties usuallyencourage supporters tovote early, and advancepolls are popular withseniors and others withmobility problems, he said.

Good weather didnthurt either.

As a generalcorrelation, the tighter therace the more turnout goesup, he said althoughit remains to be seen ifthe trend continues onElection Day.

and jeers during the debate,the emotional audiencebecame increasinglyvocal when incumbentConservative AndrewSaxton duelled with LiberalJonathanWilkinson.

Responding to a questionabout how the Conservativeswould assure stability in theevent they won a minoritygovernment, Saxton assuredthe crowd the NDP andLiberals were on the brink ofa backroom partnership.

The Liberals and theNDP will be at it again ...theyre going to try to puttogether a coalition, he said.

Most Western countriesfunction with coalitions,Wilkinson responded.

To say that there issomething inherently wrongabout parties collaboratingfor the purpose of developingpublic policy just strikes meas bizarre, he said.

Each candidate was giventhree wild cards in the eventthey wanted to answer aquestion asked of anotherpolitician. Both Wilkinsonand Saxton burned wildcards in a debate about debt.

There is a big differencebetween going into a decitwhen times are bad ratherthan going into a decitwhen times are good,Saxton said, deriding Liberalleader Justin Trudeaus scalplan.

Trudeau will scrap taxbreaks, do away with incomesplitting, raise taxes, andstill either run into debt orbreak campaign promises,according to Saxton.

Wilkinson reached fora wild card shortly afterSaxton said Canada spent20 years recovering fromPierre Trudeaus economicmissteps.

Wilkinson blasted theConservatives for turninga $13.8-billion surplus the fruits of Liberalgovernments into a decit.Approximately 80 per cent ofthe debt created during anyof Canadas history can beattributed to governmentsled by Conservative PrimeMinister Stephen Harperand former prime ministerBrianMulroney, accordingto Wilkinson.

While the crowd cheered,Saxton put down his ownwild card.

We believe that if youhave run a surplus, thatmeans youre over-taxingCanadians, Saxton said.

The Liberal surpluswas built by raiding the(employment insurance)fund of $60 billion andessentially using it as a slushfund, Saxton said, drawingcheers from his supporters.

While many politiciansmade big promises,Libertarian candidateIsmet Yetisen temperedexpectations.

Even if I win, most likelyI have nothing to offer,he said. Im not a DavidSuzuki, I cannot change theclimate. I cannot bring downthe house prices.

However, Yetisen assured

the crowd, many of whomchortled during his openingstatement, that he wouldntforsake his constituents.If I win, you can call meanytime and come have afree coffee, he said.

Yetisen advocated fora less-powerful PrimeMinisters Ofce.

Discussing Turkey, henoted the president wantsto be a king; a situationthat isnt entirely foreignto Canada, according toYetisen. The honest waythat I see, this country is akingdom as well.

Unless Canada makessweeping changes, the powerof the state will continue toescalate, according to Azad.

The independent

characterized recent anti-terrorism legislation ashaving: absolutely nothingto do with security andabsolutely everything to dowith suppression of dissent.

As the country movesforward, the rst-past-the-post voting system needsto be left in the past, saidMartin.

A new voting systemcould lead to greaterrepresentation and morevoters showing up at thepolls, according to the Greencandidate.

Can you imagine havinganMP that you respect,you like, you trust? Martinasked. Sitting just a fewseats away, Saxton noddedenthusiastically.

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Debt question awild card throw-down

Elections Canadapromises a shorterwait at the pollson Monday

North Vancouver Conservative Party candidate Andrew Saxton and NDP candidate Carleen Thomas listen to a questionposed by the moderator atWednesday evenings all-candidates meeting in Edgemont Village. NEWS PHOTO PAULMCGRATH

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North Shore Rescuemembers should soonhave an easier timending people lost in thebush thanks to a donationhelicopter-mountedinfrared camera fromPort Metro Vancouver.

The camera, whichis worth upwards of$500,000 new, waspreviously used on one ofthe Ports patrol boats.

They reached out to anumber of people and wewere the lucky ones thatmanaged to get it in theend, said Mike Danks,North Shore Rescue teamleader. Its going to makea big difference for us.

The only other localchopper with similartechnology is the RCMPsAir 1, which typically isntavailable for search and

rescue missions.Instead of peering

through the tree canopyfrom above and seeingnothing but shadows, thecamera senses a personsheat signature and locks onto them.

I think its really goingto be benecial for thosetime-compressed callswhere we have someonethats calling just beforedarkness. Thats whenwere scrambling to get anaircraft up and were tryingto spot these people reallyquickly, Danks said.

The team had tworescues in recent weeks inwhich they had to spendthe night on the coldmountainsides with losthikers because they weretoo difcult to reach beforedarkness fell.

One involved a 68-year-old German touristwho had gotten off-trailbetween the BCMC andBluff trails on GrouseMountain and wound upstranded at the base ofa 60-metre cliff above awaterfall.

He would have beenlike a beacon, if you will.

Looking at the camera, youwould see this guy glowingthere, Danks said.

As part of the agreementwith Talon Helicopters, thecamera will be available forneighbouring search andrescue teams as well.

Team members stillhave to be trained andtheres no guarantee yetthat the rescuers wontaccidentally locate a bearminding its own businessand strap it into a long-linehelicopter harness.

Who knows? Maybewe will, Danks said witha laugh.

While the camera willhopefully make rescuesfaster and safer for hikersand North Shore Rescuemembers, it wont bea substitute for goodplanning before headinginto the backcountry,Danks said.

The team has carriedout 122 rescue calls thisyear and volunteered morethan 20,000 hours inrescue and training time,leaving the volunteersexhausted. Danks has beenlobbying the North ShoresMLAs for a meeting to

discuss changing the wayNorth Shore Rescue isfunded in light of the highcall volume but so far,most of the help has comefrom the community andlocal businesses.

The communityhas rallied around us.Weve seen an increasein donations and wereputting all those donationstowards the Tim JonesLegacy Fund, which isgreat. Were slowly pickingaway at that fund, Dankssaid.

The fund, originallyconceived by Tim Jones,has now reached just over$550,000 on its way to a$6-million goal.

Developer Marcondonated $20,000 earlierthis month and Danks saidhes meeting with anotherlarge real-estate companythis week.

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the wheel will face a $167 ne and be struckwith demerit points. Other provinces havefare more punitive nes. Nova Scotias, bycomparison, is $579. Ontarios start at $490but automatically jump to $1,000 if yought the ticket in court and lose.We support upping the nes as a means

to curbing the behaviour that should be leftat the curb.Distracted driving leads to more crashes

than drunk driving and it claims more lives

than homicides, according to the province.But we worry about the impacts this

could have on someone who isnt welloff. In a part of the world where the costof living has run laps around growth inincomes, a ne of $1,000 or more couldsink someone whos vulnerable. Itsespecially unfair if they have kids.The ne should be big enough to

deter the behaviour but not so big as tobe ruinous. And there are other ways.Finland, for example, issues trafc nesin proportion to an offenders income. Itachieves the same effect without puttingsomeone out on the street. Its an ideaworth considering.After all, doesnt it always seem to be the

guy in the Bimmer or the woman in theluxury SUV making you cringe as you seethem yammering away on their phones atan intersection?

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Dear Editor:Re: LNG Facility in Howe Sound Not Worth the Risk,

Other Voices guest column Oct. 7I commendWade Davis and Tom Rafael on their

informative article on the dangers of a liqueed natural gasplant at Woodbre and the devastating effects there wouldbe on Howe Sound communities andWest Vancouver in thecase of an accident. What confuses me is that Wade Davishas been supporting a party that has refused to take a rmstand on the issue.

On the beach in West Vancouver on Sept. 11, (LiberalParty of Canada leader) Justin Trudeau was questioned threetimes on whether he supported the LNG plant at Woodbre,but he would not give a denitive answer.

He spoke of building a better future that understandsyou cant make a choice between whats good for theenvironment and whats good for the economy they need togo together.

So, pressed the reporter, You have no position?to which Trudeau responded, Were going to be having

debates in the coming weeks.Like Wade Davis, I am very concerned about the

possibility of this plant becoming a reality, but I am evenmore concerned about voting for a party that is wafing onan issue that is of such supreme importance to the people inthis riding.

Like the LNG facility in Howe Sound, its not worth therisk.Rose DudleyLions Bay

Dear Editor:Re: Young and Voteless,

Oct. 4 ViewpointI found it interesting

that the writers intentionwas to comment on theimportance of young votesand the need to get thatpopulation to the polls,yet he or she opens thedialogue by cracking a

joke at their expense. Thewriter says it seems votingis not something (theydeem) worth putting downInstagram and Snapchatfor, effectively implyingthat millennials are shallowand not interested incurrent events or makingthis country a better place.

Furthermore, the writer

goes on to say we wantyou to grab them by theear yes, physically anddrag them to (vote).

Let me pose a question:would it be OK to talkthis way about a differentage group? For example,seniors? It would seemto me that this pervasiveattitude is part of the

problem by contributingto millennials perceptionsthat they are young anddont know enough (andtherefore dont haveanything to contribute) andthat their vote wont makea difference. Infantilizingthem and implying that theydont care is both insultingand alienating. How can we

expect people to take up aninterest and feel that theirvoice matters when we talkabout them so dismissively?

As a millennial myself,I have seen lots of interestamongst my peers and Ifeel hopeful that the ratherdismal millennial turnoutat polls will change. WhileI agree with the overall

message of the article inquestion, I challenge thewriter to consider how thedialogue itself is off-puttingto millennials and howalienating them in thisfashion may be contributingto the very problem theyseek to solve.Emily WeeksNorth Vancouver

Editorial maymake millennials more apathetic

Writers support of party puts LNG piece in confusing light

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On ThanksgivingMonday I stood in line atHandsworth secondarywaiting to vote in theadvance poll for theupcoming federal election.

I was betting thateveryone else wouldbe at home feasting.Unfortunately 3.6 millionother Canadians had thesame idea. Hence thelineup. Thats OK. It gaveme time to reect on thelongest election campaignin modern times. And allgrumbling about the lengthof the campaign aside, itsbeen ... interesting.

Speaking of tedious,it was as if the digitalrevolution never happenedat poll #600. ElectionsCanada personnel tookus through a process thatwas invented by CharlesDickens. Its a wonder theywerent all sitting on highstools wielding quills. First,they match your voter cardand your ID. Then theywrite down your name.Then they check off yourname using (get this) aruler. Then you have tosign your name. And onlythen do they cough up aballot, which you mark with

a pencil. Its only a slightexaggeration to say it takesabout an hour, and thatsif everything goes well.Still, its an honour and aprivilege to vote. Said thewoman next to me: WhenI think about people in otherplaces who walk for milesjust to vote, this doesntseem so bad.

Exactly. Democracy is agrind. In fact, its a GrouseGrind. As Justin Trudeaustrides up Mother NaturesStairmaster in that Liberalcommercial, North Vancou-ver Liberal candidate Jona-than Wilkinson matches himframe for frame. Wilkinsonhad to climb the mountaintwice. According to theusually reliable campaign

sources, he went up theweek before to make sure hecould get to the top in underan hour to keep up with thepace set by his apparentlyfearless (and t) leader.

Could Stephen Harperclimb the Grind in under anhour? Maybe North Van-couver incumbent AndrewSaxton could; he looks pret-ty t. But he seems reluctantto appear in public, at leastat all-candidates town hallssponsored by environmen-tal groups. If hes avoidinghostile environments, thatwould have to include theGrouse Grind.

How about TomMulcair? The NDP leaderstarted the campaign ina great position to stopHarper yet has promisedmore of the same: a bal-anced budget, appealing toaccountants everywhere. Foreveryone else, how aboutuniversal daycare eightyears from now? In eightyears, todays eligible tod-dlers wont need daycare.Theyll be shaving. If youreNorth Vancouver NDPcandidate Carleen Thomas,thats some choice when yougo door-knocking.

Speaking of choices,

theres Green candidateClaire Martin. Energetic,photogenic, she haseverything going for her,except that her previousexperience is as a CBC TVweather celebrity. So is sheready? And even if its agood idea to be representedby a meteorologist in thistime of climate change,strategic voting worksagainst her. Its unlikelythe Greens will win enoughseats to dislodge Harper,

and that seems to bethe overwhelming ballotquestion: Is it time for achange? And if the answeris yes, Claire Martin may betoo Green.

Payam Azad apparentlyhas all the time in the world.If youre lucky, you canspot the North Vancouverindependent wanderingaround the riding putting uphis own, utterly unreadablesigns outlining his platform.So you dont know if hes

ready or not. After enoughsquinting drive-bys, Ivebeen able to determine thathes promising to nationalizethe banks. Thats the sortof stuff the NDP used topromise before they discov-ered the galvanizing magicof a balanced budget.

Ready or not, your lastchance to vote is ElectionDay: Monday, Oct. 19.

Make it count. Or at leastmake them count [email protected]

Visit tovotingboothprompts election reflection

Paul SullivanThe North Side

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October 16, 2015

CONTACT INFO:JonathanWilkinson.ca | email: [email protected]

This marks my 40th weekly column inthis newspaper.

And it is the nal one before you nallyhave an opportunity to have your say on October 19th.

It is time to bring this series full circle and to conclude with the messagewith which it began the message thatunderlines why I am running in thiselection.

Here is a reprint from the North ShoreNews of January 21st.

I want our Canada back.

These ve words explain why I amrunning for Parliament as the MP forNorth Vancouver.

I am deeply encouraged by the numberof people throughout the North Shoreand beyond who tell me they feel thesame way that we are heading down adangerous path of no return, where theCanada we believe in is changed forever.

ThewaywewereThe Harper government is methodicallyundermining the values that made thisthe country of which we are so rightfullyproud:

A country that was a world leader instewardship of both the economy andthe environment;

A country that was respected on theglobal stage as a trusted voice of reasonthat seeks collaborative solutions todifcult international issues such asclimate change.

A democratic country where debateand yes dissent were encouragedin matters of public policywheregovernment scientists were not muzzledand decisions were made on the basis offact rather than ideology;

A country where Parliament actuallymatteredand elections were aboutcommunities delivering the message toOttawa rather than Ottawa deliveringthe message to communities;

A compassionate country whichwas inclusive and strove to provideopportunity for all its citizensregardless of income, race, age orgender.

DriftingoutofreachI write with regret - about our Canadain the past tense. It is not gone yet, butit is drifting further and further out ofreach under Stephen Harper. I believe hismean-spirited politics are at odds withthe fundamental historic character ofCanada and Canadians.

Four more years of this is not a future Ican easily envision for my children.

My wife Tara and I are raising our twodaughters in North Vancouver. Like you,we are so grateful to call this communityour home. Through our example,we hope to instill in our children astrong sense of right and wrong andthe courage to act when they knowsomething is wrong.

CompelledtoactI have faith that Canadians know thatwhat is happening in this country underStephen Harpers watch is fundamentallywrong. And that is why I feel compelledto act and do what I can on behalf of thepeople of North Vancouver to help getour Canada back.

Im all in. I hope youll join me.

Jonathan Wilkinson is NorthVancouvers Liberal candidate in theupcoming Federal election. He is aRhodes Scholar, former clean-tech CEOand North Shore soccer coach.

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ELECT

On October 19th, onlyCarol Baird Ellan and the NDP candefeat Stephen Harper.

Ive served the public as a Crown prosecutor, Chief Judge of the Provincial Court,

and as a judge at the North Vancouver courthouse. Ive taken on crime and

corruption, and never shied away from a tough decision. Ive raised 5 kids here in

North Vancouver, and know that North Shore families need a fighter for them. I will

stand up for our coast against a massive increase in oil tankers, fight back against

Bill C-51 and the attack on our civil liberties, and work to build a better health care

system for everyone.

On October 19th, be a voter for me, Carol Baird Ellan.

Insights West, September 16, 2015

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Mike Little, Conservative33%

Whatever the outcomeof the Oct. 19 federalelection, it seems likelythe party that will see thegreatest growth in votesand seats will be theLiberal Party of Canada.

It may not form thegovernment, or even takethe most ridings, but itappears the Liberals mayregain a lot of groundthat, in historical terms, itused to own during mostelections. And theres agood chance it may winback some of its turf inB.C.

For years, the Liberalshave been the third-placeparty in this province,which in recent electionshas usually been dividedup between the NDP andthe Conservatives (andthe Reform Party beforethem). But Im betting theLiberals will be at least alittle closer to the other twoparties when it comes towinning the 42 ridings inthis province.

The party went into

this election with just thetwo B.C. seats that it wonin 2011, but a number ofpolitical observers havesuggested it would be wiseto reject the 2011 electionas typical of anything.Public opinion about themain parties appears tobe returning to historicallevels, which will benetthe Liberals more than anyother party.

In fact, the six electionsbefore the 2011 voteelected, on average, sixLiberal MPs in B.C. (ahigh of nine in 2006).The eighties were barrenyears for the party in thisprovince as it held just oneseat for almost 15 years.

I noted in this columnlast week that the NDPspopularity was slidingand that its leader TomMulcair had his work cutout for him in trying toregain any momentum.Ive seen nothing sincethen to suggest he has beennotably successful.

Instead, it has been

Liberal leader JustinTrudeau who continuesto surprise. With less thana week before the vote,everything is trending hisway.

Ironically, a key partof the NDPs strategicmessage that it and italone was best positionedto defeat the Harpergovernment may becoming back to hauntthe party, much to theapparent benet of theLiberals.

The underlying themeof that message was thatvoters had to ock towhoever had the bestchance of beating the

Conservatives. If peopleare buying into thatmessage and I thinkthey are starting to itsreasonable to assumethat they are headed theLiberals way more so thanthe NDP.

So how can this play outin B.C.?

If we go back a fewyears, we can see theLiberals used to routinelywin seats in Richmond,the North Shore, southVancouver, Surrey andVictoria. We can forgetVictoria the partyscandidate dropped out ofthe race but the othercities have ridings wherethe Liberals have to begiven pretty good odds ofwinning.

If they do, they will pickup seats at the expenseof the Conservatives(although the NDPs hopesof winning two new ridings Vancouver Granville andBurnaby North Seymour may be dashed if a Liberalfreight train does indeedmaterialize). And they maypick up soft NDP votersfrom the past, who nowjust want to beat Harper.

The Liberals have neverbeen particularly popularoutside of the LowerMainland or the capitalregion, and that is likelynot going to change. Butwhile its far from certainthat the party will returnto the heady days of sevento nine seats, its logicalto suggest they are goingto win more than theircurrent allotment of twoB.C. ridings.

Of course, things arevery unlikely to return tothe Liberal partys goldendays in the modern era ofthis province. And thosedays didnt last long.

That would be 1968,of course, when the partywon 16 of the provinces23 ridings. It had averagedwinning just six seats in theseven elections previous tothat year.

Things have changeda lot since then, but onething hasnt: in that yearthe party was led bysomeone named Trudeau.Just like this time around.

Keith Baldrey is chief politicalreporter for Global BC. [email protected]

Liberals likely to see somegrowth

Keith BaldreyView from the Ledge

VIEWPOINT

NDPs strategic election messagemay end up working against them


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1) Public Hearing - Zoning Bylaw, 2015, No. 8439To rezone this property from One-Unit Residential1 (RS-1) Zone to One-Unit Residential 3 (RS-3) Zonein order to subdivide the existing lot into twolots with a new single family home and adetached garage on each lot.

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How long would you wait in line to vote?INQUIRINGREPORTERHowdo you justify what isor isnt worthy of your time?SomeCanadians recentlyshowed theywerewilling tocamp overnight to be amongthe rst to get the latestiPhone. This summer peoplequeued for hours to slip andslide down Lonsdale Avenue.But how about voting? Howlongwould youwait in line?At advance polling stationsthis past weekendNorthShore residents contendedwith lineups of an hour ormore tomake their votecount. So, with the electionnearingwe asked: How longwould youwait in line tovote? Tell us what you think.Weigh in at nsnews.com.

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Green Party candidate ClaireMartin to 15 per cent anda fall in support for NDPcandidate Carleen Thomasto 11 per cent.

A separate poll conductedbyMainstreet/Postmediaasked: Who would you votefor if a federal election wereheld today? The resultsshowed a similar battle inWest Vancouver, whichhandily returnedWeston toa Conservative seat in thelast 2011 election.

That poll put the Liberalsahead by ve points, 37 percent to the Conservatives32 per cent among decidedvoters. The poll put theNDP at 15 per cent and theGreens at 16 per cent amongdecided voters.

Mainstreet polled673 adults in the WestVancouver riding byautomated phone poll onOct. 9 and 10. The poll isconsidered accurate plusor minus 3.76 per cent 19times out of 20. Mainstreetpresident Quito Maggisaid the poll is reective ofnational trends. He addedthe surge in support forthe Green Party in WestVancouver could also havean impact on election results

in the riding.But the two polls gave

differing snapshots of theelection race in the BurnabyNorth-Seymour riding,meaning it could be too closeto call. Insights West resultsshowed the NDPs CarolBaird Ellan hanging on to avery narrow lead at 36 percent among decided votersover the ConservativesMike Little at 33 per cent, adifference within the pollsmargin of error. The poll putthe Liberals Terry Beech at21 per cent and the GreensLynne Quarmby at nine percent among decided voters.

TheMainstreet poll putthe Conservatives out frontamong decided voters at 38per cent, and the Liberalsand NDP tied neck-and-neck for second place at 27per cent and 26 per centrespectively. The poll put theGreens at nine per cent.

Neither Maggi norCanseco could explain thewidely differing poll resultsin the riding, although criticsof election polls point to theway polls are weighted, andeven the method used toreach voters as factors thatcan all skew results. We doour absolute best to be asaccurate as we possibly can,said Maggi, noting pollsters

often get attacked duringelections just for releasingnumbers.

Maggi said he believespolls capture, rather thaninuence, public opinion.Four days is still time forthings to change in politics,he said, adding hes seenparty fortunes swing by six toeight percentage points in asingle day.

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is choreographing anddancing in a seven-minutecontemporary piece entitledThreshold that she createdin collaboration with actressand dancer Agnes Tong.

Weve had equal inputin movements and in anydialogue, so we both speaka little bit, we both move alittle bit, we both do a littlebit of both, she says.

Their piece blurs the linebetween dance and theatre,combining elements of bothart forms.

Its quite abstract. Its

not necessarily a narrative. Iwould describe it more as apoem on the subject matterthat we were kind of workingoff of, Myers says.

Myers and Tong formeda creative partnership overthe summer during a seriesof artistic labs facilitated bySmall Stage at BurnabysShadbolt Centre for the Arts.MovEnt artistic producerJulie-anne Saroyan matcheddifferent teams to a room ora space inside the Shadboltas inspiration for a dance.The room assigned toMyers

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ARTS IN VIEWONLONSDALEBlueShore Financial, 1250 Lonsdale Ave.,North Vancouver.Water:An exhibition showcasing artwork fromlocal artist Anne Grifths as well as artists fromthe First Nations will be on display until Dec. 31.

CAROUNARTGALLERY1403 Bewicke Ave., North Vancouver.Tuesday to Saturday, noon to 8 p.m.778-372-0765 caroun.netSix-Year Art Show:A celebration of showswith 50 works by 50 artists will run until Oct. 28.

CENTENNIAL THEATRE LOBBYGALLERY2300 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver.Photo Exhibit:Members of the North ShorePhotographic Society will display a variety ofwork by different members in an ongoing rotatingexhibit.

CITYATRIUMGALLERY141West 14th St., North Vancouver.Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.604-988-6844 nvartscouncil.caPerceptually Uniform:Artist Mark Ollingershares his sculptural work until Jan. 11.

CITYSCAPECOMMUNITYARTSPACE335 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver.

Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Saturday,noon-5 p.m. 604-988-6844 nvartscouncil.caPushing Boundaries:A biennial exhibitionhighlighting emerging and professional FirstNations artists will run until Nov. 14.

Call for Artists: The North VancouverCommunity Arts Council seeks visual artists toparticipate in the Art Rental Programme and willhold a jury day Sunday, Oct. 18. Work maybe dropped off between 9:30 and 11:30 a.m.

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MAISONMUSEROEDDEHOUSEMUSEUM1415 Barclay St., Vancouver.Tuesday-Friday and Sunday,1-4 p.m. 604-684-7040roeddehouse.orgSouvenirs of HoweSound:An exhibition on thehistory of local tourism will rununtil Nov. 1. Admission: $5.

NORTHVANCOUVERCOMMUNITYHISTORYCENTRE3203 Institute Rd., NorthVancouver. Tuesday-Saturday, noon to 5 p.m.604-990-3700 x8016 nvma.ca

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209West Fourth St.,North Vancouver. Open byappointment only. 604-990-3700 x8016North VancouverExperience, an ongoingexhibit dening life in NorthVancouver.

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PRESENTATIONHOUSEGALLERY333 Chestereld Ave.,North Vancouver.Wednesday-Sunday, noonto 5 p.m. 604-986-1351presentationhousegallery.orgBCAlmanac(h) C-B:

Photographs, lm, mixedmedia works and ephemerathat features Almanac artistswill run until Nov. 29.

RONANDREWSCOMMUNITY SPACE931 Lytton St., NorthVancouver. 604-987-8873 or604-347-8922Nature Translated:Paintings with subjects ofnature by Janna Kumi andceramic sculptures of birds byGreg Kawczynski will be ondisplay until Oct. 25.Form and Fantasy: Pasteland watercolour pieces byValerie Wilson, ceramic vesselsby Margaret Scott and ceramicdecorative objects by LeeJohnson will be on display fromOct. 25 to Dec. 6.

SEYMOURARTGALLERY4360 Gallant Ave., NorthVancouver. 10 a.m.-5p.m. daily. 604-924-1378seymourartgallery.com30 Years: Textiles artist RuthScheuing will show her work incelebration of the gallerys 30thanniversary until Oct. 24.Art Party:A fundraisingexhibition to support SeymourArt Gallery with originalartwork for sale for $100-$300by 40 established and emergingartists Oct.28-Nov. 15.Opening party: Wednesday,Oct. 28, 7 p.m.Curators Talk: EveryThursday at noon there will bea 20-minute curators talk withbackground on the current showin the gallery.

SILK PURSEARTSCENTRE1570 Argyle Ave., WestVancouver. Tuesday toSunday, noon to 4 p.m. 604-925-7292 silkpurse.caHajni Yosifov: The artistsrecent body of work representing aconversation between stillness andpassion will run until Nov. 1.

WESTVANCOUVERMEMORIAL LIBRARY1950Marine Dr., WestVancouver. 604-925-7400westvanlibrary.caIn the Gallery:An exhibitionthat demonstrates the widevariety of media, styles andapproaches used by WestVancouver School District artteachers in the creation of theirown work will run until Oct.19.Celebrating 65 Years:Explore the history of the libraryOct. 22-Nov. 22.

WESTVANCOUVERMUNICIPALHALL750 17th St., WestVancouver. Monday-Friday,8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. 604-925-7290Art in the Hall: Large oralpaintings by artist K. SallyWillcock will be on display untilOct. 17.

WISHFUL THINKING After a year of international workshops, development and collaboration, ItalysTeatro Elsinor presents I Wish, at Presentation House Theatre through Oct. 25. The production explores the hopesand dreams of young people in a world filled with change and migration.Written by Linda Carson, Col Cseke, NathanPronyshyn and Kim Selody, the North Vancouver production will feature Jay Brazeau and Emilie Leclerc and isdirected by Teatro Elsinor Guiditta Mingucci. Tickets available online at phtheatre.org/show/i-wish/ or by phone at 604-990-3474. PHOTO SUPPLIED

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Hippies in headbands,the sexual revolution,unabashed nudity andanti-war movementsall come to life in aremounted photographyexhibition - a nostalgicrewind for B.C. folks thatcame of age in the 1970s.

B.C. Almanac(h) C-B,on display from nowuntil Nov. 29 at NorthVancouvers PresentationHouse Gallery, brings tolight a little-known chapterin Vancouvers relativelyrecent art history.

In 1970 the StillsDivision of the NationalFilm Board of Canadacommissioned Vancouverartists Jack Dale andMichael de Courcy tocreate a West Coast-centred photographyexhibition that capturedthe lifestyle of the day.

The B.C. arm of theproject, which overall wasa public relations campaignfor the government, wasto correspond with similarexhibitions about Canadianlife already being producedin the eastern part of thecountry.

Dale and de Courcyembraced the assignmentand took some creativelicense with how theexhibit was to be executed.

We had this sort ofunconventional idea thatthe show should be morepopular culture orientedthan a salon kind ofgallery exhibition. We feltphotography was betterconsumed that way, saysde Courcy, speaking to theNews this week.

Dale and de Courcygured people would bettercomprehend the images ifthey were in a magazinerather than on the walls ofa gallery where he said theymay be interference fromsnobby high culture kind ofstuff.

So what they proposedinstead was a publication,photographic booklets.

A lot of sort ofthe conventionalphotographers workingin Vancouver at the timewouldnt be interested inthe far out ideas we hadof publishing instead ofexhibition, and givingeveryone access to theirown little booklets andprinting it on newsprint that was very radical toobecause everyone knowsthat newsprint doesnt giveyou the highest resolutionimages, says de Courcy.But we chose to do thatbecause we wanted it tokind of look like a massproduced object, like acomic book or somethinglike that.

Commissioning 15 WestCoast artists from differentmediums, Dale and deCourcy put together thesephotographic booklets,one from each artist, thatwere compiled into ananthology called B.C.Almanac(h) C-B. The(h) C-B represents theFrench translation of thewords almanac and B.C.to include both ofcialCanadian languages.

Each artist, includinga sculptor, a painter anda poet, some with nophotography experience,set out to capture asnapshot of their life andsurroundings in 1970.

A lifestyle revolutionwas emerging and youngpeople, who were forginga different path than theirparents, thought it was

special and they wantedto record it, recalls deCourcy, whose photos arealso contained in the B.C.Almanac.

They felt like they weresort of on the cutting edgeand photography was rightthere ready to use as anart form to record thesechanges, says de Courcy.It was a lifestyle manualin fact for that era.

Flipping through thebooklets the images areorganically captured anddepict quintessential1970s lifestyle: a youngman walking in a groupwith guitar slung overhis shoulders; a couplestrolling through a daisypatch in the buff.

Other artists bookletsfocus in on the drugculture of the day by

showing a couple smokingdrugs, and the sexualrevolution, including animage of a man with thewords sex relives tensionwritten on his back.

A nude portrait seriesfeaturing both men andwomen gures prominentlyin the Almanac, alongsidephotos of a mass of peopletaking part in anti-war andanti-abortion protests.

In another booklet,meanwhile, you see carsand transport trucksblurrily travelling down ahighway.

The Almanac alsocontains a snapshot of thefashion of the day: vestsof every design, a Lee jeanjacket, billowy tunics andubiquitous oral patterns.

De Courcy chronicledthe birth of his daughter for

his booklet, getting behindthe lens six months beforehis wife became pregnantand following her throughpregnancy and the birth oftheir child.

It wasnt a conceptualapproach, de Courcyexplains of the sequentialseries of photographs.

I was crazy abouttaking pictures. And whenI got interested in a subjectI just took pictures of thatsubject all the time, saysde Courcy, of his now40-year-long photographypassion.

There is a personalconnection for de Courcyin that his father was anamateur photographerwho died several monthsbefore he was born. Whilehe was growing up, deCourcys mother would

give him supplies from hisdads darkroom and othercamera parts.

So I sort of grew upplaying with those things,and that kind of plantedthe (photography) idea,he says.

B.C. Almanac(h)C-Bs content has becomethe subject of a touringexhibition, having beenpreviewed in New York andsoon to be shown in LA.

A multimedia versionof the book, complete withwalls painted greyscale ispart of Presentation HouseGallerys remounting ofB.C. Almanac(h) C-B. Thegallery has also undertakena republishing of the book,which contains no originalsbut rather photos of pagesin the Almanac booklets.

ComplementingPresentation Houses B.C.Almanac(h) C-B exhibit isa multimedia display fromthe 15 artists: Dale, deCourcy, Christos Dikeakos,Judith Eglington, GerryGilbert, Roy Kiyooka,Glenn Lewis, TarasMasciuch, NE Thing Co.Ltd., Michael Morris, JonePane, Timothy Porter,Peter Thomas, VincentTrasov, and RobertsonWood.

You see what theartists who were inthe almanac, the workthat they were doingsimultaneous to thatproject, says de Courcy,whose iconic image boxesare featured in the exhibit.

Forty years later and theexhibit and the images stillhold up, gures de Courcy.

This is kind of openingthat up and bringing thatchapter forward so thatthe current generation, itslike recycling, its great,you know to be able tosuddenly breathe life intothis ancient project andmake it meaningful, saysde Courcy.

B.C. Almanac(h) C-B features a remounted exhibition and reprinted book originally commissioned by the Stills Divisionof the National Film Board of Canada in 1970.PHOTOSUPPLIED TIMPORTER, CADILLAC,MONTREAL, 1971, SILVERGELATIN PHOTOGRAPH, COURTESYARTISTANDPRESENTATIONHOUSEGALLERY

PresentationHouse Galleryrevisits classicphoto series

B.C. Almanac(h) C-B featured 15West Coast artists. See Bright Lights on page 20 for coverage of opening reception.PHOTOS SUPPLIED FRONT AND BACK COVERS OF BC ALMANAC(H) C-B, COURTESY OF PRESENTATION HOUSE GALLERY


PayamAzadIndependent

53

Lonsdale area (22 years)

Home for all (housing reform);comprehensive health care(including medicine, dentaland vision treatments, physio-therapy, etc.); nationalizationof banks, and an election onCanadas form of government;a revisit of abortion-relatedlaws; support for entrepreneur-ship and small free enterprises.

Housing. Many people spendup to 85% of their income onhousing. Many cannot evenafford a home. Secondly,comprehensive health care.Medicine, dental, and visiontreatments are costly andunaffordable for many people.

Yes, absolutely. Housingstrategy: nationalize rentalhomes; prohibit and revokeforeign ownership on homesand other real estates; set limiton number of units anyonecan own; set ceiling on homeprices; construct new publichomes

At least one more cross-ing must be built betweenNorth Vancouver and City ofVancouver. Provincial rulesin passenger transportationindustry that restrict andprohibit competition must beovercome. Residents of NorthVancouver should get closer totheir schools and workplaces.

I will push for federal fundingof Lions Gate sewage treat-ment plant. I will also press forfederal funding for expansionand improvement of LionsGate Hospital and construc-tion of a new link betweenNorth Vancouver and City ofVancouver as stated above.

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What is themost pressingissue facing the Canadianeconomy and howwillyour party address it?

Do you believe foreignownership of localreal estate is pushingCanadians out of thehousingmarket?What willyour party do to ensurehousing affordability?

What do you identifyas local transportationpriorities and what willyour party do to addressthese?

What commitment willyour party make tofunding a federal shareof the Lions Gate sewagetreatment plant andother local infrastructurepriorities?

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ClaireMartinGreen

49

Near Capilano Mall

A strong, honest and indepen-dent voice for North Vancou-ver, implementing solutionsto our issues and standing upfor our community in Ottawa.Unlike other candidates, I amnot told what bills to pass. Ican vote with my conscienceand work with other parties torepresent our community rst.

Climate change. Climateaction means strengtheningour economy. We have anamazing opportunity tocreate jobs for thousandsof Canadians by investingin new infrastructureprojects and upgrades to ourbuildings that will save us allmoney, improve our qualityof life and reduce carbonemissions. Lets get to work!

Its one of many factors. Partof our housing strategy is toeliminate the program thatmakes it easier for foreignhome owners to park theirmoney here, without residence.Amongst our other solutions,we will give tax incentives forrental housing and promoteaging in place senior care.

We have made a commitmentto spend $6.4 billion/year (1%of GST) in stable long-termfunding to help improve trafc.I would work with the provinceand city to improve our roads,transit and cycling optionsand also offer transit pass taxbreaks for businesses.

Itmust undergo upgrades by2020. The federal governmentmust commit to its due shareof costs so that future munici-pal taxes are not increased. Ina minority government witha handful of GreenMPs wecan hold the balance of power and ensure projects such asthese happen.

vote4claire.ca@ClaireMartinGPCTheChoiceIsClaire

AndrewSaxtonConservative(incumbent)

51

Deep Cove

I will continue to deliver forNorth Vancouver. Here is theConservative record: shipbuild-ing contracts (over 2,000 jobs),ve new overpasses reducingtrain noise, two new SeaBuses,new lm school for Cap U,new soccer bubble for NS GirlsSoccer Club, etc. I will focuson solving the trafc issue.

Global instability. Canadaneeds our low tax, balancedbudget plan to create jobs andgrow the economy. The otherparties will take more moneyout of your pocket and off yourpaycheque. They will spendbillions more than we canafford, destabilize our fragileeconomy and further burdenfuture generations.

The prime minister recentlycommitted to resolve thisquestion and, if necessary, takeconcrete action to curb foreignspeculation. Our goal is tohelp 700,000 more Canadiansbecome homeowners by 2020,through initiatives like theFirst Time Homebuyers TaxCredit, and enhancements tothe Home Buyers Plan, andTFSA.

Resolving trafc conges-tion. I was proud to recentlydeliver $46 million in federalinfrastructure funds to buildupgraded interchanges andoverpasses for the UpperLevels highway. This will endstop-and-go trafc on the Cut,improve trafc ow and easegridlock on the approach toSecond Narrows Bridge.

The New Building Canada Planincludes the P3 Canada Fund,which is suited to supportingthis type of project a modernsecondary treatment plantthat will protect our marineenvironment. I will continueto assist Metro Vancouver intheir efforts to secure such acontribution.

andrewsaxton.ca@AndrewSaxton1northvanconservative

In 2012 electoral boundary redrawings, the riding lost theeastern portion from the Lynn Creek to Deep Cove to thenew riding of Burnaby North-Seymour. GRAPHIC SUPPLIED

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Like its two North Shore neighbours, the NorthVancouver electoral district has also landed onmany pundits ridings to watch lists and theparties appear to be treating it as a very close race.

In 2011, the Conservatives won with more than47 per cent of the vote, to the Liberals 29, NewDemocrats 16 per cent and Greens ve per cent.

In 2012 electoral boundary redrawings, the ridinglost the eastern portion from Lynn Creek to Deep Coveto the new riding of Burnaby North-Seymour. Voters inthat area heavily favoured the Conservatives in 2011.

The seat has mostly been held by Conservativeparties in recent decades. The Liberals Don Bell wonthe riding in 2004 and 2008, but prior to that, it washeld by Ted White since 1993 as a Reform, Alliance andConservative MP.

The riding drew campaign stops from ElizabethMay, Justin Trudeau and Stephen Harper, during the11-week-long campaign, often an indication of howmuch energy a party is focusing on a riding.

Big issues in the riding, as judged by what the partyleaders were here to talk about: affordable housing (orthe lack thereof), transportation and trafc as well asthe closure of the Canadian Coast Guard station inKitsilano.

As demographics go, the riding is slightly older andwealthier than the Canadian average. Of its 45,000households, roughly 30,000 are owned by theiroccupants. The average household income in 2010 washigher than the national average at $95,868. The ridingcontains wealthy burbs as well as a working class corein the City of North Vancouver.

Voters in 2011 had a 67.7-per-cent turnout rate,higher than the national 61.1 per cent.

The riding is home to numerous Port MetroVancouver terminals, Seaspans Vancouver Shipyardsand Squamish Nation land.

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CarleenThomasNewDemocratic

54

Tsleil-Waututh Nation

Represent, with great energy,the people of North Vancouverand to defend our interests. Iwill make myself available tomy constituents and will workalongside elected municipaland provincial leaders to givevoice to pro-North Vancouveron all legislation relevant to ourriding.

How to jumpstart our lan-guishing economy. The HarperConservatives have left us in asorry state. Growth rates andmanufacturing exports are dis-mal. Unemployment is rising.We will stimulate the economyby lowering small business tax-es to 9% and spending billionson much-needed infrastructureprojects and the developmentof green energy technology.

As New Democrats we fervent-ly believe that there is a strongrole for our federal governmentto play in providing greater ac-cess to safe, affordable housing.By partnering with provincialand civic leaders, the Mulcairgovernment will renew fundingfor social housing programsthat have been cut or are aboutto expire in the next few years.

Trafc congestion. The NDPis committed to solving thisissue by spending $1.3 billionin new funding annually acrossthe country. This will doubledirect transfers to municipali-ties for transit infrastructure.These will start in cities withacute concerns such as NorthVancouver.

Canadas municipal infrastruc-ture decit is a staggering $172billion and rising. Munici-palities own 60% of our publicinfrastructure, yet collect onlyeight cents of every tax dollar.Working with municipal andprovincial leaders, the NDPwill provide funding to rectifythis lamentable state.

carleenthomas.ndp.ca@CAThomas7CarleenTforNDP

JonathanWilkinsonLiberal

50

Capilano Highlands(17 years)

To be an accountable two-waylink between the citizens ofNorth Vancouver and the fed-eral government. To developcollaborative solutions on localissues like trafc congestionand affordable housing. Tomake North Vancouver proudof its MP as we work togetherto build a better Canada.

Canada faces a massive infra-structure decit. Our cities riskbeing incapable of providingan effective platform for futuregrowth. The Liberal partyhas announced an historicinfrastructure program thatwill kickstart our economy nowand will provide the platformfor growth for future decades.

We currently lack the re-search to answer the questionbecause, until this campaign,the Harper government didntbother to look for the data.A Liberal government will and will then work with localgovernments to develop theappropriate policy responses.Also, our National HousingStrategy will expand affordablehousing options.

The Liberals $60-billioninfrastructure fund will helpsupport priorities identied bylocal government: improvedpublic transit, ie. an upgradeof the Phibbs Exchange andimproved SeaBus frequency; acomprehensive and acceleratedattack on unacceptable conges-tion bottlenecks, including awidened Lynn Creek Bridge.

Must be operating by 2020due to federal regulations, butthe Harper government refusesto commit its one-third shareof funding despite being askedby local government morethan a year ago. I will workdiligently to ensure Liberalinfrastructure funds are com-mitted to the project.

jonathanwilkinson.liberal.ca@JonathanWNVJonathanWilkinsonNorth-Vancouver

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I would hire, out of myMPpay #1) a small team ofuniversity political sciencestudents to check all federallaws and regulations forrelevancy and which shouldbe abolished and #2) a teamof forensic auditors to pricethe savings from the sunsetprovisions of #1.

Free trade between provincesshould be wide open. Nosubsidies on dairy products,poultry and eggs or meat. TheCanadian consumer would paymuch less for more productsthan now.

The free market shouldoperate to provide shelter andhousing. Regulations shouldbe as exible as possible toallow for affordable, multipleunit complexes to be built.I would work hard to getproperty rights entrenched inCanadas Constitution.

Public transportation such asbuses, ferries should be self-supporting contracted outto private providers and locallygoverned. Monopolies wouldnot be allowed with a numberof competitive providers beingideal. Uber model for taxis is agood idea.

Sewage is a local municipalresponsibility and fundedby local taxation. The sameapplies to other local municipalprojects as recreation, libraries,police, reghting and medicalservices. The principle of user-pay should apply, example,recreation.

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Everything changed whenAlejandro Frid became afather.

An ecologist longworking in the areas ofconservation and socialjustice it was common forhim to run into bad news,seeing rsthand humansnegative impact on theearth.

Following the birthof his daughter, TwylaBella, Frid came to realizehis propensity for feelingdiscouraged in responseto continued examples ofenvironmental degradation from loss of ancient foreststo endangered species areaction he wholeheartedlywanted to change.

I needed a way to have abroader perspective in whichI wasnt just glossing overthe challenges that we dohave and are not going to goaway easily, he says.

The Bowen Islandresident gradually startedworking to reinstate asense of hope withinhimself, becoming moreaware of societys potentialas a whole to addresscurrent environmentalchallenges, as well as onan individual level, andvery spontaneously startedwriting letters to TwylaBella, then three-years-old,viewing them as letters tothe future, he says.

Frid, 50, hoped theprocess might assist him inregaining a hopeful outlook,which would then allow himto be able to communicatemore positively with hisdaughter, now 11.

The whole motivationwas to not have a doomand gloom perspective inmy relationship with herbut nd some real genuineoptimism, he says.

Over time as Frids lettersaccumulated, and as a resultof encouraging feedback,he realized they may be ofinterest to a wider audience,and he set out to put themtogether as a work of non-ction.

AWorld for My Daughter:An Ecologists Search forOptimism, was recentlypublished by Caitlin Press,which describes it as,Merging the perspectiveof a scientist compelled toshare the signicance ofhis research, glimpses intothe worldview of modernindigenous hunters and thevoice of a parent speakingto his child about lifesconundrums, AWorld forMy Daughter steers readerstoward imagining theirown role in preserving thevibrancy of our planet.

Frid will offer insightinto his rst book at the28th Vancouver WritersFest, running Oct. 20-25 onGranville Island. Examplesof other feat

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