Dear Editor,
Despite the Liberal sweep in Richmond in last week’s provincial election, Richmond voted for change. Fifty-two per cent of voters did not vote Liberal. I wonder how much higher that number could have been if all parties were on a level playing field. The Liberal candidates had hundreds of thousands of dollars in corporate donations to dump into their campaigns, while the other parties depended on grassroots supporters to get their messages out.
Even with this disadvantage, their efforts worked. The number of votes for non-Liberal candidates proves that Richmond is no longer a sleepy, Liberal suburb. The results of the election show that the majority of residents agree that Richmond needs a change from being under-represented and overlooked for so many years.
It is obvious that they do not have the support of the majority, so I urge our MLAs to seriously reflect on the wishes of Richmond residents.
Kim Nowitsky
Richmond
