Dear Editor,
The blocking of Steveston Richmond-East candidate Wendy Yuan leaves a couple questions. If they didn’t want her as a candidate why didn’t they say so last March? Waiting until the last minute in favour of a candidate that has a less than stellar relationship with voters doesn’t make sense.
On the bright side, voters in Richmond now have the opportunity to split their votes in a strategic way. Richmond Centre Liberal candidate Lawrence Woo is a retired accountant who strongly believes in balanced budgets and has spent a lifetime volunteering in the community.
NDP candidate Scott Stewart in Steveston Richmond-East spent his career serving the community as a police officer and now serves his country as a Canadian Armed Forces reservist.
A minority government that can pick the best policies of all the parties could be our best option for better government.
The main reason the Conservatives have won recent elections here is because so many people didn’t vote. Before that, Richmond was a strong Liberal riding.
I think people in Richmond like to pick the winner and this time around that is not going to be Stephen Harper. We can’t afford four more years of Harper’s debts and his oil-only economic policy.
The province of B.C. and Richmond seniors cannot afford his proposed $36 billion in cuts to healthcare funding.
The richest generation in Canadian history should not be passing its bills down to future generations.
Stephen Harper does not get that. When we are old and in need of assistance, do we not want to be respected by our caregivers?
Jeff Powell
Policy Chair
Richmond Centre Liberals
