I find myself lucky enough to be able to work on this campaign with a fine group of dedicated people who have their own backgrounds of working against war and injustice.

Everyone on our team has spent at least part of their adult lives fighting for the rights of workers and the full political and economic rights of all people. Our platform speaks to that.

We demand the essentials of life; we seek a country that will tax the rich and become a nation dedicated to justice, kindness and peace. It is not too much to do nor is it too much to ask. This is vital if we and our planet are to thrive. Our platform takes back the word freedom as more than just the right to misbehave as an individual but as a true collective treasure – something we all deserve and will fight for daily. 

I am often told voting for a community candidate, rather than a mainstream one, is a waste. Think about that. I ask you to reflect on the impact you have had over the past couple of generations of voting for parties that do not care for our needs. We are in crisis and got here incrementally by hoping the powerful would grant us the advancements we deserve instead of serving the rich.

They will not!

In that spirit I encourage you to stop wasting your vote on the right wing parties. Whether center right or far right, the effect is always the same. 

I would like to represent the Cowichan Valley Electoral District in the legislature – feel free to ask why because I believe I can give you an answer which will convince you.

Our platform ideas:

Demand the essentials of life.

Let’s prioritize affordable public housing and regulate food, transportation and telecommunication prices to stop corporate gouging of working people. Create more vacation time for all by enacting a yearly 8-week paid holiday.

End the Climate Crisis.

Time to put people and the planet before profits. End wasteful corporate mega-projects like Site C. Establish public democratic management of energy and natural resources to fight ecocide and climate change catastrophe through the creation of thousands of beneficial jobs.

Liberate all from injustice.

We deserve the right to full employment based on meaningful work, good wages, and safe working conditions. Self-determination and reparations for Indigenous peoples must be at the heart of democratic reform.

Stop the War Machine.

We must redirect all aggressive military spending towards public needs and make Canada an anti-war country through the development of a peaceful civil defence force to fight disaster and pandemic.

Tax the rich.

Democratic public finances require an end to corporate welfare, privatized services and regressive taxation. Replace the HST with windfall profits and wealth taxes in BC.

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