Fatima Siddiqui Joins Today’s BC Liberal Team for Vancouver-Hastings
Tue, 16 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700April 16, 2013
Vancouver – Fatima Siddiqui, marketing and communications expert and a volunteer youth-worker, has been nominated as Today’s BC Liberal candidate for the Vancouver-Hastings riding in the provincial election on May 14.
“Premier Christy Clark said it very well as she unveiled Today’s BC Liberal platform: Strong Economy, Secure Tomorrow, and a Debt-Free BC,” said Siddiqui after her nomination on Monday night.
“And that’s the choice for voters: Do we take B.C. forward under the BC Liberals, creating jobs, expanding markets, keeping taxes down, controlling spending, and balancing the budget? Or do we turn back the clock to the NDP: tax and spend, spend more, tax more, borrow more, and turn us into a have-not province again?”
Siddiqui, 32, is director of marketing and communications at a bioscience firm, Terramera, which makes a natural botanical biopesticide that kills bed bugs and their eggs. She has an MBA from Simon Fraser |
DIX FAILS LEADERSHIP TEST
Tue, 16 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700April 16, 2013
VANCOUVER—BC Liberal candidate Mary Polak says that NDP Leader Adrian Dix has failed a major test of leadership by not taking action and firing former NDP Kelowna-Mission candidate Dayleen Van Ryswyk.
This is the text of Mr. Dix statement:
“Earlier today, I was made aware of unacceptable comments made by Kelowna-Mission NDP candidate Dayleen van Ryswyk. I have accepted Ms. Van Ryswyk’s resignation.”
“The fact that Mr. Dix didn’t fire his Kelowna-Mission candidate when it was confirmed that she made unacceptable and hateful comments towards First Nations and French speaking Canadians shows that he isn’t a leader,” said Polak. “The NDP candidate should not have been allowed to resign. She should have been immediately fired.”
This morning the NDP was made aware of the following comments made by Ms. Van Ryswyk including:
“It’s not the status cards, it’s the fact that we have been paying out of the nose for genera |
For the Record: The "Election Platform" of Adrian Dix.
Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700April 17, 2013
Premier Christy Clark and Today’s BC Liberals released their full election platform on Monday, April 15th, one day before the start of the general election. The platform – Strong Economy, Secure Tomorrow – builds on a Throne speech and detailed three-year Budget released in February.
Adrian Dix and the NDP promised to release their election platform before the election, but they haven’t delivered.
The NDP broke their promises to release their platform before the election:
“The platform's coming before the election.” --John Horgan, Global BC, Feb 24/13
“I'm not prepared to make any commitments at this time. That will be revealed when we get an opportunity to disclose our platform before the election.” – Bruce Ralston, Vancouver Sun, Feb 21/13
“We will be putting out a fully costed platform within the next year. My leader has been very clear about his promises, going into this by-election.” – Gwen O’Mahoney |
Adrian Dix MUST Immediately Fire NDP Candidate in Kelowna-Mission
Tue, 16 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700VANCOUVER – BC Liberal MLA Mary Polak is demanding NDP Leader Adrian Dix immediately fire NDP candidate Dayleen Van Ryswyk in Kelowna-Mission.“Ms. Van Ryswyk has made unacceptable and hateful statements against First Nations and French speaking Canadians. There is no place in British Columbia for that type of language,” said Polak. “Adrian Dix should immediately terminate her nomination.”On the Castanet community blog, Ms. Van Ryswyk has made a number of comments that are clearly unacceptable to British Columbians.In a discussion thread titled ‘Strip them of the Status Card,’ Ms. Ryswyk wrote:“It’s not the status cards, it’s the fact that we have been paying out of the nose for generations for something that isn’t our doing. If their ancestors sold out too cheap it’s not my fault and i shouldn’t have to be paying for any mistake or whatever you want to call it from MY hard earned money.”“It’s time our generation stopped pay |
