Citizens of all political stripes turned out into Vancouver's streets in anger and protest. Canadians from across the country voiced their opposition to what Emerson and Harper had done. We rightly felt as if our votes, indeed the votes of all Canadians, had been disrespected and devalued. (619 words) More …
Post election wrap of of results and media references:
This post will be updated as new information is obtained (676 words) More …
A story in local press erupts over concerns raised by local political photographer, Patrick Tam, that the Yuan campaign is engaging in race-politics. (348 words) More …
All Candidates Debate: A comprehensive listing of questions posed (text and video) and answers (video) is available at Vancouver-Kingsway.ca. (489 words) More …
Conservative candidate status: no show (and no surprise) (1479 words) More …
Voters don't want Liberal to 'do an Emerson' (John Bermingham, The Province) (207 words) More …
CONSERVATIVE: Sure, they've got signs up for their last-minute expendable candidate, but that's as close as many of us will get to him. (880 words) More …
While doing some research I'd run across Google's cache of a few letters to various local papers but didn't find anything of sufficient interest to include. After all, a conservative toeing the party line on the InSite safe injection site isn't exactly news. Whatever their personal opinion may be, a junior candidate or MP isn't going to be contradicting big boss Harper or the even less inspiring Tony Clement. Career limiting. (402 words) More …
When or if Stephen Harper signs the nomination papers, Salomon Rayek will officially represent the Conservatives in Vancouver-Kingsway. According to other sources the nomination was unanimous. That probably means he ran unopposed since no one else wanted to waste their money or effort running as a Conservative in this riding now that Emerson has poisoned the air here. This was Rayek's second shot at obtaining a candidacy this year. Earlier he made an unsuccessful run for the candidate nomination in Burnaby Douglas. (314 words) More …
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