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Falcon lands a new job
Long-time Cloverdale MLA finds a new frontier in real estate
By Jennifer Lang “While his accomplishments in government are impressive, his rock B.C.’s former finance minister and solid character and passion for hard long time Cloverdale MLA is leaving work, honest communication, and politics for the real estate developachieving results are what most drew ment sector. us to him. He does what he says, he Kevin Falcon ended months of says what he means, and he gets stuff speculation about his future plans done. We look forward to creating last Friday, when it was announced value with him in the years ahead.” he’s going to work for Anthem CapiAs executive vice president, Falcon tal Corp. will liaise with the company’s finanFalcon joins Anthem Capital as cial partners and assist related comits executive vice panies – including president, effecAnthem Propertive May 16 – two ties – in raising days after the proequity funds from vincial election. institutional and In August, individual invesFalcon announced tors. he was leaving Before forpolitics to spend mally entering more time with politics, Falcon his young family. was president of He’s represented Access Group, a Surrey-Cloverdale FILE PHOTO corporate comas MLA for 12 Kevin Falcon, left, is eligible to collect munications firm years, and has more than $1 million in pension payouts. he founded in served in a variety 1998, according of high-profile to his offi cial Legislative Assembly cabinet positions, including the biography. He has also worked in transportation and health ministries. real estate and was vice president of He’s also been deputy premier. Northwest Investment Properties. In 2011, he ran for the leadership of the B.C. Liberal Party after Gordon He was a lead organizer of the Total Recall campaign to fire B.C. NDP Campbell resigned, losing out to MLAs in 1999. premier Christy Clark. With 12 years as a representaAnthem Capital Corp. is a member tive in Victoria, Falcon is one of 21 of the Anthem Group of Companies, retiring MLAs who will be eligible to including Anthem Properties, the collect so-called “gold-plated” penVancouver-based real estate develsion payouts of $1 million or greater, oper behind such Surrey projects as according to the Canadian Taxpayers Brickyard Station, a shopping plaza Federation. in Cloverdale. The CTF estimates Falcon will Falcon will play a leadership role in collect $62,893 a year, meaning if he the oversight and growth of Anthem Capital’s business portfolio, company lives to 80 he’ll receive $1.09 million in pension money. founder and CEO Eric Carlson said MLAs with less than six years in a press release.“We are delighted to have Kevin join the Anthem team,” service in the legislature are ineligible for pensions. Carlson said.
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By Jennifer Lang Cloverdale resident Rick Gill was recognized in the House of Commons in Ottawa last week for his work with charity Hoops 4 Hope and Inuit youth. MP Russ Hiebert (South Surrey-White Rock-Cloverdale) delivered a short statement describing how the 6 foot 7 inch Gill – a former professional basketball player – is using his “unique talents” to help young people. Gill is the Canadian volunteer director of Hoops 4 Hope, a charity that uses basketball and other sports to help youth in Af-
rica and the arctic. The program trains local coaches, builds courts, and runs practices and tournaments along with feeding children in communities hit by poverty, crime and HIV/AIDS. Gill, a father of two, organized a Vancouver-area drive for sports equipment several years ago to help youth in South Africa. Earlier this year, he spent two weeks in Nunavut to launch a Hoops 4 Hope initiative there. “Rick Gill has been taking his inspirational message to young people in Canada’s arctic,” Hiebert said April 26. “This June
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