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Albion mall back as election issue SmartCentres sends out e-mails to voters

By Phil M elnyc h u k pmelnychuk@mapleridgenews.com

A council veteran seeking re-election is criticizing SmartCentres for an e-mail it sent last week, urging voters to elect candidates who support a shopping mall in the Albion flats.

“This time, I’m trying to get in front of it, because it’s kind of disgusting,” said Craig Speirs.

“For me, this just points out these people want to influence our community’s government in order to get their way.”

On Friday, Verity Howarth received an e-mail titled “Vote for Albion Shopping!”

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Riverview confronts homelessness Will open 40 new beds at facility next month

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Forty beds are opening at the former Riverview Hospital site to help treat people with serious mental illness and addiction, and a Maple Ridge councillor thinks it could be the start of addressing the problem of homelessness in the Lower Mainland.

“I’m thrilled about it,” said Coun.

Bob Masse, who has been advocating such a move.

Masse was on the Maple Ridge community health commission in the 1990s, when many patients were discharged from Riverview, in Coquitlam.

The NDP government’s plan was that they be cared for in smaller facilities within their communities, but the infrastructure wasn’t in place when the hospital closed.

He said mentally ill people were left to fend for themselves on the streets, and the health care system had no effective way to care for

them.

He found people with Riverview clothing at his downtown chiropractic office.

Masse has wanted Riverview to be reopened, and reinstated as a centre of excellence for mental health care and support.

“The message has been, Masse ‘We need to have Riverview in the picture,’ as part of the solution to untreated mental illness.”

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Minutes after he took the podium, guest speaker Premier Christy Clark followed him and said Riverview would not be re-opening.

“Squashed” is how he characterized the premier’s rebuttal.

But the province is working on ending homelessness, has been seeking community input, and last November made a $20 million commitment.

Now Coast Mental Health, a nonprofit service provider, is providing services for 25 men and 15 women at the former Riverview Hospital site.

Darrell Burnham, the Coast Mental Health CEO, said the clients will have already had drug and alcohol treatment and rehabilitation when they arrive.

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Ears and voice for old radios Two from Second World War part of Whonnock Remembrance Day ceremony

By Phil M elnyc h u k pmelnychuk@mapleridgenews.com

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he two ancient radios that Tom Brent holds look prehistoric beside a shiny iPhone, with its sleek touchscreen.

But can you repair an iPhone?

Can you fix a modern-day short-wave radio with its circuit boards and microchips?

That’s one of the beefs ham-radio hobbyist Brent has with the new stuff. You just can’t fix it.

“There’s a saying in our hobby that says, ‘Real radios, glow in the dark.’”

That glow comes from the vacuum tubes which light up when on and produce a comforting warmth.

The dials on the old radios are manual, but capable of fine tuning. And if they ever break down, Brent can pop off the back and fix the odd wire or replace a vacuum tube to get it running again.

“The old radios that I work on use vacuum tubes. The components are all replaceable or fix-able.”

Brent brought some of the old short-wave radios to the Remembrance Day ceremony at Whonnock community hall to spur interest about those momentous times.

One was a National HRO receiver, made by National Company, Inc., out of Massachusetts.

“At the start of the Second World War, that was the premium interceptor-receiver,” said Brent.

“That was the premier receiver for listening in on the enemy’s activity.”

Brent notes that initially the radio was called HOR, meaning “hell of a rush.”

But someone pointed out that acronym may not sound so nice, so the company switched the letters around.

“That’s how it became an HRO.” “It was sensitive and you could dial it to frequencies of interest, accurately.”

With invasion a possibility, the Allies wanted to know as much as possible about what the Germans were up to in the Atlantic and what the Japanese were doing in the Pacific Ocean, after war broke out there in December 1941.

The HRO’s tuning ability and reception allowed it to pick up Japanese Morse code transmissions from across the Pacific.

Unfortunately, he doesn’t know where exactly the radio served its time.

But just knowing it was in the war fires the imagination.

“This radio was in the Second World War. “I wonder where it was? I wonder what it heard – the connection between the radios

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Tom Brent with a National HRO and a Canadian Marconi CSR 5 – both radios were used during the Second World War to listen to Japanese forces.

and the history.”

“This time of year, you think of Remembrance Day.” What part did this aging piece of electronic spycraft play in defeating the axis forces and ensuring an Allied win?

Unfortunately, only a few items can be traced to a particular ship or station.

“No idea, they could have been anywhere,” Brent said.

Also part of the display was a Canadian Marconi CSR-5. Brent planned to put that and others on display Tuesday along with a Morse code device so that people could hear the tones and even send out a Morse code message themselves.

“If you’re going to have a museum for people, have things that they can touch, because

it has far greater impact on them than something behind glass.”

Dozens of listening stations dotted western Canada’s coast and were fitted with such radios to put as many ears as possible on what was going on across the Pacific.

Canadian Armed Forces staffed some of those stations, but the federal transportation department also monitored radios.

Much of the listening was done by the Pacific Coast Militia Rangers, composed of men too young, or too old or too frail to serve in the regular forces.

Those were tense times, after the Dec. 7, 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. The Japanese later had occupied some of the Aleutian Islands in Alaska, while a submarine shelled Estevan Point, on Vancouver Island.

There was great concern in Canada that the Japanese would soon be on the B.C. Coast.

“That’s part of what put the fear into the population here,” Brent said.

“That’s why it was easy to round up the Japanese Canadians and send them to internment camps. People were scared.”

Most of the communications at that time were done in Morse code, a type of communication that was more clear and less subject to misinterpretation than voice signals.

Morse code functions use only two signals, just like the on-off principle in computers.

Combinations of dots and dashes, or “dits” and “dahs,” stand for letters, which, strung together, make words.

“It becomes a language.”

At some point, a Morse code operator would be so skilled, the signals are made automatically.

He notes that young people seem particularly interested in Morse code communication, the initial digital form of communication.

Over the decades, Brent has amassed dozens of others, adding up to more than 70 radios in his shack at home on Dewdney Trunk Road.

About half of the collection is former military radios.

“I started when I was nine, and now I’m 64.”

He said being a ham radio operator and collector is a great hobby and wishes his two teenage sons can pick a up a similar activity.

“They come out to the radio shack and say, ‘Dad, you’re such a nerd.’ “ Just as a car enthusiast delights in bringing an old machine auto back to life, so does Brent enjoy giving the old radios ears and a voice again.

And if he spies an old model gathering does somewhere, “There’s always room for one more.”

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The 2014 election campaign could be a key time in the restoration of Katzie Slough.

During the municipal election campaign, Watershed Watch Salmon Society is doing its best to lobby local politicians and hopefuls to take action on restoring the once-vibrant slough.

Lina Azeez, the engagement coordinator for Watershed Watch in this region, organized a tour of the waterway that winds through Pitt Meadows, mostly north of the Lougheed Highway.

“The goal was to let them know about this project,” she said, “to introduce them to the slough and its history, and look for points of collaboration.”

Azeez was impressed that the tour was well attended on a soggy Saturday. Pitt Meadows mayoralty candidate John Becker was there, along with the entire team that supports him – incumbent councillors David Murray, Janis Elkerton

and Bruce Bell, and candidate Mike Stark.

Another Pitt Meadows candidate, Andrew Thompson, also attended.

From Maple Ridge, candidates Grant Sanderson, Sara Dawn Beckett , Kirsten Duncan and council incumbents Corisa Bell and Al Hogarth were also there.

Azeez said Hogarth, in particular, was “very supportive, after he learned about it.”

Hogarth suggested a round-table involving council and staff from both cities to discuss strategies for restoring the slough.

Pitt Meadows candidate Scott Magri acted as the tour guide, as he has been working with Watershed Watch on the Katzie Slough restoration in recent years.

Although most of the slough is within Pitt Meadows municipal boundaries, it is a collaborative issue with Maple Ridge because storm drains from commercial and residential developments in the latter drain into it, said Azeez.

As well, the slough is also part of a greenway system that is shared between the two communities.

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tionnaire about the slough, and of the 12 respondents, all said they support the effort.

“Nobody thinks it’s not going to work – it’s just going to cost some money,” noted Magri.

Gates need to be installed in the slough to allow water from the Fraser River to flow freely into it with the rising tide. The slough also needs pumps that are fish friendly, where the current pumps kill fish.

Magri estimates the cost will run into the $10 million range, to convert the slough from a mostly stagnant ditch filled with American bullfrogs and other invasive species, back to a watercourse with clean, flowing water where salmon can spawn.

Key to restoring the slough will be funding from senior government. The federal government will want to see a business plan, and Becker has offered his assistance to Water Watch in developing one.

Beckett said she would like to be personally involved in the project, whether or not she is elected.

“I believe that my knowledge of science, especially in biology, could contribute a lot to the cause,” said Beckett, who teaches high school

science.

Bruce Bell also offered to be personally involved in the project.

“Restoring the Katzie Slough to as near as possible to what it originally was would help to keep Pitt Meadows the natural place,” he said in the questionnaire.

Pitt Meadows Coun.

Tracy Miyashita said in the questionnaire that she has participated in the clean up of the slough and the Fraser River Shoreline, and said more regular clean-up days would be an asset.

“Funding is always a real consideration, but much can be done in terms of education, partnerships and volunteer efforts,” said Pitt Meadows candidate Bill Dingwall.

“We made our point,” said Azeez, “and it was good to meet all these potential leaders of our community.”

Slough stories The Katzie Slough Restoration Project is looking for “Huckleberry Fin stories” about the Katzie Slough.

These can be posted online at www.ksrp.ca under the “Slough Stories” tab.

“We want people to share their stories. It’s another way for people to engage with this project,” explained Azeez.

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New committee to review eco plan Tree bylaw to be toughened up

By Phil M elnyc h u k pmelnychuk@mapleridgenews.com

Council has approved the creation of an environmental advisory committee.

Council also assigned the committee its first job: reviewing Maple Ridge’s new environmental management strategy.

Once that group has reviewed the eco plan, it will be shipped back to Maple Ridge council for final approval.

Described as a “road map� for future development, the environmental management strategy is focused on protecting eco-systems, anticipating outcomes of climate change and determining guidelines for environmentally

sensitive areas.

And while the new environmental committee is reviewing that plan, Maple Ridge is moving ahead with other more pressing eco issues.

The city’s tree protection bylaw will be toughened up, as will the rules that control where soil from construction sites can be dumped, council decided last week.

The environmental management strategy uses data collected during the environmentally sensitive areas mapping that took place in Maple Ridge more than half a decade ago. “The intent is to try ‌ develop responsibly,â€? so the city doesn’t have to pay the costs for environmental repairs later on, said environmental planner Rod Stott.

It’s got wide support in the area, he added.

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be in clarifying policies in the area, he added. “I’m really happy with the work so far and look forward to the environmental committee being formed,� said Coun.

Bob Masse.

Coun. Corisa Bell said council has been talking about rewriting its tree bylaw for the entire term. Meanwhile, the community’s losing hundreds of trees.

She hoped that coun-

cil at least would pass that.

Coun. Al Hogarth, though, wanted to know why Maple Ridge is maintaining its existing conservation areas and trails that are created whenever a housing development takes place. “I think we have to look back and see how were looking after what we’ve got.�

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of any new regulations whether it will make the district less efficient.

Maple Ridge is re-organizing the eight advisory committees that can give council direction on issues.

But the environmental sustainability advisory committee won’t be formed until next year, consisting of four members of the public, staff and two members of the business community.

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They will mostly be people with histories of serious mental illness, addiction and homelessness.

They will stay in the program at Riverview for six months to a year, then be moved into a longer-term program closer to their home.

Coast Mental Health has operated programs on the site since 2003, and there are other health care services offered there. “It’s a response to a need,� Burnham said of the new program. “We’re very pleased, and it’s a great site for it.�

Masse researched the issue, and found that the national standard is 50 mental health beds for every 100,000 people.

B.C. is falling behind, only at an average of 38.

What’s more, many of the beds in the province being counted should not qualify, says Masse, because the agencies providing them do not offer services that will help.

There are unscrupulous operators who exist mainly to collect government funding, he said. “There’s huge money in poverty.�

Masse believes it will take 500 to 600 beds, not 40, to impact the problem of homelessness in the Lower Mainland. “Take the most needy people, the sickest people, and give them the care they need,� he said.

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Take nothing for granted The forums may be over, but the campaigns are in overdrive as the civic elections conclude the all-important final week.

Voters seemed to be interested, judging by turnouts at all-candidates meetings.

Hopefully that will result in increased voter turnout on Nov. 15.

Remember, you’re now voting in councillors and trustees for four-year terms, a 25-per-cent increase over previous elections.

Hopefully voters are beginning to realize how important the so-called third level of government is in our everyday lives.

What happens at city hall or the regional district office or the school board office directly affects you and your neighbour and we encourage everyone to get as informed as possible about the candidates pursuing these positions: and above all, exercise your right to vote.

We have endeavoured to cover as many forums as possible, but also there was a supplement last week and again in today’s paper with information on the candidates in Pitt Meadows and Maple Ridge.

It’s fitting that we all get to exercise our democratic right just a few days after we pay our respects to those who sacrificed so much for the freedoms that we too often take for granted.

We hope everyone wore a poppy and attended Remembrance Day services, Tuesday, to honour our veterans, and that as many as possible follow through and do the right thing on Saturday by exercising the hard-fought right to participate in a democracy.

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Big game of global warming VICTORIA – On most issues this column discusses, the feedback I receive is generally negative.

One exception has been human-caused climate change, where my mail runs three to one in favour of a skeptical apB.C. Views proach. Most express Tom Fletcher relief at having someone question the exaggerated or false claims advanced by environmentalists who strive to paint Alberta and B.C. as home to uniquely evil climate crimes.

As mentioned last week, this is an urgent issue in B.C. as the government pushes to develop liquefied natural gas exports.

The B.C. Liberal approach to limit only the “intensity” of greenhouse gas emissions from LNG production, and make no commitment on the majority of emissions from upstream gas production, looks like the effective end of Gordon Campbell’s crusade to lead North America in “climate action.”

The government has also abandoned Campbell’s collapsed effort to set up a cap-and-trade system with various U.S. states to regulate emissions. Which brings me to a key reason for public skepticism.

Going back to Jean Chrétien’s lip service to the Kyoto Accord, the world-

wide effort to rein in fossil fuel emissions has been a smog of hypocrisy, hollow promises and failed experiments.

The next grand climate summit is scheduled for Paris next summer, although the vast international green bureaucracy will first have to jet to Peru for a pre-summit summit.

The European Union has just agreed to a Campbell-like new target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 40 per cent by 2030. But that’s dependent on the Paris summit reaching a legally binding international deal, something the United States remains unwilling to do.

Meanwhile, Germany is building new coal-fired power plants.

In Ontario, a grandiose scheme to replace coal-fired power with wind, solar and other renewables has produced steeply rising electricity rates and a political scandal over a cancelled plan to build gas-fired capacity.

The public continues to be bombarded with ginned-up stories of environmental destruction. You may have seen shocking TV reports in October of a “haul-out” of thousands of walruses on beaches around the Chukchi Sea in Alaska and Russia, with animals trampling each other.

The World Wildlife Fund and U.S. biologists rushed to media to frame this as a crisis caused by a lack of sea ice.

This claim has been demolished by Susan Crockford, an evolutionary biologist who teaches at the University of Victoria. If you Google “Walrus mass haulout

hype refuted” you will find Crockford’s brief video showing a long, pre-industrial history of these events. She concludes that they are a sign of overpopulation in the now-protected walrus herds.

Crockford’s website, polarbearscience. com, debunks similar claims made about supposedly disappearing polar bears that have been a mainstay over the years to drive the global warming catastrophe narrative.

In terms of actual reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, there are signs of progress. The United States has made considerable strides, thanks to abundant shale gas that has allowed it to switch from some of its 600-odd coal-fired power plants.

Which brings us back to B.C.’s push for natural gas exports. The NDP claims to support this, but has spent hours in the legislature warning of a giveaway of the resource, imagined fracking disasters and LNG tanker explosions and everything else they can dream up to throw at it.

This is the same party that campaigned against the carbon tax in 2009 and hasn’t had a coherent energy policy since.

But this isn’t some partisan game. It’s about whether B.C. maintains its gas industry. And so far natural gas is the only thing that has substantially cut carbon emissions.

Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press.

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Candidates, release list of donors before

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n Saturday, British Columbians will head to the polls to choose more than 2,000 local officials for councils, school boards, regional districts, parks boards and the Islands Trust.

Considering that local councils in B.C. spend more than $8 billion a year of our money, it’s a bit of a paradox that most voters – if it’s anything like last time – will find something else to do this Saturday.

In 2011, some communities saw turnouts of less than 30 per cent, including Maple Ridge.

In Vancouver, 34.6 per cent of voters cast a ballot.

So maybe it’s time to spark some inter-provincial rivalry for bragging rights.

In Winnipeg, more than 50 per cent of the city’s 468,713 voters cast a ballot last month.

In Toronto, turnout exceeded 60 per cent.

The last time that level was reached in a B.C. election was in 1991.

One thing is different. Vancouver’s municipal parties have released their donor lists before voters head to the polls, not three months after.

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Last week, Vision Vancouver reported $2.3 million in donations. Corporate donations accounted for 60.8 per cent of the haul, and

unions, 14 per cent.

The NPA reported donations of $2.1 million, and the second largest donation in Vancouver’s history at $360,000 from Peter Armstrong’s Great Canadian Railtour Company. All in, Armstrong has donated $470,000 to the NPA through additional personal and corporate cheques.

That’s enough to have covered Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi’s 2013 re-election budget, with $79,000 to spare. Calgary has about a quarter of a million more voters than Vancouver.

Armstrong could have covered the spending limit of two candidates running for mayor of Winnipeg and still have $67,000 left over.

Winnipeg has roughly 20,000 more voters than Vancouver.

Or he could have covered the $386,556 spending limit for a candidate running to be mayor of Mississauga, a ceiling described by one writer at the Mississauga News as “astronomical.”

One small wrinkle: in Calgary, Armstrong’s generosity would be limited to $5,000, in Winnipeg $1,500, and it would have to be a personal cheque. In Mississauga, he’d be cut off at $750.

Don’t be fooled by local politicians who like to tell you that obscene campaign spending is a

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Vancouver phenomenon.

They’re wrong.

In 2011, Victoria mayor Dean Fortin spent $76,722 in his successful bid for re-election. In a city with 65,468 voters, that worked out to $1.17 per voter. Apply that level of spending to the number of voters in Vancouver and it’s $490,100.

Or consider Regina, with more than twice the number of voters than Victoria. Last time out the expense limit in that city was $62,635 for a mayoralty candidate, or 39.8 cents per voter.

Meanwhile, over at the ledge, the B.C. government thought the midst of the 2014 civic election was a dandy time to hold public hearings on new campaign finance rules for 2018. Go figure.

Most communities in B.C. don’t have municipal parties, which may be a good thing, but they’re not short of slates. In the coming days, one group or another may ask you to vote for one slate or another. In theory, sounds great: one council, all happy campers, all headed in the same direction.

But would you really want one party to hold all the seats in the B.C. legislature? It’s a tougher hill to climb, only two parties have ever done it in Canada: PEI’s Walter Lea achieved the feat in 1935 and New Brunswick’s Frank McKenna

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The body of the e-mail says that the next council of Maple Ridge will vote on “making shopping a reality in the Albion flats.”

The letter asks people to support candidates who want to bring “much-needed shopping options … on the Albion flats.

“Remember – please consider voting for candidates who support shopping in the Albion flats and vote on Saturday, Nov. 15!”

Howarth got the email Friday and said it was unsolicited.

“I’ve never been a supporter of SmartCentres or shopping in Albion flats,” she said.

“I don’t know how they got my e-mail address, other than me writing letters of complaint.”

Howarth said with Maple Ridge being close to Coquitlam, a shopping mall in Albion flats isn’t needed.

“I’m upset about the idea.”

She posted the e-mail on Facebook so that other candidates could address the issue.

“I don’t think businesses should be sway-

ing voters.”

She also disagreed with the city swapping its land with that owned

by SmartCentres.

“I think it’s really outrageous that land that’s owned by the people of Maple Ridge,” is being negotiated.

She has no faith in the public consultation process, pointing out that council ignored the community’s say during such for the area in 2010.

The City of Maple Ridge and SmartCentres have been trying to work out a land swap so that the developer can

have the city’s land on the east side of 105th Avenue at Lougheed Highway in return for that on the west side.

The Agricultural Land Commission has said it would exclude land east of 105th Ave. for development, but has rejected exclusion of land on the west side.

Speirs said Maple Ridge council has pursued a mall in that location for eight years.

The city paid a top consultant $100,000 for a study and public consultation, then ignored its findings and the public’s desire to

preserve the land on the western part.

“We just continue to spend money hand over fist.”

Staff time has also been diverted trying to develop a plan for the area, he said.

Speirs accused the current council of stalling the deal until the election is over.

“We’re not stalling anything,” replied Mayor Ernie Daykin.

So far in the campaign, shopping hasn’t been a “burning issue,” Daykin added. “I was surprised to see it.”

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courage people to do a little more homework and learn the positions of candidates on the issue, he said.

Sandra Kaiser, with SmartCentres, said the e-mails were sent to people who were in the company’s database from the 2011 election, when the mall also was an issue.

But she doesn’t know how many were sent out because she didn’t know how many were returned as not reaching the intended e-mail recipients.

“It was just sent to our database – people who had expressed an interest in shopping.”

Last election, SmartCentres put up signs asking people to contact them if they wanted a mall in Albion flats.

The intent was to get people to keep the issue in mind when they vote for whoever they choose to vote for.

“That’s all we’re doing,” Kaiser said.

“We’re not supporting any candidates, it’s simply, ‘Here’s an issue.

If you’re interested in it, ask the candidates that you’re thinking of voting for to see where

they stand on that issue.’”

Negotiations with the city have slowed during the current election, she added.

However, Elections BC said the e-mail is considered third-party advertising under B.C.’s new Local Elections Campaign Financing Act. “The letter takes a position on an issue with which candidates are associated so by definition … it does meet the definition of thirdparty advertising,” said compliance officer Mark Thompson.

If you take a stance on an issue with a candidate or organization is associated, it becomes third-party advertising, he said.

The list of third-party sponsors is on the Elections BC website.

As a result, the company has to register as a third-party sponsor.

SmartCentres has said it will do that, Thompson said.

“We’ve informed them of the requirement to register and they’re going to do so without any problems, and that will be the end of that one.”

Early voter turnout double from that from last election

People are either more interested in this election, or they could be angrier and just want to vote or maybe it’s just that it’s easier this time around to vote early.

Whatever the reason, double the number have voted in advance polls in Maple Ridge for this election, compared to the 2011 election.

Electoral officer Ceri Marlo said during the three days of advance voting that took place last week, 1,492 people cast their ballot.

That compares to 624 in advance polls in 2011.

“I think it’s too early to say what that means,” said Marlo.

It could mean that more people just want to have the convenience of voting ahead of the main voting day on Nov. 15.

Or it also could serve as an early indicator of a voter turnout that’s higher than the overall 25 per cent from last election.

“That’s great, good news,” said Mayor Ernie Daykin.

He also hoped the trend would continue on Saturday, Nov. 15, election day.

This election, as part of its efforts to increase voter turnout, advance polls were open three days instead of two. Advance polls also were provided at Ridge Meadows Seniors Activity Centre, Fraserview Village, Planet Ice, Maple Ridge Alliance Church and the Maple Ridge Leisure Centre, as well as city hall.

In the 2011 election, only 12,809 people voted out of a possible 51,089.

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Hayes wants all bridges tolled Issue divides Pitt mayoralty candidates

By Nei l Corbe tt ncorbett@mapleridgenews.com

Placing a crossing toll on the Pitt River Bridge was one of the issues that separated candidates running for Mayor in Pitt Meadows during the two all candidates meetings last week.

Pitt Meadows mayoralty candidate Michael Hayes drew criticism from political opponents when he said at the Thursday meeting he would be in favor of tolling all bridges in the region – which would presumably include the Pitt River Bridge.

His rival, John Becker, said he could not support any new tolls, particularly if they were not directly tied to a new service or capital project.

“The feeling of us, out here in the east, is we continue to pay into

systems serving Metro Vancouver,” said Becker, adding people will not be willing to accept extra taxes for limited, if any, improvements.

He said municipal officials in communities served by TransLink investigate the corporation’s spending, noting it already has considerable revenue sources with gas taxes and bridge tolls.

“What is Pitt Meadows getting now, for its bang for the buck?” he asked.

Afterward, Hayes clarified that the oneminute response time at the meeting did not give him adequate time to outline his position.

“It is worth looking at the option of a minor toll of approximately 50 cents per crossing on all bridges, so that it is fair across the entire region, and affordable to all,” he said.

Hayes added that he opposes TransLink or Victoria adding any new gas tax or property tax for transit, but “un-

derstand that additional funds need to be generated for future growth and improvements.”

Mayoralty candidate Gary Paller agreed that all bridges should be tolled, but at a rate of $1 per crossing.

“My quest is to find out how much of the toll is going towards collecting the toll and how much is going towards the debt,” he added.

“As much as I hate to say it, we might be better off scrapping the tolls altogether, and the collection of the tolls, and just add another two cents per litre on our already outrageous gas taxes.”

Looking back on the two public meetings, Becker called the all candidates meetings a “pasteurized product.”

He added: “What would have been preferable was the mayor’s televised debate.”

His two opponents backed out of the onehour televised debate

that Shaw had organized..

At the meetings, Becker’s team, which includes councillors Janis Elkerton, Bruce Bell and David Murray, along with candidate Mike Stark, was the subject of some thinly veiled criticism.

Numerous candidates said they run independently, and not “beholden” to anyone.

Asked why the members of the team did not respond to these accusations, Becker said they preferred to outline their electoral platforms at the meetings.

“We do that [respond to team criticism] at the doorsteps,” he said.

“You’ll never reach your destination if you stop to throw stones at every barking dog,” Becker said, quoting Winston Churchill.

Hayes believes he was separated from other mayoralty candidates by not making promises that he can’t keep – such as a zero tax increase

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without cutting services, or building overpasses and sports facilities without a funding plan in place.

“My promise is to deliver services with the least among of burden to our taxpayers,” he said. “I will protect our reserves. I will look for partnerships for capital projects such as overpasses, sports fields and infrastructure improvements and budget them into our business plan.”

Paller said the events were well organized and the attendance was excellent. However, he would have preferred to have been questioned directly by members of the audience, in a town hall style.

Paller is not a fan of candidates running as a team.

“You’ve got the same five people sticking together, trying to get elected,” he said. “And they don’t care about the problems in Pitt Meadows today, they only care about getting re-elected.”

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The tolls that are now charged on the Port Mann and Golden Ears bridges should be extended to other Lower Mainland crossings so motorists are treated more fairly across the region.

That’s one of the recommendations from the Business Council of B.C. in a white paper it has released on the need to build much more infrastructure in the province and seek new ways of financing it.

It warns TransLink’s plan to toll a rebuilt Pattullo Bridge in the years ahead may force reform of the current practice of only tolling new or replacement crossings as they are built.

“The imposition of a third toll for a Fraser River crossing may be problematic and would exacerbate concerns over intra‐regional equity with respect to the user‐pay principle for transportation services,” the report says.

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The Golden ears Bridge is currently one of two in the region with tolls. urgent to look to longer‐term and more equitable solutions to tolling and road‐use fees as a tool to finance transit and manage road volumes across the region.”

Tr a n s p o r t a t i o n Minister Todd Stone pledged a review of the province’s tolling policy a year ago, but has yet to act.

The province is also designing a new bridge to replace the Massey Tunnel. Stone hasn’t yet spelled out how he would seek public consent to toll that crossing.

Metro Vancouver mayors want to eventually adopt road pricing, which could involve per kilometre fees on major routes rather than just tolls at bridges.

They argue such a system could not only help fund TransLink but allow time-of-day pricing to encourage some drivers to travel at offpeak times and make the entire road system more efficient.

The Business Council of B.C. paper also endorses greater use of “peak-pricing models” – including municipal water metering – but it suggests interim bridge tolling reform may be wiser than pursuit of full road pricing.

“While road pricing may be the most comprehensive approach to demand management, starting with an expanded tolling network (based on low toll charges) across the region may be more manageable and politi-

cally achievable,” said the report, which is titled Building B.C. for the 21st Century.

It says the province should reconsider its policy that bans new tolls when a free alternative is unavailable.

Both the public transit and road systems are heavily congested in Metro and need more upgrades, the paper says, noting an expected Lower Mainland population increase of 800,000 by 2031.

It says the most pressing expansion needs are in Surrey and Langley, while also noting intense transit pressure on Vancouver’s Broadway corridor.

Although billions of dollars have gone into port-related gateway infrastructure in recent years, more is needed on that front as well, the report said, adding much funding should come from the federal government, which has more taxation capability than the province.

Gateway priorities include twinning the old railway bridges over the Fraser River at New Westminster and at the Second Narrows.

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The Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows school board added its voice to a lobby calling for $10 per day child care plan in the province.

Emily Mlieczko, the executive director of the Early Childhood Educators of B.C., met with the board to discuss the plan, developed by her group, for a public system of integrated early care and learning.

It calls for $10/day child care, $7 for parttime, and no user fees for families earning less than $40,000 per year. It also asks for increased spaces for children with special needs, and $25/hour average wages for early childhood educators.

Mlieczko told the board the plan had the support of 32 local governments and 26 school boards, and a long list of organizations, including businesses and academics.

School District No. 42 became the 27th board to get behind the cause.

The plan starts by stating Canada ranks last among developed countries in supporting quality care and learning programs. B.C. has licenced child care spaces for only about 20 per cent of children, and costs are high because it is a user-pay system.

Trustee Susan Carr agreed, saying she was forced to quit her job to raise three kids. Daycare was expensive then, she said, and it’s worse now.

The plan is to make early and care and

learning programs the responsibility of the education ministry, that they be publicly funded, and that every chid under five have the right to participate. Every child aged 6-12 would have the right to participate in before and after-school programs.

The financial rationale notes that it will cost government $1.5 billion per year.

However, it also notes that B.C. mothers with children aged 3-15 have the lowest labour force participation in Canada.

With better access to affordable child care, another 17,000 mothers could enter the workforce, they estimate. These working women would generate more tax revenue for the government, and be an asset to the workforce and B.C. businesses.

Mlieczko said the money that government invests in the program goes right back into the economy.

“Families, when they are supported in this way, spend more money in their communities,” she said.

Quebec, has a provincial child care program that serves half of the province’s children under five. It has allowed 70,000 mothers to return to the work force, generating $5.2 billion.

“The plan is based on years and years of research and evidence, so we’re sure this is the way to go,” said Mlieczko.

In addition to Quebec, her group studied similar systems in PEI, Ontario and other provinces, and abroad in England, Scotland, New Zealand and other countries.

She has also sought the endorsement of Maple Ridge city council, and expects to see the matter on a future city agenda.

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Cab-hiring app Uber has countered a pre-emptive lawsuit against it by taxi companies with a petition urging the province and City of Vancouver to welcome its service.

Launched last Thursday, the petition had more than 14,000 names

by Monday and follows a vow from Transportation Minister Todd Stone to use undercover agents to fine Uber drivers if they begin operating in contravention of B.C. law.

In the petition preamble, Uber calls the taxi industry in Metro Vancouver a cartel of “a few rich taxi owners” out to preserve their business instead of serving passengers well.

“While consumers are left stranded, the government continues to protect taxi interests under the guise of maintaining ‘industry health,’” it says.

“With the lowest number of taxis per capita in North America, Vancouver residents and visitors are woefully underserved when it comes to transportation options.”

Critics from the taxi industry warn Uber would bring unreliable, potentially substandard service using questionable drivers and cars.

Uber argues it’s a technology, not a conventional taxi service, and should not be subject to the same rules.

The U.S. firm invites private vehicle owners to sign up and takes a 20 per cent cut of fares. Customers use a smartphone app to book rides and pay fares without cash changing hands.

SFU City Program director Gordon Price said the taxi industry’s alarm is understandable – taxi licences worth up to $1 million in

the Vancouver area would become nearly worthless if a flood of Uber drivers take over the market.

But he said passengers would enjoy cheaper fares and a service that’s “much better” because of the convenience of the app.

Passengers need not know where they are to book a ride with Uber, which finds their location via GPS and matches them with available drivers.

The taxi industry is meanwhile aiming to launch its own app as early as February to provide similar features on behalf of all companies in the Lower Mainland, B.C. Taxi Association spokesman Mohan Kang said.

Municipalities are so far siding with taxi firms against Uber in part because of the money they collect from cab licence fees, SFU marketing professor Lindsay Meredith said.

But he said the issue boils down to protection of a long-running monopoly and predicts Uber would not have found such fertile ground here had taxis not been notorious for long waits and reluctance to make some trips.

“Try to catch a cab at 2 a.m. to get back to Surrey,” Meredith said.

“Most of the cabs don’t want to do that because of the empty backhaul.”

He noted one facet of Uber’s model is variable pricing, which can mean very high “surge” rates at peak demand times and lower fares at other times.

That aims to attract more drivers when they’re needed and match supply to demand.

“Uber’s pricing system is much closer to a free market pricing structure,” Meredith said. “If they’re able to elbow their way in here they will start driving down the prices and that strikes fear into the hearts of taxi companies.”

Uber operates in more than 220 cities and has been advertising on Facebook for drivers in B.C.

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Notice of TAKE NOTICE THAT a Public Hearing will be held in the Council Chamber of the Municipal Hall, 11995 Haney Place, Maple Ridge, North-East corner entrance, at 7:00 p.m., Tuesday, November 18, 2014 to consider the following bylaws: 1) 2014-023-RZ MAPLE RIDGE ZONE AMENDING BYLAW NO. 7074-2014

3a) 2014-012-RZ MAPLE RIDGE OFFICIAL COMMUNITY PLAN AMENDING BYLAW NO. 7067-2014 LEGAL:

Lot 2, Section 15, Township 12, New Westminster District, Plan 68166

LOCATION:

24295 112 Avenue

PURPOSE:

To amend Schedule “A”, Section 10.2, Albion Area Plan, “Schedule 1”, as shown outlined in bold on the following map

LEGAL:

Lot “F”, District Lot 245, Group 1, New Westminster District, Plan 21461

LOCATION:

21434 121 Avenue

FROM:

Low/Medium Density Residential

FROM:

RS-1b (One Family Urban [Medium Density] Residential))

TO:

Conservation

TO:

R-1 (Residential District)

PURPOSE:

To permit a future subdivision into two single family lots.

& PURPOSE: To amend Schedule “C” of the Official Community Plan to add to Conservation, as shown outlined in bold on the following map

2a) 2011-095-RZ

3b) 2014-012-RZ

MAPLE RIDGE OFFICIAL COMMUNITY PLAN AMENDING BYLAW NO. 6850-2011

MAPLE RIDGE ZONE AMENDING BYLAW NO. 7065-2014

LEGAL:

Lot 18, Section 15, Township 12, New Westminster District, Plan 50696

LEGAL:

LOCATION:

11219 243 Street

PURPOSE:

To amend Schedule “A” Section 10.2, Albion Area Plan “Schedule 1” of the Official Community Plan, as shown outlined in bold on the following map

LOCATION:

24263 and 24295 112 Avenue

FROM:

RS-2 (One Family Suburban Residential)

FROM:

Low/Medium Density Residential

TO:

RS-1b (One Family Urban [Medium Density] Residential)

TO:

Conservation

PURPOSE:

To permit the future subdivision into approximately 12 single family lots.

Lots 1 and 2, both of Section 15, Township 12, New Westminster District, Plan 68166

& PURPOSE: To amend Schedule “C” of the Official Community Plan to add to Conservation, as shown outlined in bold on the following map

4) 2014-043-RZ MAPLE RIDGE ZONE AMENDING BYLAW NO. 7090-2014 2b) 2011-095-RZ

LEGAL:

Lot 14, Section 25, Township 12, New Westminster District, Plan BCP42202

MAPLE RIDGE ZONE AMENDING BYLAW NO. 6851-2011

LOCATION:

13065 Katonien Street

LEGAL:

Lot 18, Section 15, Township 12, New Westminster District, Plan 50696

PURPOSE:

LOCATION:

11219 243 Street

A site-specific text amendment to the M-2 (General Industrial) zone to permit “Indoor Commercial Recreation”

FROM:

RS-3 (One Family Rural Residential)

TO:

RS-1b (One Family Urban [Medium Density] Residential)

PURPOSE:

To permit the future subdivision into approximately 16 single family lots.

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Public Hearing 5a) 2014-024-RZ

7) 2013-042-RZ

MAPLE RIDGE OFFICIAL COMMUNITY PLAN AMENDING BYLAW NO. 7114-2014

MAPLE RIDGE ZONE AMENDING BYLAW NO. 7009-2013

LEGAL:

Lot 2, Section 11, Township 12, New Westminster District, Plan 84254

LEGAL:

Lot 68, Section 22, Township 12, New Westminster District, Plan 43885

LOCATION:

24990 110 Avenue

LOCATION:

24325 126 Avenue

PURPOSE:

To amend Schedule “A”, Chapter 10.2 Albion Area Plan, Schedule 1: Albion Area Plan, and Figure 1: Northeast Albion, of the Official Community Plan, as shown on Map No. 890

FROM:

RS-3 (One Family Rural Residential)

TO:

RS-2 (One Family Suburban Residential)

PURPOSE:

To permit a future subdivision into two single family lots.

FROM:

Suburban Residential

TO:

Low/Medium Density Residential

& PURPOSE: To amend Schedule “A”, Chapter 10.2 Albion Area Plan, Schedule 1: Albion Area Plan, and Figure 1: Northeast Albion to relocate the Urban Area Boundary, as shown on Map No. 891 & PURPOSE: To amend Schedule “B” of the Official Community Plan, as shown on Map No 890 FROM:

Suburban Residential

TO:

Low/Medium Density Residential

& PURPOSE: To amend Schedule “B” of the Official Community Plan to relocate the Urban Area Boundary, as shown on Map No. 891 8) 2012-119-RZ MAPLE RIDGE ZONE AMENDING BYLAW NO. 6969-2013

Map No.890

LEGAL:

Lot 4, Section 3, Township 12, New Westminster District, Plan 9393 Lot 19, Section 3, Township 12, New Westminster District, Plan BCP36407

LOCATION:

24108 104 Avenue and 10336 240A Street

FROM:

RS-2 (One Family Suburban Residential) and RS-3 (One Family Rural Residential)

TO:

RM-1 (Townhouse Residential)

PURPOSE:

To permit the future development of 97 townhouse units.

Map No.891

5b) 2014-024-RZ MAPLE RIDGE ZONE AMENDING BYLAW NO. 7081-2014 LEGAL:

Lot 2, Section 11, Township 12, New Westminster District, Plan 84254

LOCATION:

24990 110 Avenue

FROM:

RS-3 (One Family Rural Residential)

TO:

RS-1b (One Family Urban [Medium Density] Residential), as shown on Map No. 1617

PURPOSE:

To permit the future subdivision of 5 single family lots.

& PURPOSE: To amend the Albion Area Plan Boundary on Schedule “I” of the Zoning Bylaw, as shown on Map No. 1629 AND FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that a copy of the aforesaid bylaws and copies of staff reports and other information considered by Council relevant to the matters contained in the bylaws will also be available for public inspection at the Municipal Hall, Planning Department counter, between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. from November 6, 2014 to November 18, 2014, Saturdays, Sundays and Statutory Holidays excepted. Some of this information will also be posted on the City website www.mapleridge.ca on the Your Government /Meet Your Council/Council Meetings page.

Map No.1617

Map No.1629

6) 2011-130-RZ

ALL PERSONS who deem themselves affected by any of these bylaws shall be afforded a reasonable opportunity to be heard at the Public Hearing before Council on the matters contained in the bylaws or by making a written submission to the attention of the Manager of Legislative Services or by sending an e-mail to the Clerk’s Department at clerks@mapleridge.ca, by 4:00 p.m., November 18, 2014. Please note that all written submissions provided in response to this consultation will become part of the public record which includes the submissions being made available for public inspection.

MAPLE RIDGE ZONE AMENDING BYLAW NO. 6891-2011

Dated this 6th day of November, 2014.

LEGAL:

Lot 3, Section 20, Township 12, New Westminster District, Plan 13667

LOCATION:

12240 228 Street

Ceri Marlo Manager of Legislative Services

FROM:

RS-1 (One Family Urban Residential)

TO:

R-3 (Special Amenity Residential District)

PURPOSE:

To permit a future subdivision into four single family lots.

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Metro Vancouver residents are recycling laggards when it comes to taking back their empty bottles and other deposit containers.

And those in Surrey and Vancouver appear to be the worst of all.

So says Encorp Pacific, the non-profit agency that oversees the Return-It network of depots on behalf of member companies.

The system has an overall beverage container recycling rate of 80.1 per cent across B.C., a number that has improved from 72 per cent in 2006.

But Metro Vancouver is significantly worse than other regions at about 74 per cent, according to Encorp CEO Scott Fraser.

“Surrey and Vancouver are our two biggest challenges in terms of lower recovery rates and the largest numbers of unrecovered containers,” Fraser said.

Encorp says recovery rates are also low in the North Shore, Tri

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Too many bottles, cans go to landfill, says Encorp.

Cities and Abbotsford, but relatively high in Langley, New Westminster, Maple Ridge and Delta.

An estimated 155 million beverage containers sold in Metro Vancouver each year never make their way back to depots, despite the offer of deposit refunds.

About half the containers that end up unrecycled in landfills are dropped in outdoor garbage containers or come from businesses, institutions or industry, while roughly a quarter each come

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The business/commercial sector has a container recycling rate of only 58 per cent in Metro, dragging down the region’s overall performance.

More cages for deposit containers on the sides of outdoor garbage bins could help binners retrieve and recycle them, Fraser said.

“We really would like to see recycling containers next to every street garbage bin,” Fraser said. “A har-

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Encorp’s system to cover their recycling.

Encorp marked 20 years of operating the container deposit system this year and recorded its 15 billionth container recycled in October.

Encorp’s statistics don’t include beer, wine and spirit bottles and cans.

They come back at much higher recovery rates – more than 92 per cent – under a separate system jointly run by major breweries.

Encorp’s Fraser said the disparity in return rates between the two systems is because liquor consumers are accustomed to returning empties when they go to buy more beer or wine.

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ried family with three kids with juice containers walking down the street wants to put them in the first thing they see. And if it’s a garbage can we lose those containers.”

Encorp has begun offering free binnerfriendly container recycling receptacles to municipalities that promise to service and clean them. They’re designed for areas with high pedestrian traffic.

Fraser said deposits are never paid out on many containers that are put in the blue box curbside recycling system – now overseen by Multi-Material BC – because they’re often crushed in mechanized sorting machinery and can’t be identified.

Some Metro Vancouver politicians have raised concerns that recycling of glass bottles will decline because MMBC no longer accepts them in the blue box in most municipalities, directing residents to instead bring glass to depots.

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• Activism: Standing up for public education that goes far beyond writing letters that are consistently ignored.

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1937: hot contest for reeve Cont ribu ted by Maple Ridge Museum

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he municipal election that took place in January of 1937 was both interesting and informative.

There was a hot contest for the reeve’s chair and with the exception of one ward, lively contests in the other four.

The five wards were: • Ward 1 – Hammond; • Ward 2 – West Haney and Yennadon; • Ward 3 – East Haney, Yennadon and Webster’s Corners; • Ward 4 – Albion and South Webster’s Corners; • Ward 5 – Whonnock and Ruskin.

The reeve and school board were elected ‘at large,’ but there were separate contests within each

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Solomon Mussallem, in the 1930s, lighting the Pipe of Peace at an inaugural council meeting. ward for that ward’s council seat.

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Fair weather, so he was returned by acclamation.

The 1936 council year had seen a lot of con-

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troversy. Road building and hard-surfacing were serious issues facing all wards and there was competition between them for scarce dollars in those depression years.

The downloading of costs related to the Depression – particularly those having to do with

welfare payments and make-work projects – by the federal and provincial governments on to municipal councils, was a constant pressure and source of complaint by those who thought the welfare should be more substantial.

Taxation was a chronic issue then as now.

In those days, farms were taxed at the same rate as city land, so the more land you owned, the more tax you paid.

Farmers who were making a low rate per acre on their production looked with envy on the person in town with just a small lot with a store on it.

Until the point was reached where farmland was taxed at a different rate, it was exceedingly difficult to get any infrastructure spending approved.

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During the Depression, the farmers were constantly demanding tax reductions.

Finally, there was a painful episode involving the local police chief that resulted in his firing and his replacement by constables from the B.C. Provincial Police.

There were those, including James Cameron – Sol Mussallem’s competition for the reeve position – who thought that a matter as important as policing should have been taken to the public as a referendum.

This certainly has echoes today as some feel we would be better served with more frequent direct questioning of the electorate.

Mussallem countered with a statement to the effect that making such decisions was precisely what the municipal council had been elected for and that the public input would happen at the upcoming election.

Again, no different from the counter argument made today.

“It was hailed as the greatest turnout of voters that Maple Ridge had ever seen, though the newspaper just reported raw numbers and no hint is given of percentage of eligible voters.”

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However, one point of difference is that in the 1930s, municipal elections took place every year, so that if the community was dissatisfied, it needn’t be dissatisfied for long.

After two weeks of vigorous campaigning, the election was held. It was hailed as the greatest turnout of voters that Maple Ridge had ever seen, though the newspaper just reported raw numbers and no hint is given of percentage of eligible voters.

The population was between 5,000 and 6,000 and

Front page of the Gazette one week after the beginning of the two-week campaign in 1937.

there were 1,044 votes cast for the reeve, though it is difficult to say how many were not eligible to vote due to age or ethnicity.

Probably the most interesting part of the story is that after all the accusations and mud-slinging, absolutely nothing changed with the election.

Mussallem was returned for a seventh term and all of his 1936 council was returned with him.

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B.C.’s struggling child protection service will be strengthened by the addition of 200 more social worker and support staff positions over the next two years, Children and Family Development Minister Stephanie Cadieux says.

The announcement came a day after the union representing staff issued a report saying they continue to deal with excessive workload and staff shortages due to high staff turnover, unfilled positions and budget cuts.

Cadieux said the additional staff and centralizing of child protection intake screening is a response to the B.C. Government and Service Employees’ Union report, and previous critical reports by Representative for Children and Youth Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond.

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Children and Family Development Minister Stephanie Cadieux. more than the recommended 20 cases, with nearly half carrying more than 30 and some

and the target is to bring the total to 200 new positions by the end of 2016.

“We’ve heard the concerns of our staff about their workload, about their inability to do all of the things that they feel are necessary.”

Stephanie Cadieux, minister of Children and Family Development reporting caseloads of 70 or more.

Cadieux said 70 auxiliary employees are being made permanent immediately, mostly in the Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island,

“We’ve heard the concerns of our staff about their workload, about their inability to do all of the things that they feel are necessary,” Cadieux said.

NDP children and

family critic Doug Donaldson said help is still far away for rural and northern communities where recruiting and retaining staff is most difficult. He said the Smithers ministry office has seen 100 per cent turnover of child protection staff in the last three years.

“It’s really good that the government has finally woken up, six years after the child representative said that staffing issues and turnover issues need to be addressed,” Donaldson said.

A mobile response team is being expanded to help offices with long-standing vacancies cope while new staff is recruited and trained.

Cadieux said the ministry budget has increased by about $47 million since 2008, with another increase set for next year. Adjusting office hours and doing more administrative work online or by phone allows the ministry to focus its resources on face-to-face services, she said.

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That’s the verdict of the overwhelming majority of voters in the two federal by-elections taking place on Nov. 17, according to a Nanos poll recently conducted in the ridings of Yellowhead and Whitby-Oshawa.

Commissioned by the Canadian Medical Association (CMA), the poll found that nine in 10 voters (89 per cent) in the two ridings believed seniors care should be part of the campaign platforms of all parties in the next federal election.

“Canada’s doctors have set out to make seniors care a priority for the next federal election and it is very gratifying that our patients share this urgency,” said Dr. Chris Simpson, CMA president.

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RCMP tightens volunteer security after Ottawa attack

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Last month’s attacks on Canadian soldiers in Ottawa and Montreal have prompted the RCMP to arm officers who appear in public in red serge and to take extra steps to protect auxiliary constables who volunteer unarmed in the community.

The new requirement for direct supervision is expected to mean more armed regular RCMP officers accompanying unarmed auxiliaries at major public events than did in the past, according to Assistant Commissioner Dan Malo, the Lower Mainland District Commander for the RCMP. “Our reality changed after the events of Ottawa,” Malo said, referring to the killing of Cpl. Nathan Cirillo as he guarded the National War Memorial on Parliament Hill.

He predicted the main impact will be on police staffing of major summer festivals.

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“Such a change will also have a significant financial impact if sworn officers are required to provide direct supervision of all activities performed by our auxiliary constables,” the letter states. “Our existing complement of regular members will no longer be freed up to attend to other scheduled duties.”

More than 1,100 auxiliaries assist with policing across B.C. and Malo said it’s appropriate to be more careful than in the past, depending on the circumstances.

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Tippe, like father like son Rick Tippe inducted into B.C. hall of fame

By Colleen Fla n ag a n cflanagan@mapleridgenews.com

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aple Ridge’s own country music star, Rick Tippe, was inducted into the B.C. Country Music Association Hall of Fame on Sunday during a special show and ceremony in Mission.

“It’s a real honour that they would think that much of my career to do this for me,” said the multiple award winning artist.

But what makes this award even more special to Tippe is being able to share it with his father, Elmer Tippe, who was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1988.

“My dad was like ‘the guy’ through the ’70s and ’80s, especially. Dad was playing professionally in the ’50s and ’60s, too. So, he’s a living legend,” said Tippe.

“It’s neat to think him and I will both be in the same Hall of Fame.

That’s pretty unique. I don’t think there’s too many individuals on the

Rick Tippe performs at the induction ceremony Sunday in Mission. face of the earth can say that, along with their parent, that they’ve had that type of honour bestowed upon them both,” he continued.

This year marked the BCCMA’s 28th year since the first Hall of Fame induction of Ray McAuley.

Tippe performed two songs during the evening event at the Clarke Theatre.

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The first song he performed was The Craziest Thing, a song he attributes to the success of his career.

“It’s kind of the song that really made a difference as far as my career going from just an average guy to one of the top guys at the time,” said Tippe.

Part of that success was also due to the video.

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“The music video is probably one of the ones I’m most proud of to this day, even though it was only my fourth music video ever,” he said.

He also remembers when specialty country music channel CMT got a hold of the video.

“They said something to the effect that Rick Tippe’s on the leading edge of today’s country music.

And so they played that video like crazy. It really moved me up the ladder, quite a few rungs, when that song, that new album and that video came out. It was huge for me,” laughed Tippe.

The second song he performed was one he considers the most rewarding he ever wrote called Keeping The Faith. He wrote it for a lady he met in Ontario who was a cancer survivor. He met her eight years after doctors told her she had six months to live.

“People just loved [the song] to no end,” said Tippe.

“People would come to my shows just because of that song or would send me emails thanking me for that song. It was just very powerful,” he continued.

Both Tippe’s parents, his wife, children and good friends attended the event.

His father presented him with the award.

Tippe retired from the music industry after his final show on Aug. 12, 2011.

“Writing was so rewarding, going to the studio and recording the songs and shooting the videos and then going on stage and sharing it with people,” said Tippe, fondly thinking back over his career.

He misses most the people he had the opportunity to meet and the camaraderie of his band.

Being inducted into the Hall of Fame was not about him, but those who supported Tippe through the years.

“I’m the horse in front of the cart type. They see me first, but on the cart behind me, supporting me, they’re just so, so many people,” said Tippe.

• Several other country music musicians were honoured during the evening as well, including Kenny Hess of Mission, Anne Lord of Chilliwack, Gerry King (deceased) of Surrey, Terry Gray of Langley, Bill Rea (deceased) of California, Sue Irving of Surrey, Les Redekopp of Surrey, Jim Howe of Surrey and Dan Earl Knecht of Kamloops.

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The quartet is anchored by Canadian vocal sensation and multiinstrumentalist Denzal Sinclaire. Denzal is known internationally as a jazz star and has had his praises sung by the likes of Diana Krall and Cassandra Wilson. Hammond B3 organist Chris Gestrin is responsible for making this group as funky as it is with his wicked organ grooves and creative arrangements of the Christmas classics.

Saxophonist Cory Weeds is perhaps best known for his work with the great Dr. Lonnie Smith and brings an unbridled enthusiasm to playing the saxophone. Guitarist Bill Coon brings with him a wonderful jazz sensibilSaturday ity that really completes the quartet.

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Environmental artist Robi Smith will be launching her new artist residency at the Fern Crescent location in Maple Ridge on Saturday.

She will be the third artist in residence there after a selection panel chose her after reviewing other candidates work from across Metro Vancouver.

Smith is a self-taught painter, mixed media and installation artist who works with environmental themes and materials.

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Smith is eager to engage with the community as part of her residency to create a series of mixed media paintings that explore the connections between the people and history of Maple Ridge to the natural environment.

On Nov. 15, Smith will be officially opening her studio to the public and is inviting feedback on residency ideas.

Her studio will be open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 23740 Fern Crescent, Maple Ridge.

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The Maple Ridge Music Society presents Trio 180, part of the Candlelight series on Sunday.

The in-residence piano trio at the University of the Pacific’s Conservatory of Music in Stockton, California, features Ann Miller on violin, Nina Flyer on cello and Sonia Leong on

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They will be playing a versatile repertoire from Baroque to Piazzolla tango.

Every winter season the music society presents a series of six chamber music concerts.

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Flames lose to league’s elite North Van Wolf Pack beat local Junior Bs 5-2

NLL squad signs a Burrard Maple Ridge Burrard Patrick O’Meara signed as a free agent with the Calgary Roughnecks of the National Lacrosse League.

O’Meara, 24, tallied four goals and 14 points over 18 games with the WLA Burrards last season.

The 6-5, 210-pound, defender from Coquitlam has recorded 36 career WLA points (12 goals, 24 assists) over three seasons with the Burrards (2012-14) and one season with the Langley Thunder (2010).

O’Meara will have lots of Burrards company in the Calgary dressing room this year year as defender Garrett McIntosh, sniper Curtis Dickson and goaltender Frankie Sciliano are all with the Roughnecks

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Grant Rostvig (10), seen here battling with North Vancouver’s Henry Cleghorn, scored twice for the Ridge Meadows Flames in their 5-2 loss on Friday night. league right now,” conceded Fiset.

Fiset was happy with his team’s special teams play, as the penalty killers were perfect on three attempts, and the power play play went two-for-four. Generally, he said, that’s a formula for winning a game.

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night were the Flames’ own 20-year olds, as Grant Rostvig scored twice.

His linemates are 20-year-old Danny Wilson and 18-year-old Jordan Rendle.

“That line has looked very good on the power play,” said Fiset.

Kurt Klimek made 33 saves in the loss.

Next action On Wednesday the Flames are in Aldergrove to take on the Kodiaks in a key divisional game. Friday night they host the Delta Ice Hawks, at 7:30 p.m. at Planet Ice.

B.C. Hockey has made changes to the Male High Performance program.

These include a restructuring of the U16 program and the introduction of a U15 program.

The U15 High Performance Program will be introduced in April, 2015 with open regional camps.

Players who are eligible to attend a BC Hockey Championship are eligible to attend the camps. Players will be evaluated at the Region Camps and the top 160 players will be selected to attend a provincial tournament in May. The U16 program has eliminated camps and will evaluate eligible players during the season with their club teams. The U16 BC Cup will continue to be held in April and the top 120 players will be invited to attend a jamboree style tournament.

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The Ridge Meadows Flames took on the top team in the Pacific Junior Hockey League on Friday night, and were only able to hang with the North Vancouver Wolf Pack for a period.

The Flames trailed 2-1 after an evenly contested first period, but surrendered a 5-2 loss to the Pack.

Flames coach/GM Jamie Fiset said his team did not lack for confidence as they entered the contest.

“We had been playing well, and we lost to them earlier in the year 2-1 in a close game,” said Fiset. “We can skate with them.”

Fiset After the first period the chances on net were close, and one turnover was the difference in the period.

“I liked our first period,” said Fiset. “But we never really found our game after that.”

The Wolf Pack scored twice in the second period, and outshot Ridge 17-3 in the frame. They also limited the Flames to just five more shots in the third period, and outshot them 38-16 in the game.

The victory was North Van’s 13th in a row and lifts them into first place in the Tom Shaw Conference standings, two points up on Richmond with a game in hand. They have gone 17-1-0-2 in 20 games.

The Flames have now gone 7-10, and sit in fourth place in the tight Harold Brittain Conference standings.

“They play a very good transition game,” noted Fiset. “If you skate up and down with them and trade chances, they’ll wear you down, or catch you on a bad change. And they’re excellent shooters.”

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Moose win with late-game heroics

The Meadow Ridge Moose won twice over the weekend, and jumped back into second place in the South Coast Female Amateur Hockey League standings.

On Friday night the Moose beat Simon Fraser University by a score of 2-1 in North Surrey.

The Moose trailed until Jade Weger tied the game with eight minutes let. Then Hayley Rodger got the winner with only 1:20 left to play.

Then the Moose got past the Fraser Valley Jets 4-3 on Sunday in North Delta.

Madeline Cockrill put the Moose up 1-0 just 97 seconds into the game, but the Jets tied it on the powerplay with a minute left in the opening period. Kahlan Gibson gave the Moose another lead in the second period, but again the Jet answer.

As the game wound down, Sierra Rai scored twice. She tallied with four minutes left, but the Jets tied the game 19 seconds later.

With just 25 seconds left in the game, Rai struck again, for the game winner.

Gibson of the Moose was chosen as the league’s player of the week on defence. She helped limit the opposition to just four goals in the two games, but also assisted on the game winner against SFU on Friday, and had a goal and an assist on Sunday.

The wins improve the Moose’s record to 6-2-2 on the season, but the first-place South Fraser TNT still lead with a near-perfect 8-1 record.

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Tracking him down The Pitt Meadows Marauders played an exhibition game on Friday night, and were trailing the Southern Conference’s top team, the Hugh Boyd Trojans, 14-6 when the game was called after a serious injury. A Hugh Boyd player appeared to have broken his leg. Seen here, Ryan Beaubien (No. 2), tackles Trojan Gabriel Saklofski. The draws have been completed for the first round of the playoffs. The Marauders finished the season in third place, with a record of 4-1 in league play, and will take on the Seaquam Seahawks, who finished second in the Southern Conference, in their playoff opener.

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Canadian Pacific is one of Canada’s most iconic companies. We move the goods that keep the world turning, and we’re on our way to doing it better than anyone else. To get there, CP is looking for some adaptable, hard-working, safety-conscious, and results-driven people to join our force of diesel mechanics.

• ORDER PICKERS & COUNTER SALES • DRIVER / WAREHOUSE PERSON

Required for Gregg Distributors.

Langley warehouse distributor of industrial & automotive supplies is looking for self-motivated, energetic people to join our team.

Knowledge of automotive and trucking industries is an asset.

COMPETITIVE SALARY & BENEFITS PACKAGE Fax Resumes: 604.888.4688 or Email: info@greggbc.ca or Visit:www.greggdistributors.ca

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PLUMBERS

Journeyman & Apprentices (1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th)

Respected Mechanical Contractor req. Journeyman and Apprentice Plumbers for all aspects of Commercial Institutional Mechanical work (New Construction). Previous experience is an asset.

Team Environment.

Long Term Opportunities Avail.

Competitive Wages, & Excellent Benefits.

Fax: 604.576.4739 or E-mail: mike@dualmechanical.com

109 CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

Competition closes on December 31, 2014 For additional information on Canadian Pacific and this career opportunity, visit us online at www.cpr.ca.

Only those candidates contacted will be considered. All communication will be directed to the email address you use on your online application form.

The journey has begun but is far from over.

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283 GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS Gutter Cleaning & Repairs. (Res. & Strata). Prompt Service. Window Cleaning & Pressure Washing.

Grants Home Maint. 604-936-2808.

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OUR COMPANY OFFERS:

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Tired of the same old thing?

At Canadian Pacific you can be part of something historic. You have a chance to make a difference, to see Canada, and build a future.

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Please e-mail resume: jobs@westcoastmoulding.com or fax: 604-513-1194

Golden Eagle Group is a blueberry and cranberry farm located in Pitt Meadows, B.C., Canada

CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY DIESEL MECHANIC PORT COQUITLAM REQUISITION # 35664

PERSONAL SERVICES

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Please fax resume to: (604) 682-6183 Attention: Vincent Nesparoli

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NO JOB TOO SMALL Serving Lower Mainland 25 Years! *Prepare *Form *Place *Finish *Granite & Interlocking Block Walls *Stairs *Driveways *Exposed Aggregate *Stamped Concrete. *Interlocking Bricks *Sod Placement EXCELLENT REF’S -WCB Insured

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We offer a great working environment with a competitive base salary and commission plan coupled with a strong benefit package.

Black Press has more than 170 community newspapers across Canada and the United States and for the proven candidate the opportunities are endless.

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Interlawn Landscape Services Commercial / Res. 604-356-9273

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MOVING & STORAGE

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Opportunity for an outstanding on call

Graphic Designer The Langley Times is looking for an outstanding on call graphic designer. The successful applicant will be a creative and highly motivated team player, able to work independently and effectively within deadlines, with previous experience working in a fast-paced production environment.

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Certified crime free clean quiet building for mature adults only. 1 bdrm, gas f/p. No smokers No pets $600 + utils.

BLOW OUT SPECIAL Sawdust Available Augustine Soil & Mulch Ltd. Pitt Meadows, BC

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CATS GALORE, TLC has for adoption spayed & neutered adult cats. 604-309-5388 / 604-856-4866

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MAPLE RIDGE 2 bdrm twnhse with cheater ensuite. NS/NP. $1000/mo.

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For Maple Ridge mayor

For Maple Ridge mayor

For Maple Ridge mayor

• Name: Gary Cleave.

• Residence: Fraserview Village, South Haney.

• Occupation/education: development officer, DARE B.C. Society; BA in political science and sociology from SFU. • Volunteer work: church.

• Name: Ernie Daykin.

• Residence: 12031 York Street Maple Ridge.

• Occupation/education: mayor; some post secondary; building administrator, Baptist Housing Society, 2000-2008 full-time; owner, Windsor Plywood, 1976-2000.

• Volunteer work: past president Maple Ridge Chamber of Commerce; past president Building Supply Dealers of B.C.; board member Maple Ridge-Pitt Daykin Meadows Community Service, Ridge Meadows Hospice Society, Monarch Place Transition House, Building Supply Dealer Association of B.C., board member, treasurer Burnett Fellowship.

• Name: Michael Morden.

• Residence: Maple Ridge.

• Occupation/education: post secondary business and criminology.

• Volunteer work: started 30 years ago as security chair B.C. Summer Games, Burnaby 1984; games in Maple Ridge in 1998; Rotary 24 years; as well as Beavers; soccer coach.

Question: Please provide an example of what you Cleave have done that qualifies you for council.

Answer: I’m 66 years old; have worked for a variety of organizations in the private, public and non-profit sectors; have a large multi-generational family which has called Maple Ridge home for 80 years. I love Maple Ridge and care deeply about its past, present and future.

Question: Please provide an example of what you have done that qualifies you for council.

Answer: Served as mayor for six years. Owned my own businesses for 30 years and served on a wide range of not-for-profit boards. Build strong working relationships at the local level and regional level. Maple Ridge has a respected place and voice at the regional tables.

Q: Who is funding your campaign?

A: I am funding my campaign and plan to spend between $100 and $150, at most.

Q: What makes you stand out from other candidates?

A: I am the only candidate in the history of Maple Ridge who has run for mayor and school trustee at the same time, pledging to donate $150,000 of my combined public salaries over four years to the underfunded public school system, if elected to both offices.

Q: Who is funding your campaign?

A: I have a range of personal and business donations that will help fund my campaign along with own funds.

Q: What makes you stand out from other candidates?

A: I bring a positive and constructive approach to the role; positive relationships lead to results. My wide range of life and work experience and relationship abilities that will ensure Maple Ridge continues to move forward and change in a constructive way that respects Maple Ridge’s character.

Q: How do you see the City of Maple Ridge developing in the next 10 years?

A: The Official Community Plan answers that question well. It has been developed collaboratively and provides an excellent road map for future development. I will do my very best to follow it and not yield to the pressures of those who seek to put their interests ahead of community’s interests.

Q: How do you see the City of Maple Ridge developing in the next 10 years?

A: A large portion of our population, commercial and business growth will be in our town centre. Residential growth will respect our Maple Ridge character.

There will be a post-secondary presence in our community. Shopping options throughout the community.

Q: What will be your top priority if elected to Maple Ridge council?

A: As a independent mayor elected without obligation to any special interest group, my top priority will be to foster a culture of mutual respect and collaboration on council to find common ground for the common good.

Q: What will be your top priority if elected to Maple Ridge council?

A: Complete the implementation plan from our commercial industrial review that will set the welcoming environment for new businesses and ensure retention of our existing employers.

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Proven Passion and Commitment to Youth & Community A strong experienced Trustee Voice Dr. Dave Rempel 18 Years Experience as School Trustee

On November 15, Re-elect

REMPEL for Results Dave Rempel

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Morden Question: Please provide an example of what you have done that qualifies you for council.

Answer: I have led and been a volunteer for 30 years, owned and operated a successful business, creating local jobs for 25 years. I have six years experience on council, three as chair of finance, two as a director at the Union of B.C. Municipalities, advocating for local needs with senior government and currently serve on 11 boards.

Q: Who is funding your campaign?

A: I have self funded a part myself. The rest has come from diverse sources, personal and business relationships.

Q: What makes you stand out from other candidates?

A: I am the best choice for the community as the only candidate who has built several successful business, volunteered for 30 years, six years political experience, with two years of senior level government advocacy work.

Q: How do you see the City of Maple Ridge developing in the next 10 years?

A: Under my leadership, I see a well governed city, implementing a well thought out plan. Jobs have been delivered. We have investment in industry, commerce and infrastructure. I see healthy, happy families living in safe and complete neighbourhoods. I see quality recreation and a high standard of public safety.

Q: What will be your top priority if elected to Maple Ridge council?

A: I will implement my plan to build and lead a team of seven by providing thorough training in governance so that council can fully understand their job. We will then set the agenda and govern. City hall will be efficient, service oriented and open for private investment.

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For Maple Ridge mayor • Name: Graham Mowatt.

• Residence: 20910 – 115th Avenue, Maple Ridge.

• Occupation/education: retired from TransLink subsidiary Albion Ferry; BSc., Major organic chemistry and Math, Education Diploma; Captain Minor Waters; First Mate Intermediate Ferry, Captain Albion Ferry.

• Volunteer work: past president Maple Ridge Lions’ Club; Burnett Fellowship Baptist Church; St. Luke’s Catholic Church; leader of Alpha Course St. Luke’s Catholic Church.

Question: Please provide an example of what you have done that qualifies you for council.

Answer: As a 60-year resident, I have been politically active in city affairs, been a member of a board of directors of a million-dollar organization, member of numerous committees, local, provincial and federal, and chair of several others. I know how to listen, lead and be a team builder.

Q: Who is funding your campaign?

A: A mayor should not have any conflict of interest, perceived or real. My campaign will be run within a tight budget, spending only what I can afford. I will not ask for or accept funds from others except family or close friends.

building a team from people with individual goals and transforming them so that everyone is working for the betterment of the organization. I have over 30 years of experience working in the public sector both as a manager and an union executive.

Mowatt

Q: How do you see the City of Maple Ridge developing in the

next 10 years?

A: This totally depends upon who is elected on Nov. 15.

If someone other than I were elected, total disaster. Just look around today and consider even worse conditions. With me and a supportive council, improved commercial growth, reduced urban sprawl, taxes, and crime, and an active and participating community.

Q: What will be your top priority if elected to Maple Ridge council?

A: To make Maple Ridge the best place to safely live, work, shop, and play in the Lower Mainland by reducing residential taxes, increasing quality shopping opportunities, increasing job opportunities, increasing transit options, and decreasing congestion and crime.

Q: What makes you stand out from other candidates?

A: I have years of experience chairing committees,

Question: Please provide an example of what you have done that qualifies you for council.

Answer: While working as the executive director of the Chamber of Commerce serving Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows, I created or was heavily involved in a number of new and exciting community initiatives and developed strong relationships with all levels of local government. In 2009, our chamber won the exclusive “Chamber of the Year” award for our innovation and dedication.

Q: Who is funding your campaign?

A: I will be doing a small fundraiser to assist with purchasing signs, with the expectation that no one person will donate more than $50 to $100.

Q: What makes you stand out from other candidates?

A: Firstly, I am a long-time resident of Maple Ridge who has spent the past seven years working in the community as a business development consultant. Since 2001, I have built

• Name: Nicole Read.

• Residence: Silver Valley (13842, 232A Street, Maple Ridge).

• Occupation/education: owner, The History Group (project manager/researcher large-scale federal issues); Bachelor of Arts in History, SFU, 1999; Master of Arts in History, 2003.

• Volunteer work: Maple Ridge Community Heritage Commission, Yennadon elementary School Parent Advisory Committee, Carnegie Centre (Main/Hastings), Downtown Eastside Women’s Centre.

Question: Please provide an example of what you have done that qualifies you for council.

Answer: I have deep knowledge of regional and local issues impacting Maple Ridge and experience aligning stakeholders to achieve objectives. I have a Master of Arts degree from SFU. I own a successful business with teams across Canada, have secured $20 million in funding, and regularly manage projects of $10 million.

Q: Who is funding your campaign?

A: My campaign is entirely self-funded. Nothing is more important to me than the public’s trust. I have respectfully declined offers for funding and endorsement because I want the public to be certain that I represent everyone’s interests equally.

Q: What makes you stand out from other candidates?

For Maple Ridge council • Name: Dean Barbour.

• Residence: Maple Ridge.

• Occupation/education: business consultant.

• Volunteer work: Maple Ridge Community Foundation, Ridge Meadows Hospital Foundation, Friends in Need Food Bank, Camp Good Times, Ridge Meadows Hospice and North Fraser Therapeutic Riding Association. I also volunteer with the Crossroads Hospice in the Tri-Cities area.

• Who do you support for mayor: undecided.

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a network that includes CEOs of large corporations, more than 1,000 small business owners, decision makers from all levels of government and supported Canada’s First Nations. I am still actively involved in more than a dozen organizations that deal directly with the economic climate of B.C.

Q: How do you see the City of Maple Ridge developing in the next 10 years?

A: I see a vibrant and growing downtown core with new businesses that increase our shopping options with no vacant buildings or lots. I see the necessary amenities in place in both Albion and Silver Valley that includes schools, expanded transit and much needed shopping options. I would like to see farming and tourism play a major role in the local economy, with a couple of new industrial complexes in west Maple Ridge. Mental health and drug issues are dealt with working with all levels of government and homelessness is reduced 80 per cent.

Q: What will be your top priority if elected to Maple Ridge council?

A: No property tax increase (review each department for efficiency gains; continued downtown core revitalization; Smart Growth for Albion, Silver Valley and Hammond; improved mental health and substance use services; bylaw enforcement (holding people accountable).

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Q: How do you see the City of Maple Ridge developing in the next 10 years?

A: Safe, liveable neighbourhoods connected to an open, transparent government where decisions are made with all stakeholders at the table. An expanded inventory of commercial and industrial space to diversify revenue sources, create local jobs and stop over-reliance on residential property taxes. Increased transit, transportation infrastructure and more services for seniors.

Q: What will be your top priority if elected to Maple Ridge council?

A: Economic diversification to stop the over-reliance on property taxes. A stronger economy will create local jobs, keep spending dollars at home, support local business and provide greater prosperity for us to build the infrastructure that allows us to come together as a community – sports fields, playgrounds, an aquatic centre.

For Maple Ridge council • Name: Sara Dawn Beckett.

• Residence: Maple Ridge.

• Occupation/education: high school math and science teacher, Coquitlam school district; I also work part-time at The Keg in Maple Ridge; I have a Bachelor of Science from the University of the Fraser Valley and a Bachelor of Education from Simon Fraser University.

• Volunteer work: as a teacher, I have spent countless hours volunteering for many things (dances, fundraising events, awards nights, fashion shows). This past summer, I volunteered at the Caribbean Festival in the kids zone, and at the Pitt Meadows air show.

• Who do you support for mayor: I haven’t decided.

Question: Please provide an example of what you have done that qualifies you for council.

Answer: I have chosen to be well informed and educated; I have a Bachelor of Science from UFV and a Bachelor of Education from SFU. I teach high school math and science, and I take pride in my ability to lead, communicate, and face every situation with drive, integrity, and professionalism.

Q: Who is funding your campaign?

A: I have received funding from a variety of sources, including local businesses, a fundraiser, and various citizens of Maple Ridge. Unfortunately, campaigns cost money, and I am truly grateful for all the support I have received.

A: There are three generations inside my home, children, adults and my senior mother.

This gives me important perspective. I have managed complex, high-level government projects with large budgets and have a track record of hearing and meeting client expectations. I am an expert in Freedom of Information and Privacy legislation.

Beckett community.

Q: What makes you stand out from other candidates?

A: My passion for positive change in a city I have called home my entire life.

I know how to bring people together and work as a team, encouraging communication so that all parties involved in the decision-making of Maple Ridge, work together to achieve a vibrant and thriving

Q: How do you see the City of Maple Ridge developing in the next 10 years?

A: Densification of our downtown core, with more commercial businesses; Maple Ridge can be an amazing place filled with local shops, dining, and living quarters. I will advocate for a post-secondary institution; education facilities provide central hubs in cities they reside in, and bring infrastructure, jobs, and money to our economy.

Q: What will be your top priority if elected to Maple Ridge council?

A: A more active relationship with our RCMP in order to find ways to decrease crime and homelessness in the city. Council should be working closely with our police department and providing it with more support. Working together is the only way to move forward and achieve positive change.

Re-Elect MIKE MURRAY An Independent Candidate for School Trustee

“ I support Mike because he is an independent thinker. He cares about everyone in our school district, is fair, and always focuses on our kids.”

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For Maple Ridge council • Name: Corisa Bell.

• Residence: Cottonwood, Maple Ridge.

• Occupation/education: Maple Ridge city councillor.

• Volunteer work: n/a • Who do you support for mayor: n/a Question: Please provide an example of what you have done that qualifies you for council.

Answer: My proven capability. In my three years on council I have been successful in challenging the status quo. The property tax increase was lowered, the government was been made more transparent and an environment for change was created. I’ve also made progress at the regional level. I am currently first vice-president of LMLGA. Upon re-election, I’ve been nominated by my peers to represent them as president of LMLGA, representing all 33 local governments from Pemberton to Hope. This position will allow me to strengthen the effectiveness of municipalities and give Maple Ridge a stronger voice when seeking resources from the province.

Q: Who is funding your campaign?

A: I’ve committed to funding my own campaign However, I do have a “how to donate” page on my website that allows people to offer their support, if they like the work I’ve done and believe in what I stand for.

Q: What makes you stand out from other candidates?

A: I believe what sets me apart from other candidates is my passion for closing the gap and stopping the fighting between the right and left ideologies. I believe the role of the government is to be accountable. I’d like Bell to see Maple Ridge move toward a centralist view of compromise and reason, for the benefit of the people so your elected council can make the hard decisions to move our community forward. If we can come from a central place of understanding and make decisions based on facts with open, transparent dialogue, we will get to the best decisions.

Q: How do you see the City of Maple Ridge developing in the next 10 years?

A: I see Maple Ridge developing responsibly with thoughtful development that includes amenity gifting, which would provide the community with the items

needed without raising the cost of DCCs for developers. Balance. We need to take a step back, look at Maple Ridge, and complete our neighbourhoods so our children and families can have the quality of life we all deserve while surrounded by one of the most amazing natural back drops in British Columbia. Quality of life for all is what I believe we should be striving for as local government.

Q: What will be your top priority if elected to Maple Ridge council?

A: Participating with the rest of council to create a clear vision and plan for the community. I’m still astonished that when I was elected in 2011, we didn’t sit down as a group and discuss any of our goals or the vision of the mayor for our community over the proceeding three years. I’m really looking to work with a mayor who has strong leadership skills. Making fundamental changes to how city hall operates.

Lowering property taxes. I was successful in lowering the tax increase. Since 2011, the increase was decreased and last year was 2.2%. With the right people around the table, I know we can do better.

Taking a proactive approach to foster business for local shopping and jobs. We need people around the table that understand ‘time is money’ and that we need to be putting business proposals together to encourage commercial/industrial development, instead of waiting for business to find us.

Improving services and transit. Addressing crime and homelessness

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For Maple Ridge council

For Maple Ridge council

For Maple Ridge council

• Name: Doug Blamey.

• Residence: Maple Ridge.

• Occupation/education: retired CP Rail maintenance department, automotive tech program, Grade 12.

• Volunteer work: n/a • Who do you support for mayor: n/a

• Name: Kristina Brown.

• Residence: Maple Ridge.

• Occupation/education: associate broker, realtor; Marketing Management Diploma, commercial real estate, BCIT. • Volunteer work: fundraising coordinator for Yennadon elementary PAC; PAC in Vancouver; sports teams, B.C. Fit Conference • Who do you support for mayor: still deciding. Brown

• Name: Kiersten Duncan.

• Residence: Maple Ridge.

• Occupation/education: Lifeguard and outdoor education instructor; urban development and environmental science at the University of the Fraser Valley.

• Volunteer work: volunteer coordinator in the community for over five years and have worked with multiple festivals, including Earth Day, Country Duncan Fest, Ghost Ridge and GETI Fest, as well as Golden Ears Gogos, Stephen Lewis Foundation, Grandmothers in Africa.

• Who do you support for mayor: yet to decide.

Question: Please provide an example of what you have done that qualifies you for council.

Answer: Resident of Maple Ridge for 37 years, watched the do’s and don’ts of what council has done. I have been watching council raise our taxes rapidly in the last 10 years and we have to put a hold on the excessive spending and keep an eye on the budgets.

Q: Who is funding your campaign?

A: I’m doing it myself.

Q: What makes you stand out from other candidates?

A: I’m kind of left-wing-type person. I’m a union member, although I was never in total agreement with them all the time. I’m also a capitalist-industrialist-type person. I believe in everybody should have a job and there should be a job for everybody and there should be a goal for everybody to achieve.

Q: How do you see the City of Maple Ridge developing in the next 10 years?

A: I think we should slow down on our development and think out each plan that we do with the beautiful land that we have left. Take a little more time to finish it off properly so we don’t have a slum in the future with all these condos going up. Try to keep the town and the country within the city, keep the old fashion ways, as well as the modern. We can keep our heritage at the same time.

Q: What will be your top priority if elected to Maple Ridge council?

A: My top priority is to reduce crime by 30 per cent the first year, 40 per cent the next year, 50 per cent the next year, and get all these people working so they can help out. The heavy drugs have got to get out of town. Buy used garbage trucks, 10 or 12 of them, and we contract out the picking up the garbage and hire the homeless to help us out. Set up a homeless camp in Albion flats and contract out for garbage processing, employing the homeless, to other cities.

Question: Please provide an example of what you have done that qualifies you for council.

Answer: My studies at BCIT were centered around real estate and development, and I believe I have a strong understanding of the development process. I have also spent the past 11 years working as a realtor (outside of Maple Ridge) and managing a real estate office with a small team of realtors. I have relevant life and work experience and can bring perhaps a different perspective from outside of this community.

Q: Who is funding your campaign?

A: So far my campaign remains self-funded.

Q: What makes you stand out from other candidates?

A: I grew up here, graduating from Westview secondary with honours. I lived in Vancouver for about 10 years before returning to Maple Ridge with my family just over two years ago. I am honest, approachable and professional and I know how to work with other people in a way that fosters a culture of respect.

Q: How do you see the City of Maple Ridge developing in the next 10 years?

A: I would like to see increased density in existing areas, particularly near transit routes, and minimize residential sprawl to preserve land and forests and keep infrastructure costs down, which will help keep our taxes down. I hope to actively attract new business to our community.

Q: What will be your top priority if elected to Maple Ridge council?

A: In addition to trying to balance development around services and infrastructure, I would also like to bring more responsibility to the way taxes are spent.

I feel every dollar counts. Community safety is another concern. We have a huge problem that residents are struggling with daily. I don’t believe there is an easy answer, but I do know it will take more than is currently being done to make our residents feel safe.

Question: Please provide an example of what you have done that qualifies you for council.

Answer: I’m an active volunteer in the community, supervisor in recreation, and serve on numerous boards and committees. I study urban development and environmental science to strengthen my knowledge on sustainable development practices and look forward to bringing my experience facilitating team building and leadership training to help council work together.

Q: Who is funding your campaign?

A: Local residents who want to see diversity and better representation for young families on council. I am also very appreciative of a donation from CUPE. Q: What makes you stand out from other candidates?

A: I am confident I will strengthen our staff team and bring a diverse, fresh way of thinking to city council. I am also the only candidate to submit a criminal record check for transparency and accountability.

Q: How do you see the City of Maple Ridge developing in the next 10 years?

A: With community plans, we can ensure residents have the services and infrastructure needed to support complete, sustainable neighbourhoods. Improved safety from equipping outdoor swimming areas with ring buoys to prevent drownings and designating areas for emergency cell reception.

Q: What will be your top priority if elected to Maple Ridge council?

A: Better consultation with residents during the planning stages of local community area plans to ensure we maintain the rich character of our communities into the future. Strong focus on eco-tourism and encouraging development in the downtown core to expand our tax base creating good sustainable jobs that support local businesses.

For Maple Ridge council

For Maple Ridge council

For Maple Ridge council

• Name: Al Hogarth.

• Residence: A proud life-long resident of Maple Ridge.

• Occupation/education: associate real estate broker; UBC, certificate in Site Planning; SFU, sustainable community development certificate.

• Volunteer work: chairman Mountain Festival Society, Downtown Revitalization Committee, Anti Litter Campaign, Advisory Planning Commission; Hogarth vice-president Chamber of Commerce; B.C. Disability Games, Operation Red Nose, the Real Thanksgiving Dinner, B.C. Summer Games.

• Who do you support for mayor: I feel experience is needed in the mayor.

• Name: Ken Holland.

• Residence: No. 27 – 11588, 232 St., Maple Ridge.

• Occupation/education: house designer, Pinnacle Home Designs Ltd. • Volunteer work: Rotary Club, Guatemala service trip, looking after Grade 11 students with the YES program.

• Who do you support for mayor: Mike Morden.

• Name: Faye Isaac.

• Residence: Maple Ridge.

• Occupation/education: retired.

• Volunteer work: Country Fest, Ghost Ridge, Christmas Hamper.

• Who do you support for mayor: n/a.

Question: Please provide an example of what you have done that qualifies you for council.

Answer: As an incumbent and three-term veteran on council I am very aware of the work that has been done, but more importantly what needs to continue and what else has to be done. I have a life long commitment and have volunteered in many capacities for 40 years with the objective of improved lifestyles in Maple Ridge.

Q: Who is funding your campaign?

A: So far I have friends and associates providing some funding, as well as myself.

Q: What makes you stand out from other candidates?

A: My experience, background, education and, of course, my passion for a balanced community, which will benefit present and future generations.

Q: How do you see the City of Maple Ridge developing in the next 10 years?

A: The city needs to become more self-reliant in respect to the local economy, jobs, food production, diverse housing and local transportation. The implantation of many plans are underway.

Q: What will be your top priority if elected to Maple Ridge council?

A: My top priority will be increasing local jobs that will provide a living wage. Ideally I would like to see one new job created for every two new residents. This would assist in holding the line on residential taxes, improve the local economy as well as shopping opportunities.

Holland Question: Please provide an example of what you have done that qualifies you for council.

Answer: Six years as director on Chamber of Commerce, two as president; four years on Haney Rotary Club, one as president (immediate past president of chamber and Rotary); four years on advisory design panel for Pitt Meadows; year on Downtown Maple Ridge Business Improvement Association safety and security committee; member of the Downtown Enhancement Project-Public Liaison Committee.

Q: Who is funding your campaign?

A: So far, no one.

Q: What makes you stand out from other candidates?

A: My proven leadership skills and quick-decision making abilities. Continued involvement in the community, past and present. The contacts I made at all levels of government during my chamber years. My involvement with mentoring youth through volunteering locally and internationally.

Q: How do you see the City of Maple Ridge developing in the next 10 years?

A: We have all the qualifications to be the envy of the rest of the area, except shopping. This needs to be addressed immediately. We need to look to the future, and not keep on pining for the past. And bureaucracy and in-fighting needs to stop. We have to work together.

Q: What will be your top priority if elected to Maple Ridge council?

A: Initiate a process of helping and encouraging businesses and residents to easily maneuver and deal with city hall. Encourage the municipal auditor to pay us a visit.

Question: Please provide an example of what you have done that qualifies you for council.

Isaac Answer: I have been on school board and council. Presently, I am on the Community Heritage Commission, Maple Ridge Historical Society Board. I have volunteered for Country Fest, Ghost Ridge and the Christmas Hamper.

Q: Who is funding your campaign?

A: I am funding my own campaign.

Q: What makes you stand out from other candidates?

A: I have the experience, strong leadership skills, and am ready to start working on the issues that matter to the community. I will bring a strong voice to the council table.

Q: How do you see the City of Maple Ridge developing in the next 10 years?

A: I see Maple Ridge as a vibrant place to shop with many new commercial and industrial facilities that will create employment and ease the burden off of the residential taxpayer. The city’s beautiful and natural surroundings will also bring in more tourists.

Q: What will be your top priority if elected to Maple Ridge council?

A: Transportation is a top priority. We must work with TransLink to provide Maple Ridge with more and improved services: a rapid express bus direct to the nearest SkyTrain station; better West Coast Express service that takes into account that people do not always work a traditional 9-5 schedule; improved bus service to the eastern part of Maple Ridge to keep up with the rapid growth and service for seniors and youth to allow them to travel to different parts of Maple Ridge so that they are not isolated and are able to enjoy the amenities we have.

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For Maple Ridge council

For Maple Ridge council

For Maple Ridge council

• Name: Dr. Robert (Bob) Masse.

• Residence: 12401 Dawson Place, Maple Ridge.

• Occupation/education: chiropractor.

• Volunteer work: race director for the Vistas Run, which raised over $160,000 for McKinney Creek Hospice, for five years; two as chairman, Safety and Security Committee for Downtown Maple Ridge; . three on board of B.C. Chiropractic Association.

• Who do you support for mayor: I will work hard Masse with whomever the community elects as mayor. With respect, I believe that my own personal vote is private.

• Name: Bruce McWilliam.

• Residence: : Port Coquitlam (relocating to Maple Ridge in 2015).

• Occupation/education: professional planner.

• Volunteer work: pro-bono work for community organizations, also reduced fees for humanitarian causes.

• Who do you support for mayor: Ernie Daykin or Mike Morden. I believe it should be by someone who McWilliam has experience on council.

• Name: Chelsa Meadus.

• Residence: 13050, 240 Street, Maple Ridge.

• Occupation/education: Own a media company and contract neighbourhood development work (stopped working in this role Oct. 5, 2014 until results of election); Douglas College.

• Volunteer work: Cops for Cancer; Youth Centre Society; GETI fest; Golden Harvest; Black Box Cooking Contest; Salvation Army Kettle Drive; Home Show, Meadus Summer Games, Disability Games, Earth Day, Rivers Day, Communities In Bloom.

• Who do you support for mayor: Whoever the people of Maple Ridge elect, I will fully support them in their role.

Question: Please provide an example of what you have done that qualifies you for council.

Answer: As an incumbent, I hope that my record over the past three years has earned me another seat at the council table. I will continue to work at least 30 hours per week. I believe in team work, and am results oriented.

Q: Who is funding your campaign?

A: My campaign is quite small and mostly self-funded.

Q: What makes you stand out from other candidates?

A: My experience and work record over the past three years on council. The work I am currently involved in to reinstate Riverview as a modern centre of excellence for mental health care needs to continue. My role in the work we are doing to get a university, college, or trades school in Maple Ridge. I have built good relationships with people and agencies that are important to our communities future success.

Q: How do you see the City of Maple Ridge developing in the next 10 years?

A: With the province having recently invested over $1.2 billion dollars in the Golden Ears and Pitt River bridges, Maple Ridge now has very real leverage. For example, we need schools and a university or college campus and better transit to continue the growth the province and Metro anticipates. We need to grow in an intelligent way to fulfill our potential as a balanced, vibrant, healthy community where we can ‘work, shop and play’at home. It’s up to us to make it happen.

Q: What will be your top priority if elected to Maple Ridge council?

A: Get the mentally ill and drug addicted and homeless people off our streets and sidewalks, out of our bushes and alleys, and into the treatment and care that they so desperately need.

Question: Please provide an example of what you have done that qualifies you for council.

Answer: Look to the west in the Pitt Meadows highland area, the Bonson waterfront village, Meadowtown centre and the Westfair Foods warehouse, most of the urban infill, townhouses, apartments, small lot subdivisions and town centre development occurred while I was the only planner Pitt Meadows had on staff, between 1990-2004. I know how to bring the money into the community and facilitate responsible urban development and bring jobs, and not just housing.

I also know what can be accomplished by one staff member with 2,000 paid hours of work each year.

Question: Please provide an example of what you have done that qualifies you for council.

Answer: A career expanding private and public sectors. Experience in non-profit, parks and leisure services, neighbourhood development, research and programming, owned my own business. I’ve volunteered consistently a minimum of four hours a week for 18 years, giving me insight into a number of agencies and their operations.

Q: Who is funding your campaign?

A: Mostly myself, professional colleagues, and friends and family.

Q: Who is funding your campaign?

A: I am funding the campaign.

Q: What makes you stand out from other candidates?

A: Professional background, 25-plus-year career in urban planning and development, equally divided between public sector planning (City of Vancouver and City of Pitt Meadows) and private sector planning; self-employed businessman and Canadian and B.C. registered professional planner.

Q: What makes you stand out from other candidates?

A: An actions, not words campaign. Demonstrated skills, opportunities and programs I would bring if elected – engagement with live-stream video and surveys, programs, transparency, with donations listed. As a transformational leader with a proven track record, I lead by example.

Q: How do you see the City of Maple Ridge developing in the next 10 years?

A: Re-development and infill west of the town centre and create an urban village in Hammond, taking advantage of all the amenities in place – jobs, commuter rail, shopping, golf, schools, parks, recreational facilities, hospital.

Q: How do you see the City of Maple Ridge developing in the next 10 years?

A: More civic, citizen and meaningful youth engagement will foster ideas, energy, solutions and community. A place where new business and soft industry take root.

An eco-tourist destination promoting our natural resources, farming and history.

Developing sustainably and densifying in areas with existing assets.

Q: What will be your top priority if elected to Maple Ridge council?

A: Economic development and balanced growth, fire and protective services.

A primary focus for me is to create alternate sources of income for the city, as opposed to arbitrarily increase property taxes annually.

Q: What will be your top priority if elected to Maple Ridge council?

A: Engage our citizens through programs, open communication, feedback (stations though out city), increased access to public facilities and information.

ELECT MIKE MORDEN for MAYOR Choose a leader who can really get the job done.

Mike brings: Mike will:

Strong leadership skills.

Build & lead a council team.

Six years council experience.

Deliver service excellence at city hall.

Successful local business experience.

Leadership.

Experience. Action.Deliver a strong local economy.

28 year resident and community volunteer.

604.999.5006Lower crime & homelessness.

Clear plan of action Deliver needed amenities.

Realistic strategy to deliver the plan.

Lower taxes & cut waste.

On Nov 15th, Maple Ridge answers the question, “Who is Best to Lead?”

VOTE YOUR VALUES • VOTE YOUR FUTURE • VOTE MIKE MORDEN FOR MAYOR Visit mikemorden.com for my action plan Authorized by Kristopher Williams financial agent for Mike Morden 604-463-8831

email mike@mikemorden.com or call 604-995-5006

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For Maple Ridge council • Name: Don Mitchell.

• Residence: 22872 Rogers Ave. • Occupation/education: retired western regional manager for a national confectionery company.

• Volunteer work: chair of the Ridge Meadows Parks and Leisure Services Commission; president Ridge Meadows Minor Baseball Association and 18 years as a coach; past president Maple Ridge soccer association, 11 years as coach; involved in Albion sport park development.

• Who do you support for mayor: n/a Question: Please provide an example of what you have done that qualifies you for council.

Answer: I have managed the business of a large national company in western Canada, responsible for the employees, contract staff, sales and marketing programs, within budgets and meeting the measured objectives.

Mitchell

the next 10 years?

A: With the amount of business/industrial land we have available, the transportation links now in place, we have the opportunity to expand our business base and employment base. Our population will continue to grow due to the availability of relatively low priced land to build on.

Q: What will be your top priority if elected to Maple Ridge council?

A: To bring in more business property tax to reduce our dependence on residential property tax. Our business property tax base is severely underdeveloped vs. the provincial average. We need to aggressively pursue business to come and build in Maple Ridge.

Q: Who is funding your campaign?

A: I am funding my own campaign.

Q: What makes you stand out from other candidates?

A: I have spent the last 3.5 years attending virtually all Monday morning workshops, Monday afternoon committee meetings and council meetings. The Monday meetings are where the work is done and I believe I have done the due diligence to be ready to take on the job as councillor.

• Name: Mike Norden • Residence: Mission.

• Occupation/education: magician; TELUS; high school.

• Volunteer work: Organized sports, TELUS Day of Giving, numerous clubs and organizations.

• Who do you support for mayor: undecided.

Question: Please provide an example of what you have done that qualifies you for council.

Answer: I have served as an executive on numerous clubs, organizations, strata councils, unions, and more. I am well versed in parliamentary procedure and have excellent mediation skills.

Q: Who is funding your campaign?

A: I am self-funded.

Q: What makes you stand out from other candidates?

A: I have a great perspective, and can see things from many different viewpoints; big business, unionized workforce, entrepreneurs, small business and more! I believe this will position me for great success as I strive to represent on council.

Q: How do you see the City of Maple Ridge developing in the next 10 years?

A: Maple Ridge is a rapidly growing city. Lots of homes, but not enough infrastructure to go along with it. We need to create more jobs –but the question is how do? I do not

• Name: Morgan Jensen.

• Residence: 11641 Laity Street, Maple Ridge.

• Occupation/education: home improvement business owner; two years of university, no degree; graduate BCIT – B.C. Building Code and Home Inspection courses.

• Volunteer work: Friends in Need Food Bank; Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows Agricultural Association; Social Planning Advisory Committee; District Parent Advisory Committee; Ridge Meadows Child Development Centre; Women’s Centre-Pitt Meadows; Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows Christmas Hamper Society; Christmas Haven Society; Families of the Missing Women Society.

• Who do you support for mayor: Ernie Daykin.

Question: Please provide an example of what you have done that qualifies you for council.

Answer: I have held many management positions. My style was always the same: lead by example. I only know how to work in a collaborative way. I have worked diligently to engage the voters in a variety of ways, including my votemapleridge.org initiative.

Q: Who is funding your campaign?

A: Donations from family and friends, nothing from any businesses, group or formal organizations. To date, I have paid the majority of my own expenses.

Q: What makes you stand out from other candidates?

A: I have a mix of skills, personality and experience that I

Q: How do you see the City of Maple Ridge developing in

For Maple Ridge council

For Maple Ridge council

have all the answers, but I will fight to get the correct answers implemented instead of 10 years of talking about it.

Q: What will be your top priority if elected to Maple Ridge council?

A: I believe I have what it takes to help move Council forward for the next 4 years. I can help Norden keep council on track and deliver on their promises. I will be just one voice on a council – but I will push that we have a UNIFIED voice that will be heard and one that will WORK. All the ‘hot topics’ mean nothing unless they actually get addressed.

For Maple Ridge council • Name: Todd Oliver.

• Residence: Maple Ridge.

• Occupation/education: correctional instructor North Fraser Pre-Trial Centre.

• Volunteer work: Christmas Haven; Caribbean Festival; Canada Day; Christmas parade; Salvation Army Coldest Night of the Year.

• Who do you support for mayor: undecided.

Question: Please provide an example of what you have done that qualifies you for council.

Answer: Active member volunteering in this community for multiple charities. Facilitated and participated in meetings between residents of Fraserview and staff at parks department regarding the abrupt construction and safety concerns of the wetlands park project. Active responder for multiple residents pertaining to ‘tent cities’ and drug houses in their neighborhoods.

Q: Who is funding your campaign?

A: Self-funded. I have been approached by unions, family and local citizens to help fund my election. I respectfully declined. I felt that since my platform message is driven towards a fiscally responsible and self- sufficient community, leading by example was the right thing to do.

Q: What makes you stand out from other candidates?

A: Good understanding how government works. I am a long-term thinker, where I feel taxpayers will get value

believe will fit well on council.

The common traits that will help make up a powerful council team, though, will include the ability to work collaboratively, to be respectful of each other.

Q: How do you see the City of Maple Ridge developing in the next 10 years?

Jensen A: Growth is inevitable – new residents, new business, new neighbourhoods and new challenges. There is no doubt in my mind that this city is going to surpass 100,000 by 2024. My vision of Maple Ridge includes exciting changes to the downtown core, expanded community use facilities in the Albion flats area, one or two post secondary facilities, and a burgeoning business and industrial capacity that has provided both jobs and added revenue.

Q: What will be your top priority if elected to Maple Ridge council?

A: To engage the residents of Maple Ridge and involve them in everything that happens. Every citizen has a say. But in order to be heard, they must first know what is happening, both inside and outside city hall. The seven elected people who sit in those chambers must all be open to that connection. Every issue that comes up affects each and every resident and so they must be involved and we must welcome that.

for their dollar, not short-term impulses. I believe in bringing management and council and frontline staff to work in a unified environment. No one department has all of the answers. Collectively, we can.

Q: How do you see the City of Maple Ridge developing in the next 10 years?

Oliver A: Providing the highest quality municipal services at a reasonable cost. A safe, selfsufficient community where our property and commercial tax base are proportionately balanced. A community where we can live, work and embrace the natural beauty around us. Breakaway from the GVRD and continue to build our financial independence.

Q: What will be your top priority if elected to Maple Ridge council?

A: Initiate a core service review to truly receive value for our dollar and stop the bleeding. Change the way business is conducted to reflect today’s economies of scale.

A multi-level task force committee to combat crime and homelessness. Freeze management salaries and eliminate the one third council tax free allowances.

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THAT DAY

HAS COME Every so often, in the life of a City there comes a moment in time

when the need for change is undeniable. When a municipal vote is truly meaningful and can impact the direction of a City for years to come.

In Maple Ridge, that day has come. The time for change is now.

VOTE FOR CHANGE ON NOVEMBER 15!

X Nicole Read for Mayor My extensive platform is available online at:

nicoleformapleridge.com Join the conversation - facebook.com/nicoleformapleridge

@opencityhall

Authorized by Nicole Read, Financial Agent, 604-831-3592

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For Maple Ridge council • Name: Alex Pope.

• Residence: Maple Ridge.

• Occupation/education: Computer programmer/B.Sc. 1988, from UBC. • Volunteer work: Maple Ridge/Pitt Meadows HUB Cycling Committee; Golden Ears United Church board; Maple Ridge/Pitt Meadows Bicycle Advisory Committee; Cycling B.C. Board; B.C. Randonneurs Cycling Club; Maple Ridge/Pitt Meadows Federal Liberal EDA; Green Party of B.C. • Who do you support for mayor: undecided.

Longtime resident and volunteer Kiersten Duncan is community oriented and has a passion for local politics. She has invested countless hours attending council meetings, conferences, and volunteering with numerous boards and committees to represent our community.

Studying urban development and environmental science has strengthened Kiersten’s knowledge on development practices and the importance of preserving our beloved natural features. Kiersten has also worked as a lifeguard and locally in the eco-tourism industry for a number of years. She has experience facilitating team building and leadership training.

Question: Please provide an example of what you have done that qualifies you for council.

Answer: I have experience in small business, including running my own business, plus I have been active in a number of board and committee roles, including Golden Ears United Church board, Maple Ridge/Pitt Meadows Bicycle Advisory Committee, Cycling B.C., and the B.C. Randonneurs Cycling Club.

Q: Who is funding your campaign?

A: I am self-funding a significant portion of my campaign expenses. I have received a few donations from individuals and will be publishing this information on my website prior to election day.

For Maple Ridge council • Name: Gordy Robson.

• Residence: 25433 - 117th Avenue, Maple Ridge.

• Occupation/education: Retired.

• Volunteer work: 40 years of community service; 25 years a Rotarian; eight years a volunteer fireman; have also been instrumental in the creation and establishment of many charities and volunteer organizations in our community.

• Who do you support for mayor: I am still trying to decide who to support for mayor, but I would have no trouble working with Ernie Daykin, Mike Morden or Nicole Read.

A Strong Voice for Maple Ridge • Smart growth • Transit and infrastructure • Garbage collection • Let’s focus on the downtown.

Stop the urban sprawl and finish what was started.

On November 15, vote Yes

✔Brian Savage for Council ❏ The polls are open November 15 from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

WORKING FOR YOU Authorized by financial agent Brian Savage brian@briansavage.ca

Question: Please provide an example of what you have done that qualifies you for council.

Answer: Life-long resident; 35-year owner and operator of a successful management company; 40 years watching council; three frustrating years as mayor; and I understand the issues and look forward to finally moving the community ahead.

Q: What makes you stand out from other candidates?

A: A variety of experience, including business and working in a team environment, open to considering creative alternatives for solving problems, willing to listen and learn.

Q: How do you see the City of Maple Ridge developing in the next 10 years?

A: Our population is going to grow significantly. We need to make decisions now to increase density within our urban boundaries and plan effective transit and active transportation options so we have a comfortable, livable, community.

Pope

Q: What will be your top priority if elected to Maple Ridge council?

A: Implement a working group of representatives from RCMP, business, and local social support agencies to combat homelessness.

A: A proven 30-year record, tirelessly working for the good of the community.

Q: How do you see the City of Maple Ridge developing in the next 10 years?

A: Hopefully in 10 years we will have a vision of what the community should look like 50 years from now. We will be planning Robson transit, the completion of Abernethy road to the industrial park, many more shopping opportunities and hopefully, with the increase of industrial and commercial properties we will be able to keep our residential tax increases to a minimum.

Q: What will be your top priority if elected to Maple Ridge council?

A: I would like to restart our community task force to deal hands-on with the chaos we have in our downtown.

Q: Who is funding your campaign?

A: I have had a few donations, but Mary, my wife and financial agent, and I are planning on less than $1,000 and it will be mostly self-funded.

Q: What makes you stand out from other candidates?

For Maple Ridge council • Name: James ‘Buddy’Rogers.

• Residence: No. 7 – 12095, 228 St., Maple Ridge, B.C., V2X 6M2.

• Occupation/education: private post-secondary, music industry.

• Volunteer work: Iron Horse Safe House, Ridge Meadows Hospital Foundation and countless fundraising events for various charities as a musical performer.

• Who do you support for mayor: I like both Ernie Daykin and Nicole Read since seeing the mayoral debates and researching their platforms. I also have met with both of these candidates personally and feel that I could work well with both of them.

Question: Please provide an example of what you have done that qualifies you for council.

Answer: I’m a lifelong resident of Maple Ridge. My children live here. My experience running private sector businesses, including an accredited private school, my knowledge of the Internet, computers, networking technologies and my familiarity with the power of social media tools can all be harnessed to the benefit the community.

Q: Who is funding your campaign?

A: My campaign is funded entirely via grass roots support.

I’ve accepted volunteer time and money from individuals

who feel I will help voice their concerns at council. I have also raised money with local fundraising social events. At no time will I accept funding from corporations or private business interests.

Q: What makes you stand out from other candidates?

A: I’m new to council; I’ll bring a fresh approach. I’ve worked for Rogers businesses here, have run my own and now work in IT for a school. I’m raising my children here. All this allows me to relate to my constituents. My being high-tech literate will also benefit our community.

Q: How do you see the City of Maple Ridge developing in the next 10 years?

A: Maple Ridge needs to become more self-sustaining. The path to a better lifestyle here lies in developing the local commercial and industrial base, and making intelligent decisions on residential planning.

Q: What will be your top priority if elected to Maple Ridge council?

A: to use our tax dollars most efficiently, taking another look at what we’re paying for and why. By focusing on a more efficiently run community, we can make better decisions.

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• Name: Craig Rudd.

• Residence: 12270 – 234th Street, Maple Ridge.

• Occupation/education: owner of retail business.

• Volunteer work: B.C. Summer Games; coached softball and minor hockey;Maple Ridge transportation committee; board member of Woman Care Pregnancy Centre; VP and treasurer of Full Gospel Businessmen Fellowship International.

• Who do you support for mayor: I will be pleased to work with whomever the residents of Maple Ridge elect as mayor.

• Name: J. Craig Ruthven.

• Residence: Albion.

• Occupation/education: Burnaby high school teacher; manager of my own real estate portfolio.

• Volunteer work: representative/liaison for Albion, OurNeighbourhoods rep.

• Who do you support for mayor: undecided.

• Name: Grant Sanderson.

• Residence: 12068 - 201 St., Maple Ridge.

• Occupation/education: operations manager for a landscape company; graduated MRSS 1999, then went to UFV for CIS/Computer Science.

• Volunteer work: Favorite volunteer work would be for the last three years being a call taker for the Canucks for Kids Telethon • Who do you support for mayor: undecided.

Sanderson

Rudd

Question: Please provide an example of what you have done that qualifies you for council.

Answer: I have a passion for Maple Ridge, having lived here for more than 45 years. Over that time, I have gained significant knowledge of how Maple Ridge has grown and how we need to in the future. Owning a business has given me an understanding of fiscal issues. I am a logical person who enjoys people.

Q: Who is funding your campaign?

A: I am funding my campaign with donations from family, friends and personal supporters.

Q: What makes you stand out from other candidates?

A: I am a people person and like working with a team, with ideas to arrive at a consensus. I am willing to recognize mistakes and learn from them. I focus and build on positives.

Question: Please provide an example of what you Ruthven have done that qualifies you for council.

Answer: I believe that my life and work experience - as a childcare worker, teacher, and investor - has seen me become a very well-rounded individual, capable of intensive problem solving and consensus building. I have likely engaged more residents one-on-one than any other council candidate. I have met often with councillors, presented public feedback as a delegate, and attended over 30 council meetings.

Q: Who is funding your campaign?

A: I am funding my own campaign, as well am taking a full-time leave to secure a council seat. I am not affiliated with or sponsored by any party, and I am not using council as a stepping stone to a provincial or federal post.

Q: What makes you stand out from other candidates?

A: Courage, initiative, creativity, and sincerity. I challenged our mayor back in 2011 because I was deeply concerned for our community and the lack of communication between the elected and electorate. I secured nearly 5,000 votes by visiting 1,800 homes, listening to the public, and exercising incisive thinking. Since then, I have liaised with over 200 residents and proposed the Urban Forests Initiative and a Whistler-styled mall.

Q: How do you see the City of Maple Ridge developing in the next 10 years?

A: Maple Ridge is a popular place to move to as is evident by the population growth. I don’t see that changing. We need to plan well for it so we can provide necessary infrastructure in cost effective ways to accommodate growth, some higher density development with increased transportation options.

Q: How do you see the City of Maple Ridge developing in the next 10 years?

A: I would significantly improve the relationship between neighbourhoods, the elected, and staff. The blueprint for our community, the Official Community Plan, is sacred, and we must honour it to safeguard the interests of every majority stakeholder. I would drive a boon to the local economy by establishing a lifestyle, pedestrian-oriented mall either downtown or on district land east of 105th Ave.

Q: What will be your top priority if elected to Maple Ridge council?

A: Listening and learning. Each needs to be valued and addressed by my ‘service and leadership with logic and common sense’approach.

Q: What will be your top priority if elected to Maple Ridge council?

A: My top priority will be to clearly establish a branding for our town, and then use that branding to proactively attract top-level free enterprise.

Make a commitment to our future generations!

November 15

Re-Elect MIKE MURRAY

Question: Please provide an example of what you have done that qualifies you for council.

Answer: I’ve lived in Maple Ridge my entire life, gone to school, played sports, and have worked here. I feel that with my occupational leadership experience, as well as knowledge of the community, that these traits will be my guidance in making strong decisions for the betterment of the community.

Q: Who is funding your campaign?

A: My campaign thus far is self-funded and assisted by close friends and family.

Q: What makes you stand out from other candidates?

A: I am not a career politician, developer, realtor, activist, or environmentalist.

I’m just a guy - a guy who loves living in Maple Ridge, but realizes that our city can be better.

Q: How do you see the City of Maple Ridge developing in the next 10 years?

A: I would like to see the citizens of Maple Ridge more easily able to work and shop locally while raising their families in our beautiful city that is so close to nature. I would also like to see an affordable solution for garbage and organic waste pickup.

Q: What will be your top priority if elected to Maple Ridge council?

A: Bring new business to Maple Ridge to create jobs, have shopping options, helping at least to reduce traffic congestion and raise commercial tax revenue so that we can afford to bring in more services.

On November 15th

Voice Your Choice For Public Education Maple Ridge

For School Trustee

Lisa BEARE

Maple Ridge

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Vote for: • An emphasis on student achievement and

excellence in public education • A proven record - 40 years of local government and community service • Strong community connections

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vote ✔ Don

For Maple Ridge council • Name: Brian Savage.

• Residence: Maple Ridge, 12 years.

• Occupation/education: G. • Volunteer work: 35 years municipal.

• Who do you support for mayor: Ernie Daykin.

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A New Ear

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A New Face

A New Voice

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A New Choice

council?

A: Working on bringing in shops, multi-family housing in the downtown, in-house garbage pickup.

Question: Please provide an example of what you have done that qualifies you for council.

Answer: My 35 years working for a municipality - roads, infrastructure, parks, streams, fish.

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Q: Who is funding your campaign?

A: Union workers.

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Q: How do you see the City of Maple Ridge developing in the next 10 years?

A: Let’s start building the downtown (Smart Growth) stop the sprawling out; let’s fix (complete) what is already started.

Shymkiw

Q: What makes you stand out from other candidates?

A: I like to get things done (now). Hopefully my hands aren’t tied by politics.

Q: What will be your top priority if elected to Maple Ridge

Looking to the Future of our City Starting November 15 Phone: 604-790-5008

email: donmitch8@gmail.com

Don Mitchell for Maple Ridge Council Authorized by Don Mitchell, Financial Agent 604-790-5008

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For Maple Ridge Council Proven Leadership - Proven Results

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I care about the future of Maple Ridge.

I am a former Chamber of Commerce President.

My actions speak for themselves.

With your Vote on November 15th, I am ready to start applying my experience to bring Maple Ridge to the next level.

Let me start the changes.

Tel: 604.817.6656 Facebook.com/KenHollandforCouncil

For Maple Ridge council • Name: Tyler Shymkiw • Residence: Maple Ridge.

• Occupation/education: owner of special effects business; BA in Political Science), MA in Political Science, PhD candidate in Political Science, SFU. • Volunteer work: former president Friends in Need Food Bank; served three years on the Parks and Leisure Services Commission.

• Who do you support for mayor: : I can work well with any of the candidates running.

Question: Please provide an example of what you have done that qualifies you for council.

Answer: In my past role as president of the food bank, I learned first-hand the issues facing our community’s most vulnerable. I also run my own business and have a robust educational background. I’ve learned how to, and how not to do things through experience; there is no substitute for that.

Q: Who is funding your campaign?

A: Primarily myself. My plan is to self-finance the campaign, perhaps with some donations primarily from friends and family. My commitments are to the people of our community.

I don’t want to tie them to the interests of a handful of large donors.

Shymkiw

Q: How do you see the City of Maple Ridge developing in the next 10 years?

A: I see Maple Ridge evolving into a thriving community that is a destination for families, with safer streets, a more enjoyable downtown, and improved amateur sports facilities.

Additionally, I envision us undergoing responsible growth that focuses on diversifying our tax base away from the heavy reliance on homeowners.

Q: What will be your top priority if elected to Maple Ridge council?

A: I am running for council to make Maple Ridge the best place in the world to raise a family. If we renew our commitment to families and approach these challenges with dedication and tenacity, we will achieve great things together.

For Maple Ridge council • Name: Craig Speirs.

• Residence: Maple Ridge, 41 years.

• Occupation/education: retired, 34 years with Liquor Distribution Board.

• Volunteer work: B.C. Children’s Hospital fundraising chair; Ridge Meadows Recycling Society board member; CEED Centre vice-president; Compassionate Friends, grief self-help group for parents; Community Heritage Commission, Haney Farmers Market; Maple Ridge Agricultural Committee; Sensible B.C. • Who do you support for mayor: Ernie Daykin Question: Please provide an example of what you have done that qualifies you for council.

Answer: I served on council from 1999 to 2011. I know how the system works and how to get the most from it. I know the players: politicians, staff, community activists and volunteers.

My hard-won experience will be critical as we build a more efficient community.

Q: Who is funding your campaign?

A: My campaign will be mostly self-funded. I won’t accept money from developers or unions. Every donation comes with the caveat that if it creates a conflict of interest, in my mind, on any issue, I will leave the room.

Q: What makes you stand out from other candidates?

A: My campaign is centred on the reason I’m running: to make our community the best place in the world to raise a family. My entire platform, from homelessness to the development of our waterfront, is centred on that core principle. Most importantly, my goals are reasonable, responsible, and entirely achievable.

Speirs

Q: What makes you stand out from other candidates?

A: I have fought the fight time and again and have come back for more. I get involved in issues that need my support, especially around social issues and civil rights. I have also shown the ability to move on after an issue has been voted on. Council has spent much of the past three years stuck on issues and personalities.

Q: How do you see the City of Maple Ridge developing in the next 10 years?

A: First, a sprawl review, then the next 10 years should be spent growing in ways that are easier to service and cheaper to run so we can lower taxes while maintaining a high level of services. Higher value industrial and commercial development to enrich our local economy is necessary.

Q: What will be your top priority if elected to Maple Ridge council?

A: Review all financial information, development in progress, and the capital plan, and confirm through our business planning process next year’s agenda. I would like to review area plans for Silver Valley and Albion, and finish one for Hammond.

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For Maple Ridge council

For Maple Ridge trustee

For Maple Ridge trustee

• Name: Grover Telford.

• Residence: 11291 – 236th St., Maple Ridge.

• Occupation/education: Businessman; some university.

• Volunteer work: board of directors Seniors Society, SPAC recreation commission.

• Who do you support for mayor: Graham Mowatt.

• Name: Lisa Beare.

• Residence: I just purchased a new property and am in the process of relocating home to Maple Ridge.

• Occupation/education: Flight attendant; University of Victoria, local government management diploma (pending).

• Volunteer work: : board of directors for Variety the Children’s Charity; Canadian Women Voters Congress; Women in Aviation; The 99’s; Children’s Wish Beare Foundation.

• Name: Susan Carr • Residence: Maple Ridge.

• Occupation/education: incumbent school board trustee.

• Volunteer work: n/a.

Telford Question: Please provide an example of what you have done that qualifies you for council.

Answer: Volunteer work with the organization Maple Ridge Coalition of Concerned Citizens, which dealt with the problems surrounding Northumberland Court, and with the concerned citizens group Perturbed Over Paid Parking at Ridge Meadows Hospital. I have compiled a petition to bring before council and have done extensive research on the latter topic. I have raised my family in Maple Ridge and have involved myself with youth mentoring, coaching soccer and football.

Q: Who is funding your campaign?

A: Myself plus small donations from friends Q: What makes you stand out from other candidates?

A: My experience as a business owner has afforded me with excellent communication skills and management abilities. Since most of my work has been in Maple Ridge daily, I am familiar with the issues that most concern local residents.

Q: How do you see the City of Maple Ridge developing in the next 10 years?

A: Maple Ridge is now a city. With that should come more retail shopping and commercial/industrial development to broaden our tax base and produce local jobs. With the growing number of seniors, more seniors housing needs to be available in the downtown core, where they can access shopping and bus service.

Q: What will be your top priority if elected to Maple Ridge council?

A: Improve transit, deal with the provincial government concerning homelessness and long term drug addiction treatment facilities. Broaden our tax base by encouraging business and industry to locate in Maple Ridge. Also, I would like to see a program where local citizens assist the RCMP in patrolling the streets allowing the police to deal with more serious issues.

Question: Please provide an example of what you have done that qualifies you for school board.

Answer: Board of education member for six years, Carr chair of SD42 policy committee; past elementary PAC co-chair and elementary school noon hour supervisor; board rep aboriginal education committee; board member Ridge Meadows Education Foundation and Youth Center Society; parent coordinator Maple Ridge secondary Grad Car Show; solid understanding of how a governing board functions and how members of such boards conduct themselves in order to practice inclusive and informed decision making.

Question: Please provide an example of what you have done that qualifies you for school board.

Answer: I went to Eric Langton elementary and Maple Ridge secondary, and graduated from Thomas Haney secondary. I am a community member with family in the public school system. I have always been an advocate for children’s needs. A quality public education benefits us all.

Q: Why are you running for trustee?

A: My most powerful motivation is my children. I have two who have graduated through the system and one currently in Grade 7. I am seeking a third term so that I can continue to lend my voice in shaping the future of education. Continue drive our Facilities Review Plan into the next phase.

Q: Why are you running for trustee?

A: I care about our community and about the quality of public education. Every child deserves access to the resources they need to succeed. We need strong voices to advocate for proper funding. I think we can do a better job of working with the community and all partners in education.

Q: What makes you stand out from other candidates?

A: My dedication and history in the community. I have over 17 years leadership experience. I believe in teamwork and that together we can work towards the common goal of protecting public education.

Q: What makes you stand out from other candidates?

A: I contribute a parent voice to the table that is independent and represents all members of our community. When you vote for me – you are truly voting for me and not the influence of anyone else. I have been connected to the school community for 16-plus years through my children and my volunteer work.

Q: How do you see the school district changing in the next 10 years?

A: I see a strong, well-funded education system that not only addresses the individual child’s passion in the classroom, but provides them with the resources they need to get jobs. All students will have access to proper teacher and support staff levels and a community that is engaged in board decisions.

Q: How do you see the school district changing in the next 10 years?

A: My vision for our future is the universal adoption of inquiry, project based and personalized learning for all students. I envision spaces that are shaped by the needs of teaching and learning rather than the other way around. I also hope to see a post-secondary institute come to our community.

Q: What will be your top priority if elected to school board?

A: Work with all the partners in education to advocate for a properly funded education system and include them in the decision making process. Introduce ways to get the community more involved in education. Make the board processes more open and transparent to the public.

Q: What will be your top priority if elected to school board?

A: Student success, continue advocating for funding to achieve that, and lobby our association to find ways of becoming a stronger voice in B.C. and to establish a true co-governance role. Trustees have to be more involved in the conversations at the provincial level.

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In looking ahead, we need to shrewdly plot out our future while never forgetting who we are and what is most important to us.

Platform

Let’s Make Maple Ridge “Home.”

I will be dedicating my time and energy to: t helping Maple Ridge establish an identity that everyone can rally around

As a Burnaby high school teacher, and formerly a youth/childcare worker, I have committed myself to advocating on behalf of individuals and communities most of my adult life.

t providing residents with more connecting places/ communal hubs

Last election, I stepped forward to run for mayor, bringing neighbourhood issues to the fore, including the lack of:

t ensuring that we develop uniquely and distinctly, with responsible infilling and quality planning and development

t safe streets and sidewalks t local schools t parks and amenities, which I spoke openly about at the debates, as well as to the press.

t removing barriers to business/actively recruiting business t ensuring that we absolutely stop “shooting ourselves in the feet” down town, with poor bylaw enforcement with respect to derelict properties and overlooking the help offered to us by other cities with proven strategies for homelessness and crime t ensuring value for tax dollar, undertaking fully independent audits

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Knowing that few others would be highlighting these issues emboldened me to speak with that much greater passion and conviction.

Since November 2011, I have continued to engage the public, as an OurNeighbourhoods rep, informing residents how local public consultation works as well as liaising between residents, local councillors, and staff, regarding north Albion to ensure that the public has been adequately consulted.

Speaking with people around Maple Ridge, it would appear that many of us are not really feeling “rooted” or “connected” in this town.

Perhaps, it is because we are missing some key pieces that would allow us to spend more of our money and time in Maple Ridge- as well as “bump into” each other, like at a concert or some public space.

My vision is of integrated, lifestyle oriented development akin to the suburb of North Vancouver, Whistler, and Canmore, AB.

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t involving more of our citizenry in the important decision making of our town

As a Community Liaison, I am committed to hearing your vision, which will then allow us to focus our time and energies on making Maple Ridge a home.

I have also broadened my scope to research what I consider to be “model communities”, to better understand what is possible for our town.

J Craig Ruthven

Candidate for City Council

Certified B.C. Teacher TWU/SFU GRADUATE

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For Maple Ridge trustee For Maple Ridge trustee • Name: Ken Clarkson.

• Residence: 102 Avenue, Maple Ridge.

• Occupation/education: Occupation: retired teacher with Master’s Degree in education.

• Volunteer work: coaching softball, football, baseball, and soccer; Pitt Meadows Day children’s sports co-ordinator; Pitt Meadows Day; Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows committee to investigate feasibility of providing a joint parks, recreation and culture service.

Question: Please provide an example of what you have done that qualifies you for school board.

Answer: In six years as a trustee, I have argued for more issues to be in public rather than closed, and for the board to take a stand. A majority of like–minded trustees are required if we are to move from the status-quo.

Q: Why are you running for trustee?

A: We need trustees who are passionate, strong advocates for public education. I will work to establish inclusive decision-making processes where educational partners participate jointly on board committees. When the people who are affected by decisions participate in making them, you discover better decisions and the public is better informed.

A: What you do matters and how you do it matters even more. Power concedes nothing without a demand. As a trustee, I have and will continue to voice the demand the public is asking for. The current board’s action signals compliance. I will work to protect and empower our citizens.

Clarkson Q: How do you see the school district changing in the next 10 years?

A: Student’s educational paths will become increasingly individualized, enabling each student to discover and develop their passion. The system as a whole will move in the direction of schools meeting the needs of the students, rather than the other way around.

Q: What will be your top priority if elected to school board?

Advocating to increase funding to public education by publicizing the impact of the cuts to date; implementing an inclusive decision-making process to determine the budget, which will enable better decisions and inform the public on the lack of funding; working with other boards to devise strategies to increase funding.

Q: What makes you stand out from other candidates?

For Maple Ridge trustee • Name: Cherie Delainey.

• Residence: Maple Ridge.

• Occupation/education: Customer service with the B.C. Liquor Distribution Branch and part-time travel consultant.

• Volunteer work: Boy Scout leader, parent volunteer for Inlet Skating Club, youth soccer, hockey and baseball teams, area captain on the Fight HST Campaign.

Question: Please provide an example of what you have done that qualifies you for school board.

Answer: I am a community member and mother of three grown children who attended public school. They all had different learning needs, including special education, and achieved different results..

Q: Why are you running for trustee?

A: Public education affects all of us. I believe strongly in the value of public education as a cornerstone of democracy. I am standing up to protect our public education system.

Delainey

lives, but it can never replace the need for teachers or the social setting of a class room. All our partners in the education system will have a voice in the process. Our public education system will be geared toward the individual needs of our children and all children will have access to the tools that they need to succeed in their area of choice.

Q: What will be your top priority if elected to school board?

A: Top priorities will include working cooperatively with other education partners to pressure senior levels of government to restore adequate funding to our school districts, addressing the stressful situation of class size and composition and ensuring schools have the necessary support staff to run our schools effectively.

Q: What makes you stand out from other candidates?

A: As the mother of special needs students, I worked closely with their teachers, counselors, administrators and staff to support their learning. I have a first-hand understanding of the challenges parents, students and staff face.

Q: How do you see the school district changing in the next 10 years?

A: Technology with play an ever greater roll in our children’s

Re-Elect MIKE MURRAY An Independent Candidate for School Trustee

“ I’m voting for Mike because I have direct knowledge of his integrity, leadership skills and commitment to the community.”

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For Maple Ridge trustee

Q: What will be your top priority if elected to school board?

A: We must find ways to ensure that every dollar we receive from the provincial government supports student learning.

We must also find additional sources of funding from within our community.

• Name: Gary Cleave.

• Residence: Fraserview Village, Maple Ridge.

• Occupation/education: Development officer, DARE B.C. Society; BA in political science and sociology from SFU. • Volunteer work: church.

Question: Please provide an example of what you have done that qualifies you for school board.

Answer: I worked for the school district in a variety of capacities from 1996 to 2009. I am intimately familiar with school district operations and the needs of our students.

Cleave

Q: Why are you running for trustee?

A: I believe the public school system is one of the most important institutions in our society.

Q: What makes you stand out from other candidates?

A: I am running for mayor and school trustee. If elected to both positions, I will donate a total of $150,000 of my combined salaries over the next four years to our underfunded school system.

Q: How do you see the school district changing in the next 10 years?

A: The student population will grow in some areas and decline in others. Managing growth with the limited funding we receive from the provincial government will be our biggest challenge.

For Maple Ridge trustee • Name: Nina Fowell • Residence: 216th Street, Maple Ridge.

• Occupation/education: Retired teacher, small business owner; BA, masters in education, special education diploma, diploma in family therapy.

• Volunteer work: former director on Cythera Transition House Society board, member of citizens advisory board.

Question: Please provide an example of what you have done that qualifies you for school board.

Answer: I have been an educator for more than 30 years. I have taught everything from preschool to university (UBC).

Most of my 25 years in Maple Ridge have been at Yennadon elementary (Grade 7 for 15 years) and Thomas Haney secondary (English/social studies and communications, Grades 11/12). I now own a growing, successful business in Maple Ridge, going on seven years. I am a positive person who looks for solutions. I am a cancer survivor and have done fund raising for the cancer society with my 2010 Bald and Beautiful calendar.

Q: Why are you running for trustee?

A: I believe our public education system is in trouble because of poor government support. I have years of experience and education that would make me an excellent trustee. I can make important decisions concerning our students, staff and parent needs. I am not intimidated by government.

Q: What makes you stand out from other candidates?

A: I am an educator, business owner, parent, taxpayer, community supporter, supporter of children/youth organizations (Pathfinders, dry grads, Rotary Club charity tournament). I have expressed support and concern publicly through letters to the editor (topics: education, false Fowell alarm policy for businesses, frequent break-ins and vandalism downtown.).

Q: How do you see the school district changing in the next 10 years?

A: I don’t see anything changing, which is the problem.

Q: What will be your top priority if elected to school board?

A: Encouraging people to vote (I find it disappointing that only 25 per cent voted, as I believe that if you want a say about how things are done, voting is a way to be heard); proper funding to produce the exceptional education system our government likes to brag about around the world (unfortunately, it has been watered down/stripped of resources, and our fabulous staff are burning out); we need a new format for bargaining as we are presently funding a system that has not worked since it was created (I do not believe that the employer group is really representative of our school trustees).

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For Maple Ridge trustee

For Maple Ridge trustee

For Maple Ridge trustee

• Name: David Isaac.

• Residence: Maple Ridge.

• Occupation/education: Cashier at Safeway.

• Volunteer work: Maple Ridge Lions Club, Ghost Ridge, Country Fest.

• Name: Mike Murray.

• Residence: Maple Ridge, in the Laityview area.

• Occupation/education: undergraduate degree from UBC; retired general manager of community development, parks and recreation for Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows; chair of the Board of Education from 2011 to present.

• Volunteer work: arts council, North Fraser Therapeutic Riding Association, Salvation Army Community Murray Council and Ridge Meadows Education Foundation, Parks and Leisure Services Commission, Haney Rotary Club, Ridge Meadows Hospital Foundation.

• Name: Nancy Nagy.

• Residence: 23887 – 117B Ave., Maple Ridge.

• Occupation/education: volunteer co-ordinator Friends in Need Food Bank; diploma in legal secretary, administrator, accounting, conflict resolution.

• Volunteer work: Brownies; Pets and Friends; B.C. Children’s Network; Riverview Hospital and Woodlands; involved in election campaigns.

Question: Please provide an example of what you have done that qualifies you for school board.

Answer: I have taught ESL to many Asian students privately.

Isaac

Q: Why are you running for trustee?

A: I want to improve the quality of education, not just for this generation of students, but for future ones, as well.

Q: What makes you stand out from other candidates?

A: I firmly believe in the power of social media and how (if used properly) can be a force for change in the district and the world at large.

Q: How do you see the school district changing in the next 10 years?

A: Laptops and mobile devices will become a fixture in the classrooms and students will be taught how to use them properly to further their education and how to avoid the troubled waters within social media and the Internet.

Q: What will be your top priority if elected to school board?

A: To make sure programs such as athletics, band and drama are not cut in the name of austerity and to try and increase the amount of resources for children with special needs.

Question: Please provide an example of what you have done that qualifies you for school board.

Answer: I have been a trustee for one term and elected to the position of chair for the past three years. I have 40 years of non-profit board experience and served for 36 years as a senior administrator advising municipal councils and commissions on policy and strategic planning.

Q: Why are you running for trustee?

A: To ensure implementation of the district’s recently adopted strategic plans; advocating for more resources and better co-governance with the province.

Q: What makes you stand out from other candidates?

A: I’ve brought considerable governance experience to the board and a community perspective derived from years of involvement with several organizations.

I’m an independent candidate. I’ve neither sought nor accepted union or other donations during this or the last election.

Q: How do you see the school district changing in the next 10 years?

A: Student achievement rivaling that of any jurisdiction in the world; greater sustainability and more stable funding; improved co-governance relationship with the provincial government, including greater local influence on provincial decisionmaking; full implementation of effective and efficient strategic and facilities plans.

Q: What will be your top priority if elected to school board?

A: To strive for even greater levels of student achievement by supporting implementation of the strategic plan; obtaining the necessary resources to ensure that can happen; press government for answers to our questions.

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Nagy Question: Please provide an example of what you have done that qualifies you for school board.

Answer: I have worked in a college as a financial administrator. I have worked in the legal field with family law, wills and estates and personal injuries. I now work at the Friends In need Food Bank as the volunteer coordinator.

Q: Why are you running for trustee?

A: I am passionate and concerned for our children and their future, as they are our future. I want to ensure that our children are receiving the best education possible, building a solid foundation in the early years of a child’s life to succeed and become valuable citizens of our community.

Q: What makes you stand out from other candidates?

A: I understand that trustees are the voice for students, teachers and parents.

Trustees listens to the community, guide the work of the schools, set plans and policies. We must work as a team to provide the best possible tools in the education system to assist teachers and students.

Q: How do you see the school district changing in the next 10 years?

A: To see more post-secondary education, adequate schools to make our community stand out so our students can obtain an education to succeed in our community and worldwide.

Q: What will be your top priority if elected to school board?

A: To listen to teachers, students, and parents, to understand their expectations and needs and what needs to be done to make Maple Ridge schools community the most desirable.

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For Maple Ridge trustee

For Maple Ridge trustee

For Maple Ridge trustee

• Name: Dr. Dave Rempel.

• Residence: 277th St., Maple Ridge.

• Occupation/education: Bachelor of Religious Education, 1962; Bachelor of Education, 1968; Master of Arts, 1977; PhD, 1984; 18 years teaching, 18 years as principal, 18 years school board trustee Maple Ridge.

• Volunteer work: Canadian C.I.S. Friendship Exchange Society, student exchanges and international Rempel adoptions; Meadowridge Rotary Club; Maple RidgePitt Meadows parks and leisure commission; Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows Parent Fair; Fraser Valley Children’s’ Festival; and Fine Arts Showcase.

• Name: James Rowley.

• Residence: Maple Ridge.

• Occupation/education: ESL Instructor, Actor/ puppeteer, Bachelor of Arts Degree (English Literature), UBC. • Volunteer work: Hammond Neighbours, Scouts Canada, Maple Ridge Montessori PAC, Earth Day, Emerald Pig Theatrical Society, Maple Ridge Home Energy Retrofit Project, Ridge Meadows Recycling Rowley Society.

• Name: Elizabeth Taylor.

• Residence: Maple Ridge.

• Occupation/education: n/a.

• Volunteer work: n/a.

Question: Please provide an example of what you have done that qualifies you for school board.

Answer: It’s a package: my experience as a teacher, principal, and trustee; my very extensive academic background; and my volunteer work in and outside the community.

Q: Why are you running for trustee?

A: Since grade 12 I have worked with youth, teaching Sunday school, counselling at summer camps, and as an educator in public schools. Transitioning from a principal to trustee seemed natural and seamless, and expressed my deep passion and commitment to youth and the community.

Q: What makes you stand out from other candidates?

A: My extensive academic background, long employment in public education, including as a trustee, and the many volunteer community and internationals programs and projects I’ve been involved in and with.

Q: How do you see the school district changing in the next 10 years?

A: Increased use of technology; greater focus on inquiry and critical thinking; enrolments will increase; public support for education may face challenges; provincial funding for public education should increase; special needs students will increase.

Q: What will be your top priority if elected to school board?

The budget hovers like a cloud over most of the board’s decisions, especially the last few years. The advocacy for increased funding runs parallel to the budget priority.

Question: Please provide an example of what you have done that qualifies you for school board.

Answer: I am parent of two young kids in the district. My experience includes being a founding board member of the Ubyssey Publications Society, UBC and past president of the Raymond Burr Theatre Society.

Q: Why are you running for trustee?

A: The teachers’ labour dispute is over. We have a chance to really talk about education funding. Such challenges continue from class size and composition, to paying for new schools and retrofitting old schools. I want to address those with all the stakeholders at the table.

Q: What makes you stand out from other candidates?

A: We need a diverse board. Parents like me know it’s not just about our kids, it’s about the future of the province. I have a strong grasp of the triple bottom line: economic, social and environmental.

Q: How do you see the school district changing in the next 10 years?

A: I expect us to continue to put best practices into practice. We are leaders at this. The secondary programs, in particular, need to catch up. I strongly support the development of the strategic facilities plan now underway. Kids should be able to walk or ride to school.

Q: What will be your top priority if elected to school board?

A: I would like to set up a simple mechanism for parents, students and educators to share anecdotes of successes and struggles to be shared day by day over social media. The voting public needs to know what these ‘savings’ are costing us.

Question: Please provide an example of what you have done that qualifies you for school board.

Answer: Most relevant is that I am the past board chair for Alouette Addictions Services. I was a direc- Taylor tor for four years and chair for five years. I was the co-chair for the Community Living Institute, a grassroots consortium that provided low cost relevant training for community living workers. My current job is manager of children’s special services. I am a parent and was a special needs foster parent for 12 years of children who attended school in Maple Ridge.

Q: Why are you running for trustee?

A: My work in community living continues to go through the same challenges that the education system is currently experiencing. There are newer more innovative methods of supporting children with learning and behavioural challenges. The schools have yet to embrace these methods. Throughout the recent labour unrest, the teachers expressed the frustration supporting the special needs kids. How to provide quality service on a tight budget is my specialty.

Q: What makes you stand out from other candidates?

A: Several years ago I attended a workshop with Dr. Pat Mirenda, a UBC professor and head of Provincial Outreach for Autism. He talked about CAST lesson planning and positive behaviour supports. The number of children diagnosed with autism is increasing yearly. The long-term costs of not educating these children are immense to taxpayers. When the learning milestones are missed, it is difficult for them to catch up or move forward.

Q: How do you see the school district changing in the next 10 years?

A: My vision is that we have a thriving educational system that is inclusive of all learners. I would like to see better use of the facilities. Maintaining large properties that are empty is costly. Also, restraining and secluding/excluding children with behavioural challenges is abusive.

Q: What will be your top priority if elected to school board?

A: Children in this district who are being denied access to education. Discuss further advocacy for funding. Writing letters is a start.

Looking Back: election issue

Perceptions of homelessness: 1937

By M atthew S h ie ld s Maple Ridge Museum and Archives

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ounded in 1932, the Maple Ridge Unemployed Citizens League declared to “unite the individual efforts and strength of all unemployed citizens of Maple Ridge under one efficient control and direction, and to obtain immediate relief and the necessities of life including food, clothing, shelter and medical attention for all

destitute citizens”.

At the organization’s second meeting, Coun. James Cameron, who sympathized with the social democratic politics of the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation, announced his hope that “those who are in a position to help see the need of their sharing [and] that the principle of profit must be eliminated before a true solution can be reached.”

Alternative politics drew

increasing support, but alarmed many of the independent businessmen who considered themselves the town’s caretakers and were the most frequent candidates for local office. Most often, they wanted assistance from higher governments, but also the right to determine how such assistance would be spent.

The relief work programs raised many issues, especially around fairness. In a town

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of only a few thousand, the family men who benefitted most from the relief work programs could be wellconnected with their ward councilors, who were also the employers and paymasters on relief work projects.

The closeness between municipal politicians and their communities and the high amount of discretion exercised over the relief work program made transparency and fairness in the disbursal of funds difficult to achieve.

Letters to the Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows Gazette complained that the family of public officials and “farmers with wellstocked barns, granaries and root houses” were picking up relief work contracts while “those whom the government had planned to aid will be left in hardship”.

There was one kind of labour discrimination everyone could agree on. As economic conditions improved for some, the public focused on the relief work “loafer”, something of a straw man designed to attack the assortment of

transient l a bourers who were considered vagrant. The wages paid by the “relief scale” in Maple Ridge, up to $3.50 per day, were not especially generous. But because the work was targeted at family men, relief work wages were typically higher than those under alternate public employment schemes. For example, in 1935, men on relief work in Maple Ridge were earning 40 cents per hour, while the province was paying young single men $1.75 per day – minus 75 cents for room and board – to join work crews in remote areas.

The Port Haney Brick Company had a reputation as a gathering point for some of those labourers who were excluded or discouraged from municipal public works projects. The company’s trackside factory weathered the Depression with few work stoppages by picking up contracts to supply some of the new subsidized works.

With large industrial kilns remaining warm long after the work day, the brickyard sheds offered respite to the homeless unemployed.

Managers Harold Burnet and Jim Hadgkiss tolerated the guests so long as the site remained tidy. By some accounts, the visitors were well-organized, making arrangements with Haney bakers and butchers to take away unsold (or unsalable) stock at day’s end. Many during the Depression refused to take food without performing chores in return.

Simmering anxieties about vagrancy and welfare worthiness outlasted any episodes of charity. In 1937, when the labour organizer James Cameron ran against Mussallem for the Reeve’s chair, his campaign largely avoided his advocacy and connections with the social democratic CCF, though Mussallem was quick to point it out.

Mussallem, by this point, had honed his message: predictable, pragmatic (some said “conservative”) government. The incumbent reeve, by default, had become the only one with any experience squeezing money from Victoria. Mussallem took all polling stations except Hammond and Webster’s Corners, and those seen as the least worthy among the unemployed and homeless remained without a champion.

– Matthew Shields is a researcher at Maple Ridge Museum.