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THECANDIDATES ABBOTSFORD RIDING Ed Fast
MISSION - MATSQUI - FRASER CANYON RIDING Brad Vis
Conservative, Incumbent
Conservative
Brad Vis has previously worked as a communications advisor to Abbotsford MP Ed Fast, and most recently spent a year working for an agri-business developer. Vis lives in Abbotsford with his wife Kathleen.
Ed Fast has been the MP for Abbotsford since 2006, and has served as the Minister of International Trade since 2011. Fast holds a law degree from UBC and has served on the Abbotsford school board and city council. He and his wife Annette have six children and four grandchildren.
Dennis Adamson Jen Martel
NDP
Dennis Adamson has worked as the Electoral Area B director for the Fraser Valley Regional District since 2008. He lives in Yale, serves on the board of a local charity aiming to help seniors live independently, and is married with two daughters.
NDP
Jen Martel works as a lifeguard and first aid instructor and is the vice-president of her union local. Martel has a B.Sc. and has served on a number of non-profit boards including the Fraser Valley Irish Dance Association and the Special Olympics Abbotsford Fundraising Committee.
Jati Sidhu
Peter Njenga
Jati Sidhu, an Abbotsford resident, currently runs a business development company. He holds a BA in political science and economics, and has served on the Abbotsford Police Board, the UFV Board of Governors, and the board of the Abbotsford Chamber of Commerce.
Liberal
Peter Njenga works as a Chartered Professional Accountant and runs a charitable organization aiming to help homeless people. Njenga holds an MBA and a PhD in finance, and also runs a home care company for seniors. Njenga lives in Surrey with his wife Jennifer and has two sons.
Stephen Fowler
Art Green
Green
Art Green works as a motion picture technician and volunteers with the Hope Ratepayers’ Association and the Hope and Area Transition Society. He has studied accounting, and attended a political training institute at UBC. Green is married and has three stepchildren.
Green
Wyatt Scott
Stephen Fowler has worked as a high school teacher in Abbotsford since 1996. He holds a bachelor of arts degree, and a graduate degree in liberal studies. Fowler runs a number of clubs at his school, works with the Abbotsford-Mission Nature Club, and has a teenage son.
PEOPLESTATS
Liberal
Independent
Wyatt Scott is an entrepreneur in Mission, with a small gemstone finishing company. He volunteers with the Mission Sunrise Rotary Club, the Mission Folk Fest, and the Mission Friendship Center. Scott is married and has a son.
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
172,720
174,321
176,659
178,489
178,967
POPULATION
*ABBOTSFORD-MISSION, ESTIMATED
COUNTINGHEADS ABBOTSFORD-MISSION CENSUS METROPOLITAN AREA (CMA)
37.9 39K
MEDIAN AGE IN COMMUNITY TOTAL NUMBER OF IMMIGRANTS
14K 88K
MARRIED COUPLES WITH CHILDREN RESIDENTS AGED 15 TO 64
SOURCE: STATS CANADA
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CRIMERATES
WEASKED DO YOU INTEND TO CHANGE THE WAY YOU VOTE IN THIS FEDERAL ELECTION COMPARED TO 2011?
UNEMPLOYMENT
VIOLENT CRIMINAL CODE VIOLATIONS
2015
*MAY RATE, ABBOTSFORD-MISSION
INCIDENTS REPORTED PER 100,000 POPULATION
FAMILYINCOME $62,370 $62,320 $64,250 $66,550
*MEDIAN, BY HOUSEHOLD, ABBOTSFORD-MISSION
EARNINGLEVELS $50,000 - $75,000
$100,000 - $200,000
22,130 $75,000 - $100,000
8,460
5,300
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2014
40%
1,066
2011 ELECTION RESULTS ABBOTSFORD RIDING
$200,000 & OVER
Topping the polls was ED FAST, receiving 32,493
720
votes, or 65 per cent of the total numer of ballots. He was followed by New Democrat David Murray, who received 10,089 votes, or 20 per cent of all
GREEN LIBERAL NDP CONSERVATIVE VOTER TURN OUT
2009 2010 2011 2012
949
989
5.7%
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ballots. In third was Madeleine Hardin, a Liberal, with 4,968 votes and 10 per cent of the total. Green candidate Daniel Bryce got 2,138 votes,
32,260 *INDIVIDUALS, ABBOTSFORD-MISSION, 2013
SOCIAL VOICES
WHAT PIECE OF ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE TO THE FUTURE LEADER OF OUR COUNTRY? THESE COMMENTS WERE RANDOMLY SELECTED FROM SOCIAL FEEDS OF THE ABBOTSFORD NEWS
SUSAN MERRY BARKER I would really like to have the elected person vote for the things or in the direction that their constituents want, not the way ‘the boss’ wants... take big money out of the equation and listen to the people who actually pay your wages.
CHANTAL CARON It’s never as easy as it seems, be careful and make it about governing and not about superficial things that only “look” good.
cent of the total. The boundaries of the riding have been slightly ad-
BARRY BODELL Stay away from personal bias and heaven forbid, listen to the people.
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CRIMERATES THECANDIDATES CANADA 5190 BRITISH COLUMBIA 7454 CANADA 1092 BRITISH COLUMBIA 1262
POLICE OFFICERS
2013, INCIDENTS PER 100,000 POPULATION. SOURCE: STATS CANADA
Stephen Harper
Age: 56
Total crime rate down
Prime Minister – Leader, Conservative Party of Canada
Stephen Harper has been the Prime Minister of Canada since 2006 and the leader of the Conservative Party since 2004. Born in Toronto, Harper moved to Alberta after high school – first to Edmonton, then to study economics at the University of Calgary. He has been MP of Calgary Southwest since 2002, originally with the Canadian Alliance party, and became the Leader of the Opposition in that year’s election.
Total crime rate down
Justin Trudeau Age:43
Born in Ottawa while his father, Pierre Trudeau, was Prime Minister of Canada, Justin was raised in Montreal and is a graduate of both McGill University and UBC. Before entering politics, he worked as a French and math teacher in Vancouver. He won the riding of Papineau (Quebec) as a Liberal MP in 2008 – a position he still holds. He was named leader of the Liberal Party of Canada in 2013, succeeding Bob Rae.
Thomas Mulcair Age: 60
Leader, New Democratic Party
Mulcair was born in Ottawa in 1954 and raised in Quebec – in Hull and Laval – and graduated from Montreal’s McGill University in 1977. Mulcair was elected leader of the NDP in 2012, succeeding the late Jack Layton as the head of Canada’s Official Opposition. Mulcair has been the MP for Outremont (Quebec) since 2007.
Total violent rate down
FAMILYINCOME INDIVIDUALINCOME
2001 - 2012
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
$68,860
$68,410
$69,860
$72,240
$74,540
$28,920
$28,840
$29,250
$30,180
$31,320
SOURCE: STATS CANADA. FROM FEBRUARY OF EACH YEAR.
CONSERVATIVE
Leader, Green Party of Canada
CANADA
NDP
Elizabeth May is the leader of the Green Party and the MP for Saanich-Gulf Islands in B.C. May became just the party’s second-ever Member of Parliament, winning her riding in the 2011 federal election (even though she was not invited to that year’s national TV debates). She won the Green Party’s leadership in 2006, replacing Jim Harris.
LIBERAL
VOTER TURN OUT
Stephen Harper’s Conservative Party won its third consecutive federal election, this time increasing its seat count to 166 to grab a majority government. The NDP, under the late Jack Layton, surged into the official opposition’s chair with 103 seats – the largest total in the party’s history. Meanwhile, the Liberal Party tumbled from 77 seats (in 2008) to just 34, and leader Michael Ignatieff left his post after the election. The Bloc Quebecois and Gilles Duceppe – who has returned to his position for 2015 – crashed from 49 seats won in 2008 to just four, losing its official party status.
BRITISH COLUMBIA
7.7%
2011
8.7%
2011
7.5%
2012
7.1%
2012
7.1%
2013
6.4%
2013
7.1%
2014
6.5%
2014
6.8%
2015
6.8%
2015
GREEN BLOC QUEBÉCOIS
The 2011 federal election resulted in a major power shuffle in Ottawa – the incumbents increased their lead while others rose to prominence and relevance, and a once-dynastic party left in defeat, forced to rebuild.
And the Green Party won its first-ever seat in Ottawa, with party leader Elizabeth May taking her riding in Saanich– Gulf Islands.
WEALTH GAP SOURCE: STATS CANADA
SHARE OF WEALTH OWNED BY WEALTHIEST 10%
CANADA
47.9%
B.C.
56.2%
SHARE OF WEALTH OWNED BY POOREST 50%
CANADA
5.5%
B.C.
3.1%
MEDICAL MARIJUANA 2015 ESTIMATED, SOURCE: HEALTH CANADA
61.4% 39.6% 30.6% 18.9% 6.0% VOTER TURNOUT
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103 SEATS
34 SEATS
2001 - 2012
-26.3%
UNEMPLOYMENTRATE
Elizabeth May
2011
+12.2%
SOURCE: STATS CANADA
The oldest leader of Canada’s major federal political parties, Duceppe is also the longest-serving leader of the five – he led the Bloc from 1997 to 2011, then re-assumed leadership this year, replacing Mario Beaulieu. Duceppe also served as MP for Laurier–Sainte Marie from 1990 to 2011. He has not yet announced which riding he’ll run for in 2015.
ELECTION RESULTS
CANADIAN POPULATION
25.7% from 2008
MEDIAN TOTAL INCOME
Leader, Bloc Quebecois
Age: 61
CRIME RATES
18.14% from 2008
INCOMESTATS
Gilles Duceppe Age: 67
2001 - 2012
22.8% from 2008
Total violent rate down
Leader, Liberal Party of Canada
+21.8%
21.7% from 2008
4 SEATS
3.9% 1 SEAT
NUMBER OF USERS IN CANADA AUTHORIZED BY HEALTH CANADA TO POSSESS MEDICAL MARIJUANA
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2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
12,829 27,778 29,888 37,884 +50,000
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DAVOTES FEDERAL DEBT$692 BILLION DEBT-TO-GDP RATIO
BUDGET DEFICIT/SURPLUS
30.8%
+1.4 BILLION -2.0 BILLION -5.2 BILLION
29.3%
2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17
IMPORTS EXPORTS
34.2%
2014 - 2015
SHELTER + FOOD
2013 - 2014
SOURCE: 2015 BUDGET
EXPORTS
GDP GROWTH JOBGROWTH
$403,966,700,000 $456,612,500,000 $463,135,100,000 $479,266,200,000 $528,794,800,000
GDP GROWTH OF G7 COUNTRIES SINCE END OF RECESSION IN 2009
$413,670,000,000 $456,044,900,000 $474,287,100,000 $486,487,400,000 $524,241,800,000
$516 25.3%
TAXES, INSURANCE, PENSION, HEALTH + EDUCATION
$382
JOB GROWTH OF G7 COUNTRIES OVER THE RECOVERY
+15.6% +13.5% +11.6% +10.3% +9.1% +5.7% -2.3%
IMPORTS 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
2015 - 2016
GDP GROWTH COMPARISIONS
SOURCE: STATS CANADA
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
SOURCE: STATS CANADA. SPENDING PER WEEK.
SOURCE: 2015 BUDGET
ACTUAL AND PROJECTED SOURCE: 2015 BUDGET
32.3% 31.2%
HOUSEHOLD SPENDING
+7.4% +8.9% +5.1% +6.5% +2.0% +1.1% +0.6%
19.8%
TRANSPORT + HOUSEHOLD OPERATIONS
$298 20.7%
RECREATION + OTHER Furnishings, clothing, reading materials, gifts, donations, misc. expenses, tobacco/alcohol, personal care, games of chance
REFUGEECLAIMANTS BY COUNTRY
CHINA
KOREA
HUNGARY
ROMANIA
TOP 50 COUNTRIES 2011 2012 2013
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POLAND
SOURCE: STATS CANADA
2012 2013
1,665
723
1,882
283
175
760
151
95
39
37
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25,317 20,469 10,350
2013 VS 2012
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