Mission Record Friday, September 18, 2015
GREEN, Arthur
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VOTE GREEN
Mission/Matsqui/Fraser Canyon
Authorized By The Offical Agent For Arthur Green
#ELECTION2015
What matters to you?
#CANADAVOTES
OURFUTURE
#CANADAVOTES
Canadian voters are on the verge of making a decision that will shape the future of Canada for years to come.
OCTOBER 19
When they go to the polls on October 19, many factors will influence who they choose to lead the country. From the economy to foreign policy, infrastructure to the environment, this is a multi-issue election. This special supplement presents local and national statistics, highlighting data about economic, health and standard of living indicators – information to be considered when you make your decision on election day.
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Jati Sidhu
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Be part of the change in Mission-Matsqui-Fraser Canyon
VOTE JATI SIDHU
I support promoting local economic development, sustainable agriculture and job creation through investment in key infrastructure projects. Reducing taxes on middle class families, improving child benefits, maintaining Canada’s health care system and enhancing seniors’ and veterans’ pensions will be my priorities.
Local issues need local experience. votejatisidhu @jatisidulpc
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#MISSIO
ELECT
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MISSION - MATSQUI - FRASER CANYON RIDING Brad Vis
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.
Dennis Adamson
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.
Jati Sidhu
Liberal
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.
Art Green
Green
2011 ELECTION RESULTS PITT MEADOWS-MAPLE RIDGE-MISSION Topping the polls in 2011 was RANDY KAMP, receiving 28,803 votes, or 54 per cent of the total numer of ballots. He was followed by New Democract Craig Speirs, who received 18,835 votes, or 36 per cent of all ballots. In third was Mandeep Bhuller, a Liberal, with 2,739 votes and five per cent of the total. Green candidate Peter Tam got 2,626 votes, just under five per cent of the total. This year, Mission voters are in a newly adjusted riding that includes Mission, parts of Matsqui and the Fraser Canyon.
GREEN LIBERAL NDP CONSERVATIVE VOTER TURN OUT
THECANDIDATES
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.
Wyatt Scott
Independent
60% 54% 36% 5% 5%
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.
PEOPLESTATS
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
“An independent is accountable to the community, not the party.” MISSION - MATSQUI - FRASER CANYON
ONVOTES JOBS
WYATT SCOTT
CRIMERATES
UNEMPLOYMENT
8.5%
2013
2011
7.4% 2014
5.7% 2015
*MAY RATE, ABBOTSFORD-MISSION
2009 2010 2011 2012
$62,370 $62,320 $64,250 $66,550
*MEDIAN, BY HOUSEHOLD, ABBOTSFORD-MISSION
EARNINGLEVELS $50,000 - $75,000
22,130
$100,000 - $200,000
$75,000 - $100,000
8,460
5,300
$200,000 & OVER
720
637
654 NUMBER OF VIOLENT OFFENCES INCIDENTS REPORTED IN DISTRICT OF MISSION
FAMILYINCOME
2012
2013
578
WEASKED HAVE YOU ALREADY DECIDED WHICH PARTY YOU WILL SUPPORT IN THE 2015 FEDERAL ELECTION?
DISCLAIMER: This web poll is informal, not scientific. It reflects opinions of site visitors who voluntarily participate. Results may not represent the opinions of the public as a whole. Black Press is not responsible for the statistical accuracy of opinions expressed here
NO
18%
SOCIAL VOICES
YES
82%
These comments were randomly selected from social feeds of The Mission Record.
WHAT DO YOU THINK IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUE FOR MISSION RESIDENTS?
WHAT PIECE OF ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE TO THE NEXT LEADER OF CANADA?
DEBBIE ROUGHLEY
RONNA RYHORCHUK
The homeless. Instead of wasting taxpayers’ money shoving them away, fix the problems, so it’s not a reoccurring problem as it’s been for many years.
Don’t succumb to the political system, be brave, be a maverick, do what’s right, be the rational, forward, and free-thinking leader this country needs.
LC KENT
DONNA KENNEDY
Don’t just hear. Listen.
Re-open mental health facilities. Do not cut back on health and education, because our children, our health, and the homeless need attention.
CHRISTINA PURCELL Use your common sense and be honest,try your best.
LARAE SUTHERLAND POLLY BETTERTON
$25,000 - $50,000
$25,000 & UNDER
32,260
58,870
What exactly does our federal tax do for Mission? Highways, education and health care have all been loaded on to provincial responsibility, with some federal contribution. Canada Post is a corporation. Federal Department of Fisheries have little say over Fraser River resource management. Can there be federal grants to aid business development?
Please don’t make promises you can’t possibly keep. Please stop destroying our country chasing dollars from oil, gas and non-renewable resources.
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Make history and elect WYATT SCOTT as one of 30 new members to the House of Commons! MISSION - MATSQUI - FRASER CANYON
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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 CONSERVATIVE LIBERAL
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
WEALTH GAP SOURCE: STATS CANADA
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
And the Green Party won its first-ever seat in Ottawa, with party leader Elizabeth May taking her riding in Saanich– Gulf Islands.
VOTER TURN OUT
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.
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.
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.
2001 - 2012
SOURCE: STATS CANADA. FROM FEBRUARY OF EACH YEAR.
Leader, Green Party of Canada
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.
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
166 SEATS
103 SEATS
34 SEATS
2001 - 2012
-26.3%
UNEMPLOYMENTRATE
Elizabeth May
2011
+12.2%
SOURCE: STATS CANADA
Leader, Bloc Quebecois
ELECTION RESULTS
CANADIAN POPULATION
25.7% from 2008
MEDIAN TOTAL INCOME
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.
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
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
12,829 27,778 29,888 37,884 +50,000
ELECT BRAD VIS Conservative Candidate for Mission - Matsqui - Fraser Canyon Cons
With the Conservative Party’s long-term
plan of low-taxes, a balanced budget and growth, Canada is able to protect jobs. Committed to helping families. Ready to protect your retirement. Prepared to keep building our strong economy.
ON OCTOBER 19TH VOTE CONSERVATIVE.
QUESTIONS? Contact 604-287-1661 or info@bradvis.ca.
APPROVED BY THE OFFICIAL AGENT FOR BRAD VIS
DAVOTES
HOUSEHOLD SPENDING
FEDERAL DEBT$692 BILLION DEBT-TO-GDP RATIO
BUDGET DEFICIT/SURPLUS SOURCE: 2015 BUDGET
ACTUAL AND PROJECTED SOURCE: 2015 BUDGET
32.3% 31.2%
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
$516 25.3%
TAXES, INSURANCE, PENSION, HEALTH + EDUCATION
$382
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
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.
$413,670,000,000 $456,044,900,000 $474,287,100,000 $486,487,400,000 $524,241,800,000
+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
POLAND
SOURCE: STATS CANADA
2012 2013
1,665
723
1,882
283
175
760
151
95
39
37
YOU’RE INVITED
Federal All Candidates Forum With a focus on social services issues in the region, all are invited to attend and ask written questions which will be presented to the candidates by a panel.
$310
TOP 50 COUNTRIES 2011 2012 2013
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25,317 20,469 10,350
2013 VS 2012
49% REDUCTION
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GRAND TOTAL
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