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S Q U A M I S H C H I E F. C O M
WHAT THE CANDIDATES SAY
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The candidates at the Oct. 2 allcandidates debate shared their vision for the Sea to Sky INDIGO LEMAY-CONWAY
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olitics is often a place where opinions are left divided, but if there is one thing that came out of the Squamish all-candidates meeting last night, it’s that sometimes, even politicians can share the same goals. On Wednesday, Oct. 2, each of the three candidates pining for the position of West Vancouver Sea to Sky Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) were passionately united on the need to improve regional transport, increase housing and fight climate change. High taxes, secure care and the privatization of healthcare saw the biggest divide within the panel. The debate, hosted by the Squamish Chamber, Tourism Squamish, and Downtown Squamish BIA was held in front of a 150-person crowd at Don Ross Middle School. The event was moderated by former Squamish mayor Patricia Heintzman. In terms of who is running, there’s BC NDP’s Jen Ford, a 10-year Whistler councillor who chairs the SquamishLillooet Regional District (currently on leave), has served as president of the Union of BC Municipalities (UBCM), and also chairs the Whistler Housing Authority (WHA). There is the BC Greens’ Jeremy Valeriote, a former District of Squamish staffer, former Gibsons councillor, and husband to the Resort Municipality of Whistler’s
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SPECTACULAR HARBOUR: A sunrise from Squamish’s harbour is something to behold.
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