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CONNECT WITH US ONLINE /TheRichmondSentinel @TheRichmondSentinel @RmdSentinel richmondsentinel.ca Download our app VOL. 5 ISSUE 9 NOT-FOR-PROFIT MAY 25 - JUNE 7, 2021 VIRTUAL VIEWING Doors Open celebration online for second straight year 06 Photo courtesy Britannia Shipyards National Historic Site Always a popular attraction, spectacular Britannia Shipyards National Historic Site is one of many city sites being featured in this year’s virtual Doors Open celebration June 5 to 12. ALL REVENUES BOOK ONLINE REINVESTED TO HELP TODAY! ANIMALS & THEIR PEOPLE! rapsanimalhospital.com 2 | CITY May 25 - June 7, 2021 RICHMOND SENTINEL RICHMOND BY-ELECTION 2021 Candidates share priorities as they seek council seat KAY HALE KEN HAMAGUCHI • Properly funded police/fire ser- • Make life affordable for Richmond Independent Richmond Commu- vices residents Born in Hong nity and Education • Improvements to city infrastruc- • Cut back on “image projects” Kong and a resident Party tures (water and sewer, energy man- • Keep property taxes low of Richmond since A lifelong Rich- agement, dike system) • Accelerate access to affordable 1986, Hale speaks mond resident, Ha- • Advocate to the province to keep housing several languages maguchi’s career commitments for tunnel replacement • Advocate for anti-racism policies including English, Punjabi, Hindi, Urdu, has been focused on helping others and hospital expansion • Co-ordinate policing on organized Cantonese and Mandarin. (including people with autism/devel- crime Council goals: opmental disabilities) as well being JONATHAN HO • Eliminate parking fees at Rich- • Advocate for more affordable a long-time community participant Richmond Com- mond Hospital housing to meet rapid growth and sports advocate. He is currently munity Coalition • Increase mental health services • Protect farmland from turning into a trustee in the Richmond School Dis- Association urban sprawl trict and former board chair. Immigrating to SUNNY HO • Enforce national care and accessi- Council goals: Richmond from Independent bility for seniors long-term care • More affordable housing Hong Kong in 1997, A long-time local • Eliminate hospital parking fee for • Lower taxes Ho has worked for 20 years in the businessman, Ho is patients accessing health care • Support for small businesses financial services industry. He was owner of Kam Do • Keep public school system well • Making the city safer elected to school board in 2014, and Bakery. funded and safe • Protecting the environment and during his time on the district board Council goals: • Push Ottawa to address birth tour- farmland introduced a financial literacy program • No property tax increases for three ism • Effective policies that promote for students. years • Arts and culture funding to sup- equity, anti-racism and support for the Council goals: • No city vacancy tax port community integration and social LGBTQ/BIPOC community • Help small businesses get on their values • More mental health services feet See Page 3 On May 29 Elect KEN HAMAGUCHI for City Council PRIORITIES Besides affordable housing, more rental units, protecting the environment, traffic/transportation, helping small business and lower taxes – we also need to focus on: ABOUT KEN • Covid 19 – restarting our community and economy • Over 6 years serving as • promoting equity, anti-racism and multi-culturalism Trustee for the Richmond Board of Education • more mental health services • Over 40 years of supporting • properly funded police/fire department people with disabilities • support for our sports, recreation and the fine arts • Over 30 years of service in community sports • replacing the tunnel/expanding Richmond Hospital richmondsentinel.ca May 25 - June 7, 2021 CITY | 3 RICHMOND BY-ELECTION 2021 agricultural land reserve • Linguistic access to public ser- • Support small business by ex- CANDIDATES • Establish a COVID-19 relief grant vices panding opportunities to use out- for small businesses • Decriminalization of sex work door and unconventional spaces From Page 2 • Rental housing • Develop an anti-racist policy to JEnnifER HUANG • Accessibility in private develop- ensure all city services delivered • Hire 50 new RCMP officers Independent ments fairly and without discrimination • Increase building height restric- A 25-year resi- • Transit and bikes • Ensure property taxes and af- tions to help increase density dent of Richmond, fordable through responsible use of • Add 30,000 affordable housing Huang has 35 DENNIS PAGE public funds units in four years years of experi- Independent • Champion sustainability while • Increase city staffing levels by 10 ence working with A Richmond res- creating a thriving urban core by per cent airline, pharma- ident since 1982, reducing emissions and protecting • Establish a Richmond national ceutical and broadcasting compa- Page has experi- the agricultural land reserve and university nies. ence as a journal- food security • Dental services and Chinese Council goals: ist covering issues medical for seniors • Improve job opportunities and that face the city. JOHN ROSTON • Environmental and agricultural training Council goals: Independent land protections • Providing more affordable hous- • To see mixed income communi- A retired McGill • Committee for artificial intelli- ing ties return to Richmond, starting with adjunct professor, gence, logistics and education export • Stop wasting resources the downtown core Roston is founder • Ensure people’s right to clean • Affordable options for families of the Richmond ANDY HOBBS food, drink and proper medical care wanting to save for a home Rental Housing Independent • Promote green transportation • Making it possible for seniors and Advocacy Group, a member of Growing up in and preserve green spaces those on fixed income to have nearby Richmond Farm Watch and a keen Richmond, Hobbs • Improve traffic safety and up- access to services and amenities advocate for the use of electric ve- is a retired Van- grade fire safety • Stronger bylaws, enforcement hicles as founder of Plug-In Rich- couver Police De- • Work to increase multicultural and police funding to eliminate ex- mond. partment superin- harmony ploitive and criminal elements Council goals: tendent who spent 35 years with the • Prioritize climate change ad- department. He has volunteered on MARK LEE KARINA REID aptation and improve air quality by numerous community boards and is Independent RITE raising dikes, preserving trees and currently chair of the Britannia Heri- An activist for A passionate encouraging emission reduction tage Shipyards Society. housing justice community advo- • Promote inclusive and multi-lin- Council goals: and seniors ser- cate, Reid has 20 gual city services • Community safety with a focus vices, Lee is an years of sales and • Reduce excessive tax increases on community policing interpreter/trans- marketing expe- • Increase new rental housing sig- • Financial accountability and sus- lator by profession. rience in the hospitality and tourism nificantly tainability Council goals: industries. • Adopt programs to assist small • Make more family-oriented hous- • Critical review of police spending Council goals: businesses ing options available • Food security • Implement rental zoning powers • Preserve farmland and promote • Food security, farmland and the • Progressive wealth taxation to create equitable housing strategies locally produced food Prepare to vote in Richmond’s by-election ligible Richmond voters are invited to make • Hamilton Elementary School, 5180 Smith Dr. ballot independently by using descriptive au- Etheir vote count at Saturday’s by-election, • MacNeill Secondary School, 6611 No. 4 Rd. dio, touch screen, Braille, rocker paddle device, which will elect one councillor as a result of a • McMath Secondary School, 4251 Garry St. and sip and puff device. Curb-side voting is also vacancy in November 2020. The new councillor • McNair Secondary School, 9500 No. 4 Rd. an option, or voters may bring a friend or family elected will serve, along with the other members • Richmond Secondary School, 7171 Minoru member to assist them at the voting place. of Richmond City Council, until the next sched- Blvd. Voters who require translation assistance uled general local and school election on Oct. 15, • Steveston-London Secondary School, 6600 may also bring a family member from their 2022. Williams Rd. household to translate for them. There will be Voting locations on general voting day (Satur- • Talmey Elementary School, 9500 Kilby Dr. voting instructions at the voting place available day, May 29): Voting places are accessible to people who in French, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chi- • Burnett Secondary School, 5011 Granville use wheelchairs and mobility scooters. An ac- nese and Punjabi. Ave. cessible ballot-marking device is available at Learn more about the election, including in- • Cambie Secondary School, 4151 Jacombs Rd. Richmond Secondary School on general voting formation about registering to vote and candi- • Cook Elementary School, 8600 Cook Rd. day. This option will allow voters to mark their date profiles, at richmond.ca/elections 4 | CITY May 25 - June 7, 2021 RICHMOND SENTINEL City launches new Richmond BC Alert system Mandatory multi-family water meters Having been successfully implemented for all single-family residential, industrial, commercial and institutional properties, staff has prepared options and recommendations for a mandatory multi-fam- ily water meter program as part of the 2022 utility budgets and rates report. The report