Produced By The BTA Local Elections Contacts Frank Bonvino Election Derek Cockram THE WHISTLE Edition Katie Marsh Morgan McKee Newsletter of the Burnaby Teachers’ Association Special Edition Election Issue October 2020 President: DANIEL TÉTRAULT, [email protected] 1st Vice-President: HEATHER SKUSE, [email protected] 2nd Vice-President: SHANEE PRASAD, [email protected] Burnaby Teachers’ Association #115-3993 Henning Drive Burnaby, B.C. V5C 6P7 604 294 8141 Burnaby Deer Lake Wang by nearly 2,500 votes and Green candidate Rick McGowan by nearly 6,800 votes. Glynnis Hoi Sum Chan BC Liberals The Chan, a Burnaby resident who Candidates for Burnaby owns Happy Times Travel in Vancouver and Richmond, Deer Lake ran for Vancouver city council in 2018 under Hector Bremner’s Yes Vancouver banner. She The Candidates garnered just over 13,000 Advanced Voting votes and came in 36th of 71 Locations and Times: In Burnaby-Deer Lake, BC candidates. Liberal candidate Glynnis Hoi Sum Chan and BC Green candidate Mehreen Deer Lake United Church Chaudry are hoping to Mehreen 5135 Sperling Ave unseat BC NPD Chaudry Burnaby, BC incumbent Anne Kang. BC Greens Thu-Wed Oct 15– 21 Anne Kang Deer Lake Legion 83 BC NDP Chaudry, a project manager Poppy Residences Incumbent and business analyst, also ran 5291 Grimmer St for municipal office in 2018, Burnaby, BC but for the Greens in Burnaby. Thu-Wed Oct 15-21 Kang, most recently the She got 12,600 votes and Minister of Citizens’ Services came in 13th out of 23 candidates. South Burnaby Lawn Bowls in the NDP government, served nearly three terms as a Club 4000 Kingsway Burnaby city councillor be- Burnaby, BC fore stepping down to run for (Summaries from https:www.newwestrecord.ca/) Thu-Wed Oct 15-21 provincial office in 2017. She secured nearly 9,000 votes, beating out Liberal Karen Advanced voting in Burnaby: October 15 - 21provincial election October 24, 2020 Burnaby Edmonds Tripat Atwal BC Liberal Atwal, a Surrey Realtor who taught high school English and social sciences in her native India, has lived in Canada since 2008. This is her first foray into Canadian politics, but her father, lawyer Charanjit Singh Atwal, is the former speaker of Punjab Legislative Assembly and the former deputy speaker of the Advanced Voting Lok Sabha, the parliament of India. Locations and Times: Alan Emmott Centre 6650 Southoaks Cres Burnaby, BC Iqbal Parekh Thu-Wed Oct 15-21 BC Greens Raj Chouhan The Candidates BC NDP (incumbent) Parekh has lived in the Burnaby In Burnaby-Edmonds, only the Chouhan, who most recently Edmonds area since 1991. He three main parties are fielding served as the deputy speaker of has been working in admissions candidates in this election. BC the legislative assembly, was the and recruitment at public Liberal candidate Tripat Atwal founding president of the post-secondary and and BC Green candidate Iqbal Canadian Farmworkers Union independent high schools in Parekh are looking to unseat and the BC Organization to B.C. and other parts of Canada three-term NDP incumbent Fight Racism. He first took the for 10 years. Raj Chouhan. seat in 2005 by a mere 738 He currently sits on the board votes over Liberal Patty Sahota of directors at Edmonds but has increased his margin in Community Center’s 55+ subsequent elections. group and clubs and also acts (Summaries from as treasurer. https:www.newwestrecord.ca/) Vote and Win! After voting, take a picture of yourself at the poll or mailbox and post it to social media #BTAVotes to enter our draw to win A $50 GIFT CERTIFICATE . Burnaby North years working for the Public Service Alliance of Canada, a union representing 200,000 federal government employees. She has also represented workers at the Federal Employment Insurance Appeals Board and been involved in several non-profits. Dr. Raymond Dong BC Liberal Perhaps no Burnaby candidate understands the hearts of local constituents better than Dong. Mind you, that’s speaking quite literally of the cardiologist, whose practice is located in Surrey. Dong also has volunteer experience with advisory councils for Diabetes Canada and the Surrey Memorial Hospital Foundation, as well as working on the board of the Vancouver Academy of Music. Advanced Voting The Candidates Locations and Times: Only the three main parties are Norine Shim Capitol Hill Comm Hall running in Burnaby North, with BC Greens 361 Howard Ave the BC Greens and BC Liberals Burnaby, BC seeking to unseat the BC NDP Thu-Wed Oct 15-21 incumbent. Vancouver Korean Gospel Church 3905 Norland Ave Shim is the former executive Burnaby, BC Janet Routledge assistant to the chief financial officer Thu-Wed Oct 15-21 BC NDP at the City of Vancouver, according (incumbent) to her LinkedIn profile. Prior to her Willingdon Comm Centre 1491 two years in that position, she Carleton Ave worked as an executive assistant to Burnaby, BC Routledge was first elected as MLA the managing director of First Thu-Wed Oct 15-21 for Burnaby North in spring 2017 Capital, a real estate investment and currently serves as the NDP’s (Summaries from trust. She has also been a travel deputy whip. Prior to her time in consultant and a hotel sales manager. https:www.newwestrecord.ca/) government, she spent more than 30 Vote and Win! After voting, take a picture of yourself at the poll or mailbox and post it to social media #BTAVotes to enter our draw to win A $50 GIFT CERTIFICATE . Burnaby Lougheed construction, development, property management and real estate. He’s described in his party profile as a “devoted community advocate” with “a proven track record of community service and engagement.” In 2018, he was elected president of the Greater Vancouver Bangladesh Cultural Association, in which he founded the Vancouver Bangla School. Andrew Williamson BC Greens Williamson is a filmmaker and activist who says he decided to combine those roles to run for public office in this election, according to a LinkedIn post. He is a producer with Cedar Island Films, which most Advanced Voting Locations and Times: recently put out The Magnitude of Katrina Chen All Things, a film about grief and Lochdale Community Hall hope in the climate crisis. 490 Sperling Ave Burnaby, BC BC NDP Thu-Wed Oct 15-21 (incumbent) Lougheed Mall - #159 159-9855 Austin Rd Burnaby, BC Thu-Wed Oct 15-21 Chen was first elected to the Dominique Salvation Army Temple legislature in the 2017 provincial Paynter 7195 Cariboo Rd Burnaby, BC election, and she immediately took Libertarian Thu-Sat Oct 15-17, on the role of minister of state for Tue-Wed Oct 20-21 child care. She has worked as an St. Stephen The Martyr-Anglican Church organizer with tenants’ rights 9887 Cameron St Burnaby, BC advocacy group ACORN and served In her professional life, Paynter works Thu-Mon Oct 15-19, Wed Oct 21 on the executive of several local in children’s programming and has a Charles Rummel Centre non-profit organizations, according bachelor degree in traditional 3630 Lozells Ave Burnaby, BC to her legislature profile. animation. In a profile of Paynter, the Thu-Wed Oct 15-21 party notes she hasn’t always been The Candidates interested in politics, but “recent events have catalyzed her to take a In the riding of Burnaby-Lougheed, there is Tariq Malik a total of four candidates listed by BC Liberal stand” and enter politics. Elections BC, running for the three main parties – the BC Liberals, the BC NDP and (Summaries from the BC Greens – along with a Libertarian https:www.newwestrecord.ca/) Party candidate. Malik is an entrepreneur working in Vote and Win! After voting, take a picture of yourself at the poll or mailbox and post it to social media #BTAVotes to enter our draw to win A $50 GIFT CERTIFICATE . Submissions: Features (750words maximum) and photos should be sent to [email protected] the Lower Mainland having higher case BTA Candidate Questionaire planning for every eventuality. And as counts than any other region, it is extremely part of that planning, the BC NDP important that we have local MLAs who commits to an additional $46.2 will speak out strongly for local needs. Some The BTA submitted a million in COVID related funding areas will need extra resources and supports per year for districts to use as they see questionaire sent out to all the and we are committed to advocate for those fit. resources. We recognize that each school candidates. Here are their In addition, in August/September the district is different and needs the flexibility responses BC NDP government purchased and to respond to its unique circumstances. distributed more than 1.5 million non There are 24,000 students and 4000 NDP -medical masks and 55,000 plastic teachers in Burnaby. It is a testament to the The four Burnaby BC NDP face shields to districts across the vigilance of the entire school community – candidates would like to submit a joint province in preparation for the teachers, students, parents, administrators – response to this questionnaire. We worked September school restart. that communication to school communities together as a team to address the issues Even prior to the pandemic, John impacting Burnaby. We combined our has been streamlined and consistent. As well, we are committed to working with Fraser Horgan and the BC NDP were vocal many years of experience and our in their advocacy for an enhanced expertise to speak with one voice in order Health to address COVID-19 reporting challenges. We understand that the Burnaby national sick leave program. When the to effectively advocate for our community. pandemic hit, John Horgan reached On issue such as education, we are stronger Board of Education will be investing the $11.8 million it saved as the result of its out to Prime Minister Trudeau to together.