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W E D N E S D AY , A U G U S T 1 2 , 2 0 1 5 ! Wendy Yuan addresses a room full of supporters Monday afternoon to announce her intention to challenge the federal Liberal Party’s decision to not give her the green light to run for the Liberal nomination in the riding of StevesonRichmond East. The entire Liberal riding association executive has quit in support of Yuan. Photo by Graeme Wood/Richmond News.
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he Liberal Party of Canada is off to a shaky start in the new Steveston-Richmond East riding after candidate hopeful Wendy Yuan accused former Member of Parliament Raymond Chan of interfering in the party’s nomination process following concerns raised over fundraising in the Chinese community. “I was stunned to receive an email from the Liberal Party notifying me that they would not give me the green light,” said Yuan, who unsuccessfully ran for the Liberals in VancouverKingsway in 2008 and 2011. The incident has resulted
in the riding’s entire execument meeting at the Hamilton tive team resigning from the Community Centre during rush campaign. hour was prohibitive to memMeanwhile, bers. on Tuesday Nevertheless, evening, it Yuan’s supportI was stunned to rewas expected ers planned to ceive an e-mail from that former protest. Richmond MP The Liberthe Liberal Party noand lawyer Joe als had vowed tifying me that they Peschisolido — the nomination would not give me the process would the soul nominee — would be open to any green light be appointed member, so long – W Y as the riding’s as the nominee candidate for met a certain the upcoming set of standards, federal election details of which on Oct. 19. are not known publicly. NomiThe now former riding presinees would then be elected by dent, Peter Xie, said he was members at large to become a surprised not to be consulted, candidate. adding the late-notice appoint“Each applicant was subject
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to a robust and rigorous vetting process that includes verification of all claims made on the application,” Liberal spokesperson Olivier Duchesneau told the Richmond News via email, adding Yuan’s application “did not pass through our review process successfully.” Yuan said she learned about her denied nominee application on Friday. Peschisolido said he learned about his green-lit application over the weekend, at the same time as Xie. Yuan said information from a party member named Howard Xu, via a sworn affidavit, “warrants the reversal” of the decision as it “clearly spells out interference with the party’s process” by Chan.
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Graeme Wood
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