10 QUESTIONS ON BUSINESS Mayoral and City Council candidate hopefuls answer yes/no on the key issues facing Richmond’s employers
With 36 candidates vying for your votes on October 20th, it can be difficult to know where the candidates stand on the key issues that are important to you. Richmond’s business community has made a number of these factors clear in 2018. Local business owners and their employees are focused on transportation, affordability, and reducing uncertainty and red-tape.
LEGEND
DONALD FLINTOFF
HONG GUO
ROY SAKATA (NO RESPONSE)
CLIFF WEI
CHAK AU
ADIL AWAN
PARM BAINS (NO RESPONSE)
ANDY CHIANG
DEREK DANG
CAROL DAY
KELLY GREENE
THERESA HEAD
JONATHAN HO
SUNNY HO
ANDY HOBBS
KEN JOHNSTON
PETER LIU
ALEXA LOO
BILL MCNULTY
LINDA MCPHAIL
DENNIS PAGE
JOHN ROSTON
PATRICK SAUNDERS
JUDIE SCHNEIDER
NITI SHARMA
MANJIT SINGH
KERRY STARCHUK
HAROLD STEVES
JASON TARNOW
JACK TROVATO
MICHAEL WOLFE
HENRY YAO
MELISSA ZHANG
ZHE ZHANG
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IND
IND
NR
IND
RCC
IND
NR
IND
RF
RITE
RCA
IND
RCC
RF
RF
RCC
RF
IND
RF
RF
IND
IND
IND
RCA
RITE
IND
IND
RCA
IND
RCA
RITE
RITE
RCC
IND
IND – INDEPENDENT RCC - RICHMOND COMMUNITY COALITION RCA – RICHMOND CITIZENS ASSOCIATION RITE - RITE RICHMOND
Which slate you are running with? Are you an incumbent? Lived in Richmond since (year): Do you support the construction of a bridge to replace the current George Massey Tunnel?
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1977
2007
1975 NR
2005
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2002
1992
1974
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1984
1958
1961
1990
1995
1997
1998
1967
1976
2002
BIRTH
1971
1961
1982
2007
1969
2013
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2001
1957
1937
1980
1975
1982
1990
2005
2011
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NR
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NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
Have you ever started or run a business in Metro Vancouver?
NR
NR
NR
NR
Do you support further growth at YVR, creating good local jobs, supporting businesses, tourism and benefiting the regional and national economy if it means increased aircraft take offs and landings on Sea Island?
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
Greater Vancouver has among the lowest vacancy rates for industrial land in North America, and land for goods movement/trade is expected to run out within 10 years. Do you agree that it is necessary for Richmond to explore all possible ways to enhance our industrial land base?
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
Seattle has successfully solved their rental housing crunch by allowing densification of single family neighbourhoods. Should Richmond follow this example?
NR
NR
NR
NR
Do you support a ban on foreign purchases of existing homes, similar to the policy established in Australia?
NR
NR
NR
NR
Do you support the formal approval and regulation of ride sharing in Richmond? Do you believe municipal taxes and fees on business are too high?
NR
Do you believe the City of Richmond should restrict home sizes on ALR land to the Provincial guideline of 5,382 sq/ ft?
NR
NR
NR
NR
As the retail sale of cannabis will be a legal business after October 17th, 2018, do you support the right of such business to operate in Richmond?
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
The 2018 Municipal Candidate Survey was distributed to all candidates via email on September 14, 2018. The survey closed at noon Friday, September 28, 2018. The questions above were developed by volunteers serving on the Richmond Chamber of Commerce’s Policy Advisory Committee. The Richmond Chamber of Commerce is a broadly based membership non-profit organization. For membership inquiries or questions to the Richmond Chamber of Commerce, please call (604) 278-2822.
RICHMOND MUNICIPAL
IND
- NO | NR - NO RESPONSE
RF – RICHMOND FIRST
CITY COUNCILLOR CANDIDATES
LAWRENCE CHEN
MAYORAL CANDIDATES
The Richmond Chamber of Commerce would like to thank all candidates for their participation and congratulate each of them on their campaign. Short answer questions were also asked of all candidates. Those answers can be found online at RichmondChamber.ca.
MALCOLM BRODIE
- YES |
The Richmond Chamber of Commerce is the city’s largest business association, with a nearly 100 year history of non-partisan work for Richmond’s business community. We are pleased to continue this tradition of advocacy in sharing the survey results below.