The Asian Star October 22_2020

www.theasianstar.com Vol 19 - Issue 38

Thursday, October 22, 2020 BC Election 2020

Harvinder Sandhu

BC Election: What the Candidates are saying

To help our readers understand the candidates running in Surrey, and what they stand for on important issues, the Asian Star Newspaper will bring to you, our readers, the candidates answers. In this article we talked to candidates who were willing to sit down with us.

The Asian Star: Cloverdale Community Association President Mike Bola said the associations members have concerns around the change of policing in surrey from RCMP to Municipal Police. The community feels the process has not been transparent on how much it is going to cost Surrey residents in their tax dollars. That a referendum is a good idea as it gives the people a say in which police force, they want. How do you respond to their concerns?

Mike Starchuk, NDP, Surrey-Cloverdale: I have said right from minute one, I didn’t take sides as to whether it was RCMP or Municipal police. What I said was I wanted the safest police force for the city of Surrey regardless of what it costs. What we needed was something in place to look at it, cost it out, all the pros and cons. Mike Bola is

correct. Transparency is an issue. The Mayor along with almost his whole Team was elected on the police issue they ran on. Their promise was their promise. The people of Surrey put almost all of them in office, except one. That is a message from the people. The process then for the provincial government to follow was that a city with a population higher than 5000 can put forward a report to change police, which is what happened. The municipal government did that and presented it to the provincial government for the next step in the process. Now the next step is finally taking place. I was adamant all the way through this, that this must be a transparent process.

If I am elected to Surrey-Cloverdale I can maybe have a greater lens as to how open and transparent that process is. Now we know the next step is the municipal council’s job to find out what those costs are, what makes it better.

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14-year-old girl wins $25K prize in science competition after finding potential cure for COVID-19 A young scientist is leading the way towards a potential cure for COVID-19 — and she’s only 14 years old! Anika Chebrolu recently won 3M’s Young Scientist Challenge after discovering a drug that could provide a treatment for the coronavirus, according to the competition’s website. Using an in-silico methodology — an approach made through the use of a computer, according to Drug Discovery and Evaluation: Safety and Pharmacokinetic Assays — Chebrolu was able to find a molecule that can “selectively bind to the Spike protein of the SARS-CoV-2 virus,” 3M said.

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BC shatters records with 274 new COVID-19 cases, social gatherings blamed For the second day in a row, British Columbia has announced a record-breaking number of new COVID-19 cases. At a Thursday briefing, provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry reported 274 new cases — shattering the previous record, announced Wednesday, of 203.

B.C. is now facing 1,920 active cases, nearing the previous record of 1,987 set in September. In addition, 4,425 people were in isolation due to possible exposure. The province’s death toll was unchanged at 256.

BC Election 2020 Shifting dynamics tighten B.C. Election race in its final days: Angus Reid The latest survey from the Angus Reid Institute has the election race in B.C. tightening in its final few days.

According to the marketing institute, early voters heavily favoured the NDP, however, those yet to vote are split almost evenly between the two main parties. In a survey released by the nonprofit Angus Reid Institute on October 20, the data shows that the gap between the BC NDP and the BC Liberals is narrowing as the campaigning enters its last stretch. “New Democrats may continue to hold a comfortable lead but have shed a handful of points to the BC Liberals and BC Greens since last week as those yet to vote think more seriously about their choices,” reads a statement from the research institute.

Angus Reid says that the BC NDP still holds a “notable, but shrunken” lead over previous polls released during the campaign. Since last week, the Angus Reid survey suggests that the support for the party has dropped four points to 45 per cent. The BC Liberals have gained two points over last week, moving to 35 per cent, while the Greens are also up two points to 16 per cent.

FRUITICANA continues it’s giving tradition by donating $100,000 to SMH Foundation Fruiticana continued with it’s generous charitable tradition this week by donating $100,000 to Surrey Memorial Hospital Foundation, to be used for kids health care.

Fruiticana, which is the most popular grocery store chan in Metro Vancouver, has donated to the some cause many times before along with donations to many other charities. FRUITICANA CEO Tony Singh said during the donation ceremony that staff and customers of all Fruiticana stores and headquarters had joined hands to collect money for the donation. Tony Singh said that children’s health care is very important and it is important money goes towards child healthcare. Fruiticana has donated more than $1 million over the years to various charitable causes, “wherever help was needed.” Last year, along with its customers, Fruiticana donated $41,593.52 SMH.

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By Aaron Wudrick, National Director Canadian Taxpayers Federation

A ship without an anchor risks drifting into stormy waters. The same is true of governments that borrow and spend. More than six months into the global pandemic, it’s time for the Trudeau government to figure out what safeguards to put in place to ensure our temporary plunge into record deficits doesn’t become a permanent problem. Unfortunately, the government doesn’t have a great record

Thursday, October 22, 2020 Canada’s drifting fiscal ship needs an anchor when it comes to fiscal anchors. In its 2015 election platform, the Liberal party proposed two: balancing the budget by 2019 and reducing the federal debt-to-GDP ratio to 27 per cent in the same year. Suffice it to say, the government failed on both counts. And did so well before the pandemic hit. But the pandemic did hit and now, with a deficit that could reach as high as $400 billion, some kind of guidance isn’t just a good idea; it may be essential to keeping the

federal government’s borrowing costs low.

Ratings agencies have warned the government needs to produce a plan laying out how it intends to shrink the deficit. One agency has already stripped Canada of our coveted AAA status and more could follow. That matters.

Lower ratings mean higher borrowing costs and higher borrowing costs mean either higher taxes or lower spending on programs.

Borrowing costs are already a big deal. Last year, Ottawa spent $24.5 billion just to cover the interest on the federal debt. That’s more than the provincial budgets of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick combined. Even a fractional uptick in the government’s cost of borrowing would mean billions more in taxpayer money diverted to interest payments and away from program spending. So the bottom line is clear: there has to be some limit to borrowing.

The only debate is over what metric Ottawa should choose to best demonstrate that its plans are moored to some kind of anchor.

There are a number of options on the table.

The most obvious is a balanced budget.

The challenge with this measure is the time horizon. Opposition Leader Erin O’Toole has suggested he would aim to eliminate the deficit in about a decade. The Trudeau government could take a similar approach — but actually stick to it this time. There is no question that balancing the budget will be a big challenge but providing a concrete plan to eliminate the deficit over the medium term would send a strong signal that increased spending will not continue indefinitely. There is also the federal debt-to-GDP ratio, which has leapt from approximately 31 per cent to nearly 50 per cent this year. Keeping the ratio stable and then reducing it over time represents a weaker anchor than a balanced budget — especially since Ottawa’s debt-to-GDP ratio is only half the story. Although the federal government does not explicitly backstop provincial debt, as a practical matter it is hard to see how it would not be forced to step in if a province were at risk of default. And among all countries with AAA status, Canada has the largest component of government debt carried by subnational governments.

Aaron Wudrick is national director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation.

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A few days ago, Marvin Hunt (Liberal incumbent Surrey-Cloverdale) said he was going to the stop the process. And I thought to myself, what world do I want to live in where the provincial government tells a municipal government what to do with their process, let alone having a provincial government stick their finger in the municipal government’s coffers on how they should spend their money. The Asian Star: On a new hospital in Cloverdale? How does this impact the community around it? Mike Starchuk, NDP, Surrey-Cloverdale: The land is there, across from KPU campus in Cloverdale. The business plan is being worked on, architectural company has started doing some drawings, as far as moving forward with a new hospital, we are moving forward.

Marvin Hunt as a councillor in 2009 standing on a piece of land saying this is where a new hospital is going to be built, he then is elected, and five years later Wilkinson comes along and sells the property and Marvin doesn’t do anything about it. Even though the location was in Panorama, the people of Cloverdale would have been served well.

I’m excited to say the new hospital will have all the services needed, including the much need cancer treatment center. As a former firefighter, past colleagues who are no longer with us, it was very difficult for them and their families, driving all the way to Vancouver for treatment, being stuck in traffic going and coming back.

There’s no time to take care of yourself, and now right here in Cloverdale, they can go for the treatment and come right home, saving time and energy not having to make a long trip for treatments.

The Asian Star: Skytrain extension has finally been approved for Surrey. It will run from King George station to Langley going through Surrey-Fleetwood riding. We have seen how a skytrain line can impact both positively and negatively in a community. If reelected, how are you going to minimize any negative impact going forward?

Jagrup Brar, NDP candidate and incumbent for Surrey-Fleetwood: Crime is a serious issue in Surrey and Fleetwood is part of Surrey.

Now that Surrey is going through the process to change its police force, our job as Provincial government is to make sure the transition is smooth and there is no compromise of public safety.

Fleetwood is relatively a quiet community, I have

BC Election: What the Candidates are saying been in touch with almost every school in the area, and the business community. What I hear from the schools and the businesses is that Fleetwood is a pretty safe area. Having said that, we as a provincial government have particularly focussed on illegal guns and provided support for youth in school system through funding of $500 thousand per year for Surrey Wraparound Program. This is a great program helping keep our youth out of gangs. Also, NDP has taken a progressive approach by including the Fleetwood Business Association and through that, all the businesses in this corridor (skytrain route) to make sure we coordinate together the planning process to build the skytrain and building the skytrain. We are working with the local Fleetwood community, including the business community to address infrastructure, whether its schools, or public transportation. I have been in touch with Translink to ensure there is a community bus taking people to the station, also been in touch with the city, they have been cooperative in term of long term development in how all this is going to work for the community. It’s a complex issue with many stakeholders and my role as an MLA, if elected again, is to make sure that we communicate with every stakeholder to make sure we have the best preparation for this, the best possible construction phase, with few interruptions for the best possible outcome. In this election I would say the choice is clear. For the people of Surrey, on the one side we have Wilkinson and the Liberals, who are basically going to give a big tax break, maybe $3 Billion dollars to the top 2% of the population. And, as we have seen in history, how they have cut education, health care and this time maybe more programs and probably raise fees, maybe at ICBC, BC Hydro and so on. People have the choice to elect John Horgan who has proven he can keep BC safe and help everyone. In Surrey particularly, I’m very, very proud of a government in the last three and half years, delivering, I would say with confidence, way more than what the Liberals ever did for this city for the 16 years they were in power.

The Asian Star: Skytrain extension for Surrey has finally been approved. The NDP says it has been approved from King George Station to Langley. Is that true? Is it going to be built as they say?

Gary Thind, BC Liberal candidate for SurreyFleetwood: Yes, it is true. It’s even there in our construction plan that Andrew Wilkinson’s

announced. We have funding set aside out of that $8 Billion dollars for the first phase of the skytrain although NDP is saying, are basically announcing the second phase out to Langley, which is like misinformation that they are giving to all the voters, because they don’t have funding from the federal government for the second phase. No funding from the federal government or the city. They have 40% of the funding from the federal government for the first phase only.

The Asian Star: The NDP is saying they have the funding all the way to Langley.

Gary Thind, BC Liberal candidate for Surrey-Fleetwood: It’s only for the first phase. You have to clarify to the voters that they have funding from the federal government only for the first phase of the skytrain to Fleetwood, not all the way to Langley. We absolutely need the skytrain going all the way to Langley and if I get elected for Surrey-Fleetwood, I will be advocating for second phase funding asap as we need the construction completed within a couple of years.

In the meantime, I always say to every media I talk to that we need to enhance the infrastructure plan, public transportation plan that is already in place.

Why can’t we add a couple of extra buses to reduce the traffic on Fraser Hwy? Buses coming from Langley to Surrey Central station so we can reduce the congestion on the streets. And it’s only a couple of million-dollar investment. I am for advocating for a full extension from Surrey to Langley.

The Asian Star: We have seen how a skytrain line can impact both positively and negatively in a community. If elected, how are you going to minimize any negative impact going forward when densification comes along with the skytrain when it comes to Fleetwood?

Gary Thind, BC Liberal candidate for SurreyFleetwood: That’s why our leader, Andrew Wilkinson, announced 200 additional police officers to be appointed throughout British Columbia, and Surrey is going to get a big chunk of that 200 new police officers because of the higher crime and theft percentage here in Surrey than other cities rest of the province. We need more boots on the grounds so we can handle the situation more firmly.

The Asian Star: You are the incumbent for

Surrey-Whalley and was Minister Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resource. What has the NDP decided on the carbon tax that we are now paying, and which is slated to go up in the future?

Bruce Ralston, NDP candidate and incumbent for Surrey-Whalley: The carbon tax was brought in by BC Liberals many, many years ago and has continued as a tax. The theory of that tax was designed to tax the things you don’t want to encourage, and the things that you do want. The way the Liberals had the tax constructed, it was tax carbon and then there was equal reduction in other taxes, but it wasn’t directed to any particular projects.

So, we have continued the carbon tax, the difference between NDP and the Liberals is that we will take some of the revenue from the carbon tax and invest in other initiatives that reduce climate impact, for example, rapid transit. And for a combination of added services like electric vehicle charging stations and networks we are building throughout the province. There is also a very generous carbon tax rebate for low income earners, I think like 70% of the populations gets some kind of carbon tax rebate.

The Asian Star: Having been the minister for petroleum, what are your thoughts on the future of fossil fuels, the building of the refinery for LNG and clean energy?

Bruce Ralston: In BC 90% of our production is natural gas. The LNG Canada project is the biggest single private sector investment in the history of Canada, $40 Billion dollars is going ahead, scaling up employing about 3500 people in Kitimat. The coastal link pipeline is being built as well.

The LNG plant in Kitimat will be leading in terms of emissions, among the lowest if not the lowest in natural gas plants in the world. There’s one in Norway that’s comparable. It will be sent by specially constructed LNG tankers to markets largely in Asia, Korea and Japan. Those two countries in particular have very limited natural resources, so they import it. I think the central credit union economist estimated the LNG Canada project and the coastal gas link project together raised the total GDP of BC by ¾ of a percent, which is roughly $300 Billion dollars annual GDP. That’s pretty impressive.

As a government, Premier Horgan got it done. The Liberals couldn’t get it done.

On CleanBC Plan, our plan will create clean technology industry here in BC.

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Brookfield Asset Management will buy an Indian developer’s commercial properties for $2 billion, the biggest real estate deal in the South Asian nation. The Canadian asset manager is acquiring 12.5 million square feet of rent-yielding offices and co-working spaces from RMZ Corp.,

Brookfield invests $2 Billion in biggest India property deal the privately held developer said in a statement on Monday. The Indian firm said it will have zero debt after the transaction and will use the money to expand its portfolio. Large foreign investors are buying into the Indian office market in recent

years. Since 2011, the segment has garnered $15.4 billion of equity investments, according to property research firm Knight Frank. Blackstone last week signed a non-binding agreement to buy some assets, a deal Bloomberg News

previously reported could be worth $2 billion. The transaction “accentuates the unabating strength and resilience of the commercial office business,�

Arshdeep Singh Sethi, RMZ’s managing director, said in the statement.

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Thursday, October 22, 2020 14-year-old girl wins $25K prize in science competition after finding potential cure for COVID-19

From page 1 With her discovery, Chebrolu not only found a potential cure for COVID-19 but also won $25,000 in prize money. “I saw that there is a lot of media hype about my project since it involves the SARS-CoV-2 virus and it reflects our collective hopes to end this pandemic as I, like everyone else, wish that we go back to our normal lives soon,” Chebrolu told CNN. The eighth-grader, of Frisco, Texas, explained to the outlet that she initially entered the competition with a project focused on finding a cure for the influenza virus using the same in-silico method.

Her fascination with finding virus cures developed after she was infected with the flu in 2019, 3M said.

“I have always been amazed by science experiments since my childhood and I was drawn towards finding effective cures for Influenza disease after a severe bout of the infection last year,” Chebrolu explained in her website profile.

Besides a personal experience with the illness, the teen told CNN she was interested in the topic after researching the 1918 flu pandemic and learning how many people still die from the flu each year, despite the availability of vaccines and treatment drugs.

It wasn’t until COVID-19, however, that Chebrolu, along with her mentor, Dr. Mahfuza Ali, decided to shift her efforts. “After spending so much time researching about pandemics, viruses and drug discovery, it was crazy to think that I was actually living through something like this,” Chebrolu recalled to CNN. “Because of the immense severity of the COVID-19 pandemic and the drastic impact it had made on the world in such a short time, I, with the help of my mentor, changed directions to target the SARS-CoV-2 virus,” she continued.

It was innovation and determination that made Chebrolu stand out to 3M’s judges, including Dr. Cindy Moss. “Anika has an inquisitive mind and used her curiosity to ask questions about a vaccine for COVID-19,” Moss explained to CNN. “Her work was comprehensive and examined numerous databases.”

“She also developed an understanding of the innovation process and is a masterful communicator,” Moss added. “Her willingness to use her time and talent to help make the world a better place gives us all hope.”

274 new COVID-19 cases From page 1

Despite surging cases, the situation in B.C. hospitals has remained relatively stable since early October. Seventy-one people were in hospital, 24 of them in critical or intensive care.

About 82 per cent of B.C.s 12,331 cases have recovered.

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Thursday, October 22, 2020 TransLink CEO stepping down after almost 5 years TransLink is beginning the search for a new CEO with Kevin Desmond announcing he will be leaving the organization in February 2021.

In a news release, the company says Desmond plans to return to the U.S. “where he will be seeking new career challenges.”

“It’s been an honour to serve this great region,” Desmond said in a statement. “When I arrived in 2016, I knew we already had a world-class transit system and I’m proud to have helped expand the breadth and depth of our services with a relentless

commitment to our customers and public accountability.” After just four months in the job, one of Desmond’s one of his first changes was bringing in a touchless faregate system for people with disabilities. He also oversaw the implementation of “tap to pay” fare gates, 10-minute SeaBus services, new RapidBus services, and double-decker buses; and brought Seth Rogen’s voice to transit, the company said. ““We want to thank Kevin for his outstanding leadership of TransLink since 2016,” TransLink Board of Directors Chair Tony Gugliotta said in a statement.

New changes to Employment Insurance will cost $7.7B, PBO predicts The cost of changing up the country’s Employment Insurance rules to allow more workers impacted by the economic effects of the coronavirus pandemic to qualify may be slightly more than originally thought.

In a costing note released Monday, the office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer pegged the expected costs of expanding the qualification criteria at $7.7 billion this fiscal year, then dropping to $5.8 billion in the 2021-2022 fiscal year, which starts in April 2021.

When the Liberals announced they were changing the program

so more workers laid off or suffering from cut hours because of pandemic restrictions could qualify, they had pegged the cost at $7 billion this fiscal year, with the modifications set to last for one year until September 2021. That forecast came as part of the rollout of a $37-billion plan that modified EI and created three new recovery benefits for workers who didn’t qualify for EI, caregivers and sick Canadians. Those new benefits and the modified EI criteria kicked in late last month after the Canada Emergency Recovery Benefit (CERB) wrapped up.

Thursday, October 22, 2020 From page 5

BC Election: What the Candidates are saying

There’s economic opportunity that comes along when focusing on climate change, whether its new hydrogen industry, hydrogen is the fuel that is rediscovered I suppose, its the fuel of the future, and in BC the young people see climate as one of the

big challengers for government in the future, I think they are generally very supportive of our initiatives.

The Asian Star: Guildford is not that far from Whalley with many of the homeless, mental health and addictions challenges coming this way. What you and the NDP looking to do for the people of Guildford?

Garry Begg, NDP candidate and incumbent for Surrey-Guildford: I am also careful that because you are poor, or addicted, it doesn’t make you a criminal. These are social and medical issues and I want to make a clear distinction that there is very little relationship between the two.

We are proud that we are the only jurisdiction in Canada that has a Ministry that is entirely devoted to mental health and addictions. Judy Darcy was the first minister appointed to this ministry and we are spending a lot of time and

energy with the homeless many of whom have mental health challenges or addiction issue.

I don’t think you can consider either one of them in isolation because the bigger picture is what is important. Whalley is not part of my responsibility, but we have spent tremendous amount of time, energy, money and expertise in cleaning up the Whalley strip. Putting the people there into supportive housing that not only addresses their needs for physical comforts of home but also their addictions issues, social issues, education issues. Its our core belief that all people are worthy of dignity and respect and that we should help where we can. It’s not restricted to Surrey, this homeless issue is years, and years in the making. Its part of the neglect of the BC Liberal government before we came into government, and now we are trying to catch up. A problem that was created over sixteen years will not be changed overnight. We are working out to have spent more money on social housing, and supportive housing in the last three and half years than the BC Liberals in their entire time in government.

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Thursday, October 22, 2020 Press release

BC Liberals will review provincial nominee program

A BC Liberal government will review the provincial nominee program and work with the federal government on improvements, announced Surrey-Panorama candidate Dr. Gulzar Cheema. “We’ve heard loud and clear that the provincial nominee program needs improvement,” said Cheema. “That’s why a BC Liberal government will work with our federal partners to make the program faster, more responsive, and more efficient – so our local businesses can attract the skilled and qualified workers they need.” This commitment

Press release

adds to a comprehensive package of supports for workers and small businesses proposed by the BC Liberals, including elimination of the PST for a year, permanent elimination of the Small Business Income Tax, and major investments in jobcreating infrastructure.

BC Liberals commit to improving internet and mobile connectivity for rural communities

As the campaign enters its final week, Andrew Wilkinson and the BC Liberals were in Oliver today where they promised to significantly expand high-speed internet and mobile coverage for rural B.C. communities. “Rural communities should have access to the same reliable and affordable high-speed broadband and mobile coverage as our urban centres and we’re committed to making this a priority,” said Wilkinson. “We have large parts of the province where it’s still impossible to get a cell phone signal. Our commitment to improving connectivity will help kids learn in these trying times, help businesses grow, and help improve public safety.” To help better connect rural and remote B.C. communities, the BC Liberals are announcing a $100 million investment over five years to significantly expand high-speed internet and mobile coverage. “Rural B.C. has been taken for granted for too long

by John Horgan and the NDP,” added Petra Veintimilla, BC Liberal candidate for Boundary Similkameen. “Under a BC Liberal government, we’ll get our rural communities more connected, more effective, and more respected.”

Thursday, October 22, 2020 BC snap election was illegal, says Democracy Watch as it prepares lawsuit Days before British Columbians go to the polls to elect a new government, a national advocacy group is calling on the B.C. Supreme Court to declare NDP Leader John Horgan’s snap election illegal. Democracy

Watch co-founder Duff Conacher called Horgan’s decision to call an election a year in advance of the October 2021 fixed date “unfair, self-interested and hypocritical.”

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Thursday, October 22, 2020 Harvinder Sandhu

Andrew Wilkinson Roundtable with South Asian Media

Andrew Wilkinson, BC Liberal Party Leader: I’m here with Dr. Cheema, who is running for Surrey-Panorama, and am excited to talk to all of you from the South Asian media. We have seen a very divisive and antagonistic campaign from the NDP. They talk about us and them, we don’t do that. We talk about everybody, we are committed to equality, fairness, opportunities for everybody. And that means some very specific things need to be done. We are in this pandemic and it is going to do a lot of damage to our economy over the winter. There are already consequences, you have seen restaurants closing, this is going to be very, very, damaging for Surrey and BC. We can make it better, do a better job. We can abolish the PST for a year, give people a chance to invest. We talk about abolishing small business income tax to put money back in the hands of small businesses, we are going to have to support out tourism and hospitality industries over the winter , otherwise they are going to go broke and there would be nothing to visit in BC when tourists eventually come back. We talk about taking care of seniors, with seven thousand dollar tax credit, in-house homecare, housekeeping, home repairs so they can live out their lives as long as they can and want to, aging in their own homes which is the safest place for them. We are talking about $10 dollars-a-day daycare for families earning less than $65 thousand and $20 dollars-a-day for those earning $90, because we have to get these people back in the workforce. They are in the home with their kids in the home, they can’t go to work, they will be in a very, very, bad economic shape years from now. We want to make sure there is a sense of opportunity for everybody. There a lot of work to be done, we have plans, we have big bold plans do things. Sadly, incidentally he (Horgan) offers nothing more really than a $1000 bribe to British Columbia, what does that accomplish? Nothing. Our plan to remove PST, it will save an average family $1700 dollars, which they will re-invest in BC because you don’t save on the PST if you don’t spend in BC. Buying simple things like a pair of shoes, or a truck or excavator, all those things incur PST and there’s big savings in the construction industry, so you can see there’s a lot of work to be done.

Media: You are talking about eliminating PST to save people money, but what about high fuel prices.

Sometimes people go to the US to get gas to counter the high fuel prices here.

Andrew Wilkinson, BC Liberal Party Leader: Yes, of course, fuel is no longer issue going to the USA is impossible. But at the same time, we have been very concerned about high fuel prices. Right now prices are moderate but when they spiked to about a $1.70 per liter, we said it was time to drop the fuel tax to make it more affordable for British Columbians, they did nothing about that, they just laughed it off.

Media: Dr. Gulzar Cheema announced at a radio station that the BC Liberals will assist the taxi operators by insisting ride sharing and taxis have Class 4 driver’s license. Are you comfortable with what Dr Cheema said?

Andrew Wilkinson, BC Liberal Party Leader: Yes, we completely comfortable with the idea of assisting the taxi industry and transition that is underway. They need a level playing field, they need a better insurance product with more flexibility, he didn’t do that, but touted ICBC monopoly. We need to stick with Class 4 drivers license for all ride hailing and taxis. We need to have a fair fee structure that is fair to the taxi industry.

The Asian Star: Why did the Liberal party decided to get involved in civic issues by announcing that if they win, they will have a non-binding referendum on the Surrey Police issue?

Andrew Wilkinson, BC Liberal Party Leader: It’s rare to see petition with 50,000 names on it, rare to see lawn signs all over Surrey saying they have a particular view of what they want for policing. So, when we heard that on the doorsteps of almost every door, we knocked on in the first two weeks of the campaign, we said it was time to listen to the people of Surrey. Best way to listen to people of Surrey is to give them the information they asked for and which they are entitled to and give them a chance to express their wishes in the referendum.

The Asian Star: John Horgan made it clear based on political systems here in BC, Canada, this is a civic issue and not for the provincial government to get involved. That provincial government does not get involved in municipal affairs. Why is the BC Liberal party getting involved in municipal affairs? Especially when the referendum is non-binding.

Andrew Wilkinson, BC Liberal Party Leader: The Referendum Act provides the provincial cabinet involvement with expression on any issue and that’s what the act provides and that is what we will do.

Surrey’s cricket player Ravinderpal Singh joins Lanka Premier League (LPL) Canadian batsman Ravinderpal Singh one of few overseas signings made by the Colombo Kings at much anticipated Lanka Premier League (LPL) player auction.

“I’m really excited to be part of Lankan Premier League which will take place in Sri Lanka from mid of November. I would like to thank Cricket Canada, Global T20 (GT20) Canada also the the regional league BCMCL and Cricket BC For their immense support. As I was the first player to hit a Century on T20 debut in international cricket. Which was a big and motivating moment for me after breaking an outstanding record of the great of the game Australia’s Ricky Pointing which was there for 14 years. That was

the turning point in my career after that I was fortunate enough to be part of Toronto national and global T20 and various other T20 and T10 leagues across the world.

I started working much harder on my cricket career and even during Covid19 i’ve been working really hard on my fitness and my cricket techniques which will help play better in these competitive leagues. It feels special to be the only player selected to play in Lankan Premier League from the associate nations. Hope I do good and make Cricket kind of proud I would like to thank all my supporters and on my well wishers. Thank you” said Ravinderpal Singh.

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Changes to Employment Insurance will cost $7.7B, PBO predicts The cost of changing up the country’s Employment Insurance rules to allow more workers impacted by the economic effects of the coronavirus pandemic to qualify may be slightly more than originally thought.

In a costing note released Monday, the office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer pegged the expected costs of expanding the qualification criteria at $7.7 billion this fiscal year, then dropping to $5.8 billion in the 20212022 fiscal year, which starts in April 2021.

When the Liberals announced they were changing the program so more workers laid off or suffering from cut hours because of pandemic restrictions could qualify, they had pegged the cost at $7 billion this fiscal year, with the modifications set to last for one year until

September 2021. That forecast came as part of the rollout of a $37-billion plan that modified EI and created three new recovery benefits for workers who didn’t qualify for EI, caregivers and sick Canadians. Those new benefits and the modified EI criteria kicked in late last month after the Canada Emergency Recovery Benefit (CERB) wrapped up. Applications can still be made retroactively for the CERB until Dec. 2, 2020, if an individual thinks they qualified for a period while the program was active.

More than 240,000 Canadians applied to switch to EI on the first day of the modified program.

In the roughly three weeks since then, the EI system has absorbed 1.3 million people.

Garbage truck from Canada to U.S. caught hauling more than 1,000 pounds of marijuana Roughly 1,000 pounds of marijuana was found inside a garbage truck crossing the border between Sarnia, Ont. and Port Huron, Mich. Officers with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) made the discovery on Sunday at the Blue Water Bridge crossing. The driver said he was transporting municipal trash destined for a landfill in Michigan. When the truck was pulled over for a secondary search the large amount of pot was found hidden inside trash bags.

According to the CBP Michigan has seen an increase in narcotics coming across the border in the last year. No charges have been announced.

127 people in B.C. died of illicit drug overdoses in September One hundred and twenty-seven people died of illicit drug overdoses in B.C. in September, according to the latest figures from the coroner. While this number remains high and is a 112-per-cent increase over the same period last year, it’s 15 per cent lower than the month prior, when 150 people were reported to have died from a suspected overdose in the province. More than 1,000 people in B.C. have died of an overdose so far in 2020. The number of deaths in the first eight months of this year was already higher than the total for all of 2019.

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Green Party signs vandalized in Delta North Starting just before the Thanksgiving long weekend, several campaign signs for Delta North’s Green Party candidate were knocked down.

According to Delta North Green Party representative Deepak Kanchi, about 10 signs in intersections and the front lawns of supporters of candidate Neema Manral were face down in the dirt while campaign signs for the BC Liberal and BC NDP remained standing. “I don’t know why and who is doing this but this is hate against the party,” Kanchi said. “This [election] is for the betterment of the community, so

why are they using these kinds of tactics?”

Kanchi says the campaign is going to put the signs back up as soon as possible.

“That’s all we want to do, we don’t want to get into a fight or anything, we don’t want trouble for our Delta residents,” he said.

Kanchi added the campaign will be informing Delta bylaws and will be filing a complaint with Delta police.

“We are all neighbours to each other, we should do something which can build society, we should not spread hatred by doing these kinds of hateful things,” he said.

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US defense, diplomacy chief to visit India for talks US Defense Secretary Mark Esper announced Tuesday that he and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will visit India next week to strengthen the two countries’ alliance in the face of China’s strategic challenge.

“India will well be the most consequential partner for us, in the IndoPacific for

us for sure, in this century,” Esper said in an address to the Atlantic Council.

He said his visit is part of a broader US initiative to strengthen older alliances and develop new ones against Russian and Chinese efforts to build their own global power networks.

US telecom companies sign contratct with Indian smart phone makers Verizon, T-Mobile, AT&T and Cricket Wireless (a sub-brand of AT&T) have initiated talks with Indian smartphone makers, including Micromax and Lava, to procure unbranded handsets that will be bundled with data subscription contracts in the US, three people aware of the development said on condition of anonymity.

US telecom operators are turning to India to source low-cost mobile phones as the US ratchets up national-security scrutiny of Chinese companies, handing Indian handset makers such as Micromax and Lava an opportunity to win millions of dollars worth of contract-manufacturing orders.

55,839 more new coronavirus infections push national tally past 77 lakh The number of coronavirus infections reported in a span of 24 hours remained below 60,000 for the fourth consecutive day on Thursday as India’s caseload went past 77 lakh while recoveries have crossed 68 lakh, according

to data updated by the Union Health Ministry.

The COVID-19 caseload mounted to 77,06,946 with 55,839 new infections being reported in a day while the death toll climbed to 1,16,616 with 702 more fatalities, the data updated at 8 am showed.

Fiji Law student who was posing as a Director Legal for the AG’s Office remanded in custody A law student who has been allegedly posing as a Director Legal at the Attorney General’s Office and obtaining money by false pretences has been remanded in custody by the Suva Magistrates Court.

Josefa Saronitokatoka Volitiviti Kolinio Radrudru Ravoka appeared before Magistrate Asanga Bodaragama this afternoon.

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Complaint filed against a teacher behind repeated fb posts to humiliate Qereqeretabua with references to porn and immorality Minister for Education, Rosy Akbar has received a complaint by the National Federation Party Youth General Secretary that a teacher in Suva is allegedly behind repeated facebook posts to humiliate NFP parliamentarian, Lenora Qereqeretabua with references to pornography and immorality.

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Thursday, October 22, 2020

PUNJAB Punjab DGP Dinkar Gupta pays tribute to police martyrs AICC general secretary and Punjab affairs in charge Harish Rawat today said the BJP government, under the garb of projecting a strong Prime Minister, had a hidden agenda of shifting to presidential form of government.

After the demonetisation and GST fiasco, the Central farm laws were yet another attempt to bulldoze the spirit of federalism. But with passing amendments to the Centre’s agricultural laws, Punjab had given a voice to the concerns at the national level, he said. “I hope the Centre respects the voice of the common man and finds an amicable way forward,” Rawat said while talking to The Tribune.

Hitting out at the BJP, Rawat said the saffron party was damaging the atmosphere in the state for the sake of vote bank consolidation.

SAD & Congress engage in verbal duel over scholarship scam The historic unity seen in the Vidhan Sabha yesterday while passing the three farm Bills did not last long as the Opposition came prepared to target the government over many issues on the last day of the special Assembly session. Even as the Post-Matric SC Scholarship scam dominated the House proceedings today, the government managed to get seven important Bills passed amid walkouts by both Opposition parties — the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).

The mood for the session was set before its started as SAD and Lok Insaaf Party legislators held separate protests against the government over the scholarship scam. Inside the House, after the first Bill on vesting of proprietary rights was tabled and came up for discussion, Minister Sadhu Singh Dharamsot got up to thank the Chief Minister.

BJP out to destroy spirit of federalism, says All India Congress Committee AICC general secretary and Punjab affairs in charge Harish Rawat today said the BJP government, under the garb of projecting a strong Prime Minister, had a hidden agenda of shifting to presidential form of government.

After the demonetisation and GST fiasco, the Central farm laws were yet another attempt to bulldoze the spirit of federalism.

But with passing amendments to the Centre’s agricultural laws, Punjab had given a voice to the concerns at the national level, he said. “I hope the Centre respects the voice of the common man and finds an amicable way forward,” Rawat said while talking to The Tribune.

Hitting out at the BJP, Rawat said the saffron party was damaging the atmosphere in the state for the sake of vote bank consolidation. He said the agenda of the BJP was polarisation of votes by vitiating the peaceful atmosphere and blaming the protesting farmers for the same.

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