The Asian Star October 22 2022

Brenda Locke new Mayor elect vows to stop Surrey police service and keep RCMP

Surrey mayor-elect Brenda Locke made the morning show rounds Monday, revealing she has already asked the Surrey Police Service to stop spending money, a first step in her campaign promise to return to the RCMP.

Locke’s new party, Surrey Connect, won four seats on the eight-person council and so has a slim majority to push through their promise to halt the transition to a Surrey Police Service. Locke told CTV that she talked to city staff on Sunday, the day after her election win, and told them to be ready to work on stopping the move to a municipal police force.

“I have now asked (staff) to let the Surrey Police Service know that they are

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David Eby to be next premier as NDP disqualifies Anjali Appadurai from leadership race

Former Attorney General David Eby will be British Columbia’s next premier. The BC NDP executive council disqualified Anjali Appadurai on Wednesday night from running in the upcoming leadership race.

After a nearly four hour meeting, the executive reached the decision.

The party’s chief electoral officer,

BC set a record in 2021 for its population growth

As many as 90,248 pension beneficiaries were found dead in a survey conducted by the Punjab government. “On the orders of Minister for Social Security Dr Baljit Kaur, the department conducted verification of pensioners drawing various kind of pensions from the state exchequer. Among those verified, 90,248 pensioners were found dead,” a state government statement said. Districtlevel officers have been directed to deposit the amount which is not distributed yet into government treasury by October 21, the statement quoting Dr Baljit Kaur said. Looking back on the coronavirus pandemic across the world The department give pensions to the elderly, widows, dependent children and the disabled.

Last year, 100,000 people moved to B.C. – a new record, according to the province. B.C. saw its highest level of net inter- national immigration since it started keeping records in the early 1950s, according to Statistics Canada data, and interprovincial in-migration hit a six-year peak. The flow of people from other provinces was at its second-highest level since the early 1990s, when, for four consecutive years, approximately 40,000 people moved to the province from other parts of Canada.

Additionally, net international immigration more than doubled over the past year, jumping 161.4 per cent to 59,665 people in 2021 from 22,819 in 2020. B.C.’s net immigration in 2021 was 30 per cent higher than its previous 1996 peak of 45,749.

Elizabeth Cull, recommended the party executive disqualify Appadura following an extensive investigation into complaints brought forward around the sale of new party memberships.

“The BC NDP Executive has voted to support the Chief Electoral Officer’s recommendation to

Indian-Americans dance to Bollywood tunes in desi wedding blocking NY road

Desi weddings are always a grand affair. The gala ceremonies are full of colour and energetic performances from guests, dancers and also the bride and groom.

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As Canada set new records for government spending during COVID-19, a newly released report suggests nearly half of the spending was not related to the pandemic. Authored by Lakehead University economics professor Livio Di Matteo for the Fraser Institute, the paper — entitled Storm Without End: The Fiscal Impact of COVID-19 on Canada and the Provinces — says federal spending grew by 73 per cent in 2020/21 to $644.2 billion. That number declined into the next fiscal year, falling 21 per cent to $508.2 billion in 2021/22.

In 2020/21, the report says, the federal government debt grew by around 41 per cent, and 12.4 per cent, to $1.3 trillion, in 2021/22.

“You could argue that part of the reason for the larger deficit was that federal revenues were down during the pandemic and spending up,” Di Matteo said.

“But if you look at the federal revenue performance, it was down about five per cent in 2021, but started to rebound quite dramatically.” Estimates for 2021/22, which Di Matteo said have yet to be finalized, suggest a 17 per cent increase.

Health spending saw an estimated increase of nearly 13 per cent between 2019 and 2020, the report reads — a rate of increase Di Matteo said was over triple the established health care spending growth rate since 2015, and a boost not seen in over three decades.

During the pandemic, around 60 per cent of the federal budget deficit was directly related to the pandemic, largely both federal health spending and related transfers to the provinces, as well as income support programs.

This, the report indicates, suggests a permanent, long-term spending increase.

RCMP constable stabbed in B.C. was 5th police officer killed in Canada in 5 weeks

Burnaby RCMP officer Shaelyn Yang was stabbed and killed Tuesday, Oct. 18 in the line of duty.

She was a 31-year-old member of the detachment’s mental health and homeless outreach team, just three years into her career.

“She was a loving wife, a sister and daughter. Those she worked with before joining the RCMP and her police colleagues described Const. Yang as a kind and compassionate person, which makes her death even more difficult to accept,” Dept. Commissioner

Dwayne McDonald, commanding officer of the BC RCMP, said Tuesday.

Yang is the latest police officer to be killed in the line of duty in only five weeks.

Toronto police Const. Andrew Hong was killed in a shooting in Mississauga on Sept. 12.

The 48-year-old was attending a joint training exercise. He was a 22-year member of the force.

Toronto police chief James Ramer said Hong, a father of two, was shot at close range and died at the scene. Nishan Duraiappah, Peel’s police chief, said Hong was on a break when the suspect, who has not yet been named, shot him in an “unprovoked and … ambush attack.”

BC NDP report recommends Anjali Appadurai be disqualified from leadership race

The NDP leadership race may effectively be over as soon as Wednesday evening with the party’s provincial executive meeting to decide whether or not to disqualify one of the contestants.

Ahead of the meeting, at the B.C. Legislature, new NDP members who support Anjali Appadurai staged a funeral for democracy. The party’s chief electoral officer is recommending Appadurai be disqualified from the race.

After receiving complaints about how new members were recruited, the party’s chief electoral officer Elizabeth Cull investigated. In a report, she concluded:

“Ms. Appadurai engaged in serious

improper conduct by coordinating with third parties, including Dogwood, that conducted membership drives on her behalf. The CEO decided that the harm from this misconduct cannot be remedied with any consequence short of disqualification of the Appadurai campaign.”

At a news conference, Appadurai rejected those claims and accused the party of changing its rules mid-campaign.

“Her whole case around Dogwood rests on that: A new and controversial interpretation of the rules, issued mid-campaign, and applied retroactively,” the candidate said.

The man accused of murdering a Burnaby RCMP officer was one of many Vancouver offenders wanted on an outstanding warrant .

The man accused of murdering a Burnaby RCMP officer in a tent encampment on Tuesday was already wanted for a violent crime committed just a few months prior.

Jongwon Ham, who is now facing first-degree murder charges for the stabbing death of Const. Shaelyn Yang, was at large after allegedly committing an assault on March 17.

But as is standard practice with violent offenders in B.C., Ham was released shortly after his initial arrest and a

warrant issued for his re-arrest only after he failed to show up for a court date.

And the March 17 assault was not the first violent entry on Ham’s rap sheet. Just a year prior, in February 2021, Ham was booked on a charge of assault and wilfully resisting a peace officer.

Burnaby RCMP on scene following the fatal stabbing of Const. Shaelyn Yang at Broadview Park in Burnaby, BC., on October 19, 2022.

Burnaby RCMP on scene following the fatal stabbing of Const. Shaelyn Yang at Broadview Park in Burnaby, BC., on October 19, 2022. Photo by Nick Procaylo

Nearly half of federal budget deficit during pandemic not related to COVID spending

The B.C. justice system that utterly refuses to stop releasing violent criminals

OPINION

Canadian taxpayers on hook for $55K of Trudeau family’s annual grocery bill

Canadian taxpayers spend nearly $55,000 annually on food bills for the prime minister’s household.

Documents obtained by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation covering household expenses of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his predecessor, Stephen

Harper, list an average of $54,494 annually on “miscellaneous food expenses” billed to the taxpayer after customary reimbursements by the prime minister. That works out to a little over $1,000 a week.

This suggests a somewhat large gap in how

the prime minister’s household expenses are calculated and eventually reimbursed.

PMO spokesperson Cecely Roy said prime ministers repay their household expenses to government coffers based on a flat rate, and not per item — policy that dates back to former prime minister Brian Mulroney.

“As per a longstanding practice in place since 1985, the prime minister reimburses amounts related to food based on Statistics Canada data on household spending, which is adjusted using the consumer price index to account for inflation,” she told the National Post.

“The prime minister also reimburses internet and courier charges for personal correspondence.”

Questions about what these “miscellaneous expenses” pertain to — if they’re directly related to household grocery expenses or official functions carried out on behalf of the prime minister — weren’t answered by the PMO.

Taxpayers can’t get a straight answer on what the prime minister’s household expenses were for

Requests for more information on current household expense policies likewise went unanswered.

Prime ministers typically don’t shop for or prepare their own meals, relying instead on kitchen staff overseen by a household chef.

Shortly after his September 2021 re-election win, Trudeau recruited noted Montreal chef Chanthy Yen as his family’s personal cook.

While the prime minister opted not to move into the now-dilapidated home he grew up in, the kitchens at 24 Sussex Drive are still used daily to prepare the PM’s family meals.

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Diwali celebrations light up Surrey City Hall

Surrey City Hall was alive with music, dance and culture Sunday (Oct. 16) afternoon for early Diwali celebrations that attracted hundreds of residents.

Diwali is a festival of lights celebrated by Hindus, Sikhs, Jains and Buddhists. The official day this year is Monday, Oct. 24, but it changes each year depending on the Hindu lunar calendar.

Bhangra dancing, classical music and belly dancing made up the live entertainment portion of the festivities, with games and cultural food trucks available outdoors from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.

This was the first time in two years that Diwali celebrations were able to take place in the city, after being put on pause due to COVID restrictions.

Nearly 100 inmates in BC prison test positive for COVID-19

COVID-19 cases at BC’s Mission Institution have spiked significantly in recent days, with 97 inmates testing positive, according to the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC).

That’s about a third of the inmates at the multi-level security facility located about an hour and a half away from Vancouver.

The high case counts were discovered after inmates were given tests, and the service suggests that as more testing is done, more cases may soon be discovered, adding that it is monitoring the situation and taking steps to minimize the spread.

“This is an evolving situation and we continue to apply and reinforce infection prevention and control measures to prevent and contain the spread of COVID-19, and adapt based on public health advice,” the Correctional Service of Canada said.

At this time, visits to the prison are still allowed but all guests must wear a face mask and will

be screened; however, visits may be affected in the coming days as a result of the situation.

“CSC has been vaccinating inmates since January 2021. All offenders, including new admissions to CSC, are being offered the vaccination at all institutions. As part of the ongoing vaccination process, boosters are also being offered,” the Correctional Service of Canada explained.

The institution has been hit hard by the pandemic in recent years, with more than 200 cases and one death since 2020.

The outbreak comes as the province continues to encourage people to get both a COVID-19 booster as well as a flu shot this fall as cases are expected to climb as more people head indoors when the temperatures dip.

Experts say getting the COVID-19 and influenza vaccines at the same time does not mean double the side effects. Read more about what to expect if you get the double dose.

Suspect charged with first-degree murder in stabbing death of Const. Shaelyn Yang

As authorities announced first-degree murder charges on Wednesday against the man accused of killing Burnaby RCMP Const. Shaelyn Yang, the case is raising questions about how B.C. communities are managing the homelessness crisis. Yang was stabbed Tuesday morning as she accompanied a City of Burnaby parks worker who had been sent to a tent at Broadview Park off Canada Way to advise the occupant that they had to move on. The Independent Investigations Office, which investigates deaths or serious injuries involving police, said Yang shot the man before she died. He was taken to hospital, but is expected to survive.

On Wednesday, the B.C. Prosecution Service said first-degree murder charges have been laid against Jongwon Ham. Court records show Ham, 37, is also facing an assault charge related to an incident in Vancouver on

March 17. A warrant was issued for his arrest on Monday. Homicide investigators said Yang was not at the park to serve the warrant, and they were unaware if she knew about Ham’s background. She died in hospital about 30 minutes after she was stabbed. Ham has had runins with police in the past. In February 2021, he was charged with assault and wilfully resisting or obstructing a peace officer.

Yang, who volunteered with victim services in Richmond before becoming a Mountie in 2019, was part of a special Burnaby RCMP team that takes the lead on homelessness and mental health issues for the department.

Made up of three officers, the team works with the Fraser Health assertive community treatment team and “has frequent contact with their clients who are considered high risk for violence,” said Burnaby RCMP spokesman Cpl. Mike Kalanj, who is a former member of the team.

Recall against B.C. legislative member fails with missed deadline: Elections BC

Elections B.C. says in a statement the recall petition was not submitted by the Oct. 11 deadline under the Recall and Initiative Act. Genevieve Ring was issued the petition and 28 voters registered as canvassers to collect signatures.

Elections B.C. says that despite the failure, the recall proponent must return the petition sheets to Elections B.C., although signature counts won’t be released or verified.

Both Ring and the Sandhu must file financial disclosure reports to the chief electoral officer by Nov. 8.

Of the 27 recall petitions issued since the law came into force in 1995,

Elections B.C. says none have met the requirements of the act. Genevieve Ring was issued the petition and 28 voters registered as canvassers to collect signatures.

Elections BC says that despite the failure, the recall proponent must return the petition sheets to Elections BC, although signature counts won’t be released or verified.

Both Ring and the Sandhu must file financial disclosure reports to the chief electoral officer by Nov. 8.

Of the 27 recall petitions issued since the law came into force in 1995, Elections BC says none have met the requirements of the act.

Indian-Americans dance to Bollywood tunes in desi wedding blocking NY road

event is the procession, which is incomplete without Bollywood songs and a lot of dancing. But what if the procession takes place on a busy street thousands of miles away in a foreign country? Can the same pomp and gaiety be experienced there as well?One Indian wedding party was filmed dancing

to hit Bollywood tracks on a busy New York City street along with their American friends. Dressed in traditional attire, the IndianAmerican wedding groove across Broadway.

A footage of the grand procession, shared on Instagram by user Suraj Patel, shows a large crowd dancing to Bollywood songs. Most of the men were wearing pink turbans.

Police identify man gunned down at Vancouver golf course

Homicide investigators have identified the man gunned down at a Vancouver golf course on Monday – a killing authorities believe was linked to the Lower Mainland’s bloody gang conflict.

RCMP officers found 38-year-old Vishal Walia fatally wounded after responding to reports of gunfire at the University Golf Club.

Walia died at the scene, despite the officers’ efforts to provide first aid.

The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team released the victim’s name Tuesday as authorities worked to build a timeline of his activities before he died.

“IHIT is urging anyone who had contact with Mr. Walia in the days leading to his death, to please contact police,” Sgt.

Timothy Pierotti said in a news release.

IHIT is also still looking for witnesses who were in the area of the golf course

Monday between 8 a.m. and 10 a.m., including drivers with dashcam video.

Minutes after the shooting, a car was found engulfed in flames a short drive from the golf course, around Crown Street and 22nd Avenue in the city’s Dunbar-Southlands neighbourhood.

Homicide investigators are still working with the Vancouver Police Department to determine whether the two incidents are connected.

The fire does appear to be linked to a dramatic multi-vehicle crash involving an RCMP vehicle in neighbouring Richmond.

A police cruiser, a commercial vehicle and a third vehicle “believed to have been associated to a suspicious fire that occurred in Vancouver” collided on Highway 91 around 45 minutes after the burning car was discovered, the Richmond RCMP detachment said in a news release.

Brenda Locke new Mayor elect vows to stop Surrey police service and keep RCMP

spend no more money and to cease all expenditures moving forward,” she said.

Locke has also said she has had some talks with the province, which would have to sign off on a halt to the transition.

Locke has claimed that a Surrey Police Service would be significantly more expensive, and keeping the RCMP would save $520 million over four years, an assertion disputed by the Surrey Police Board. Locke hasn’t said how much it will cost to halt the transition. In statements released after Locke’s win, the Surrey Police Board and the Surrey Police Service noted that 350 staff, including 150 police officers, are now employed with the municipal force. In information provided Monday, board officials noted that $93.6 million has been spent to date on the transition — and severance would be $66.1 million if it had to be paid.

“Any change to Surrey’s police transition process would be determined by the provincial government. The board is confident that the smooth transition to a municipal police service in Surrey will continue,” Surrey Police Board executive director Melissa Granum said in a written statement. On Monday, in a news briefing, Solicitor-General Mike Farnworth said his ministry would have to see a concrete plan to support halting the transition from Surrey. He added he would also have to see a plan from the RCMP on how they would deal with the stop to a Surrey police force, including how it affects the Mounties and how they intend to add staff. “This is a very complex process with a lot of implications. And so I look

forward to how Surrey is going to do this,” said Farnworth. “It’s obviously going to cost a significant amount of money. And the plan is going to have to be made public because people want to know how it will unfold.”

Locke originally was a member of Surrey Mayor Doug McCallum’s team that campaigned and won the 2018 election to bring a domestic police force to Surrey, rather than staying with the RCMP. But she and other councillors split from McCallum over policing and others issues such as transparency. The move to create a Surrey police force has been a political firestorm for several years, including after the province gave its approval in 2019. That continued during the election with Locke edging McCallum with one per cent of the vote, but only grabbing 28 per cent of the total votes. Hamish Telford, a political scientist at the University of the Fraser Valley, said he doesn’t see the province stopping Surrey from halting the transition to a Surrey police force if they have a solid plan. However, he believes that it will be more politically difficult for Locke to push ahead with her campaign promise than she may realize, particularly if it becomes expensive to do so. Telford noted that she has a slim majority and it all it would take is for one councillor on her team to have a change of mind. He noted that because in this election about one-third voted to halt the transition, onethird to continue with a Surrey police force and another third to take a closer look, it shows that people of Surrey are obviously divided on the issue. “I think this is going to make Brenda Locke’s task more challenging, that there isn’t a consensus in the community

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disqualify Anjali Appadurai as a candidate as a sanction for violating the rules,” BC NDP President said Aaron Sumexheltza.

“This has been a challenging period for members of the party, and I thank Elizabeth Cull, the party’s table officers and the Executive for their dedication to their roles. I know they did not make this decision lightly.”

The party says now that there is only one approved candidate in the leadership race, the CEO is considering moving up the election date and will have more to say on Thursday.

After being named leader, Eby will officially be sworn in as B.C.’s premier and replace John Horgan.

He will be declared the next premier on Friday, Oct. 21, and then sworn in at a later date.

The BC NDP executive did debate a motion to allow Appadurai to defend herself at the meeting on Wednesday night, but after 40 minutes of debate the motion was dismissed. In June, Horgan announced his plans to step down largely due to the impacts of his throat cancer treatments.

“David has the support of the majority of our caucus, just like I do today, and I think that is the beginning of a positive new government going forward,” Horgan said.

The leadership race has been marred by allegations of wrongdoing and has left the party in an awkward situation.

Eby will take over with significant caucus support, with almost every NDP MLA supporting him. Appadurai does not have the support of any caucus members.

It is unclear whether Appadurai will appeal the decision, but she said if the grassroots of the party wanted her to appeal, she would.

“They had a process that they totally lost control of, which never looks good,” UBC political scientist Gerald Baier said.

The Appadurai campaign has been accused of offering to pay for memberships for new members, using Dogwood BC’s list to recruit members and encouraging BC Greens to leave their party to temporarily join the BC NDP to vote for Appadurai.

“Because no other remedy can adequately address the failings and breaches of the Appadurai Campaign in this Leadership election contest, the CEO has reached the difficult conclusion that Ms. Appadurai should be disqualified as a candidate,” reads the internal report written by Cull and obtained by Global News.

David Eby to be next premier as NDP disqualifies Anjali Appadurai

BC-India Business Network celebrates Diwali

The grand Diwali gala was celebrated on Oct 15 at the Fairmont Waterfront in Vancouver, and attended by 300+ guests including Chief Guest Hon. Minister Ravi Kahlon, Ministers Harry Bains and George Chow, MLA and Parliamentary Secretary Rachna Singh and MLA David Eby. The Founder and President Emeritus Vivek Savkur, received special recognition from BC’s Premier Hon. John Horgan at the BCIBN weekend grand Diwali gala . Savkur was recognized for his invaluable contributions to strengthen bilateral trade relations between British Columbia and India. The PM sent special Diwali greetings and Minister Kahlon brought Diwali greetings from the Premier.

According to President Sobhana JayaMadhavan, “Vivek ji has worked tirelessly to build a strong bridge between BC and India. This recognition is only fitting for a business leader who cares deeply about the bond and the future of trade between the two countries.” Vivekji accepted the recognition and committed to strengthening bilateral trade relations and reminded guests that India is a market that is not only large but also full of partnership possibilities.Apart from great entertainment and food, the festive ooccasion also included Dr. Andrew Petter (President Emiretus of SFU), receiving the BC-IBN Leadership Award for his extraordinary contributions to the BC-India relations and post-secondary education sector. He was recognised as someone who put BC on the India map. The award was given by Chief Guest Hon. Minister Kahlon and Vivek Sakur, and receiver on Dr. Petter’s behalf by SFU’s VP External relations, Dr. Joanne Curry.

The 300+ guests enjoyed a festive night and many very delighted to win prizes including two return tickets to India, courtesy Presenting Sponsor Air Canada. Many took membership including the Young Entrepreneur membership that is for under 35 individuals who want to be part of the BC-IBN family, and receive a wide range of supports in their entrepreneurial journey.

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Surrey woman pleads guilty to impaired-driving head-on crash in Abbotsford

Two small children were among six people injured in May 2021 collision .

A Surrey woman has pleaded guilty to two of the nine charges she faced in relation to a head-on crash in Abbotsford that injured six people more than a year ago.

Anureet Dosanjh, 23, pleaded guilty Tuesday (Oct. 18) in Abbotsford provincial court to two counts of impaired driving causing bodily harm. Her sentencing hearing has been set for Jan. 19 in Abbotsford.

Four other counts of impaired driving causing bodily harm and three counts of dangerous driving causing bodily harm are expected to be stayed at sentencing.

The crash took place May 24, 2021 at around 8:15 p.m. in the area of

Whatcom Road and North Parallel Road.

Police at the time said a Honda Civic was heading west on North Parallel at a high speed when it travelled into the oncoming lane and crashed head-on with a Volkswagen Jetta.

The Volkswagen was occupied by the driver, a passenger and two small children. All were taken to hospital, and police said the passenger sustained “severe, life-altering injuries.”

The driver and passenger of the Honda were also taken to hospital. The passenger had serious injuries and was placed on a ventilator.

According to the provincial court database, Dosanjh was previously cited for speeding in May 2018 and November 2019.

Ousted Surrey Mayor McCallum returned city car with extensive damage

An outgoing Surrey councillor has shared a photo he says shows extensive damage to Mayor Doug McCallum’s city-provided vehicle.

Coun. Jack Hundial posted a photo Sunday of a white SUV with a damaged front end, saying it was a city-funded vehicle that McCallum returned following Saturday’s municipal election.

Hundial said city staff provided him with the photo.

“There’s a responsibility you have when you procure or are using a taxpayersubsidized vehicle,” said Hundial, a member of the Surrey Connect council slate. He did not run for re-election in last weekend’s municipal election. How the vehicle was damaged is not known.

Unofficial election results from the City

of Surrey show Locke — also of the Surrey Connect slate — clinched the victory with 973 votes more than McCallum.

Doug McCallum is not conceding the Surrey election, according to his party CBC tried to contact McCallum through multiple channels on Monday but did not receive a reply. The City is not commenting, adding the matter is being reviewed.

RCMP say it has been in contact with the City of Surrey about a damaged vehicle. Police said they determined there was no criminal offence and the investigation was closed.

Hundial says to his understanding the city leases the vehicle for the mayor’s use, something he says is not extended to other elected city officials.

14 people facing charges following drug investigations

Surrey RCMP says the completion of 43 drug investigations into known gang members has resulted in 14 people facing charges such as possession for trafficking, firearm offences and seizures.

The charges come as a result of a combined, two-month “violence suppression initiative” by Surrey RCMP’s Gang Enforcement Team and Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit’s Uniform Gang Enforcement Team.

Police have yet to name any of the people involved.

“This is an overview of multiple ongoing investigations. Charges have not been laid in all instances,” Cpl. Vanessa Munn told Glacier Media.

Surrey RCMP proactive enforcement officer Insp. Ryan Element said the purpose of the initiative “is to drive home the message to gang members and their associates, that they are not welcome here.”

Supt. Alison Laurin, deputy operations support officer for the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit of B.C., said the team collaborates with frontline gang enforcement officers provincewide.

“We have been able to seize potentially deadly drugs, weapons and firearms, and intervene to prevent acts of violence from impacting the Surrey community,” Laurin said.

Convicted Alberta killer accused of smashing Vancouver bank windows for 2nd time

A convicted killer from Edmonton accused of doing thousands of dollars of damage to a Vancouver bank last month is back in custody, after allegedly smashing nearly two dozen windows at the same financial institution.

Curtis George McCallum, 47, who was convicted of manslaughter in the 2006 killing of his aunt, was arrested Wednesday night after allegedly smashing an estimated 20 window panes at the TD bank branch at Hastings and Abbott streets.

Witness Scott Taylor told Global News he was coming out of the Nester’s Market when he saw the incident happen.

“All of a sudden, a guy comes out, two bricks in each hand, just wings them at the window, smashes them — it sounds like a gunshot going off,” he told Global News.

“It was startling and initially I thought he’s robbing the bank … then when he got through the window, he picked up the rocks again and did it again.”

Taylor said he didn’t know what to do in the situation. He said he told the man to stop, but decided against physically intervening and opted to film the incident instead, so that there would be evidence.

“He proceeded to smash every window along the side,” he said.

“It was very upsetting, I was pretty angry about the whole thing, but also depressed. What do you do about this? We see so many of these things happen all the time — and to see this happen in Gastown, it’s already a place that’s under stress, it has problems and this doesn’t help.”

Liberal GST rebate bill passes with unanimous support of MPs

People who receive the GST rebate can expect to see an extra cheque this year that will double the amount of the benefit for the next six months, after the Liberal government’s Bill C-30 became law on Tuesday. The Senate passed the bill on Tuesday less than a month after the legislation targeting the cost-of-living crisis was introduced in the House of Commons. It received royal assent the same day. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Wednesday that the bill will “make a difference” and noted that the House passed it unanimously, with the support of Conservative MPs.

Canadians who are eligible for the GST rebate will receive a lump-sum

payment equivalent to the rebate cheques that will be sent in October and January — a policy that the NDP has been pushing for since last spring, notes Leader Jagmeet Singh. “If they had taken action then, Canadian families would have had hundreds of dollars back in July to help them manage the rising costs of food,” he said in a statement Wednesday. The government previously indicated that it would take three to four weeks for the payments to go out after the bill received royal assent.

The federal Liberals are trying to get two other inflation-relief measures through Parliament, which the NDP also pushed for, but Trudeau is accusing the

Canada is doubling its GST credit for millions of Canadians

Canada’s plan to double its GST credit has officially been approved, meaning millions of eligible Canadians can look forward to increased payments over the next few months.

The Department of Finance announced in a press release on Oct. 18 that Bill C-30, the Cost of Living Relief Act, No. 1 (Targeted Tax Relief), received Royal assent.

The bill doubles GST credits for six months to “help make life more affordable for millions of Canadians.”

Eligible Canadians who already receive the GST credit will automatically receive their payments starting in early November. Canadians without children can expect to receive up to an extra

$234 and couples with two children will receive up to an extra $467 a year.

Bill C-30 is just the first of two pieces of legislation introduced this year as part of the government’s Affordability Plan to help support Canadians with the rising cost of living.

Bill C-31, the Cost of Living Relief Act, No. 2 (Targeted Support for Households), is still awaiting approval, and would enact two further affordability measures: the Canada Dental Benefit and a “one-time top-up to the Canada Housing Benefit.”

Doubling the GST credit is set to deliver $2.5 billion in additional targeted support to 11 million individuals.

Surrey Connect wins majority on city council

Surrey voters selected a new council Saturday night, with only three incumbents retaining their seats along with five newcomers.

There were 56 candidates for city council.

Newly elected Surrey City Council

incumbent) – 35,222 votes – 33,708 votes vote

(Surrey Connect) – 27,586 votes

(Surrey Connect) – 25,699 votes

(Surrey Connect) – 25,118 votes

Coalition, incumbent) – 24,658 votes

Surrey Coalition, incumbent) – 24,406 votes

Locke says she’ll get to work quickly on fixing McCallum’s mess in Surrey

Surrey’s election became one-part referendum on Mayor Doug McCallum’s leadership and one-part referendum on whether to swap police forces.

In the end, Coun. Brenda Locke emerged from the crowded field of four party-affiliated challengers to lead her Surrey Connect team to majority status on the council dominated by her former party, the Safe Surrey Coalition.

Locke rocketed to an early lead after polls closed on Saturday, with Surrey First’s Gordie Hogg running a surprise second most of the night. McCallum caught up as the count progressed, after he made his concession speech. The final tally was 33,311 votes for Locke and 32,338 for McCallum. Turnout improved, from 32.9% in 2018 to 34.5%.

Four of Locke’s Surrey Connect candidates were elected. Surrey First now has two seats, the same as Safe Surrey Coalition, whose Doug Elford and Mandeep Nagra get a second term.

The defeat for McCallum most certainly spells the end of the 78-year-old’s roller coaster political career. He made a comeback in 2018 after previously serving as mayor from 1996 to 2002. In 2005, former council ally Dianne Watts defeated McCallum and spent nine years in office.

Locke said she isn’t waiting until she’s sworn-in to take the first steps on her marquee promise, to end the Surrey Police Service.

“Right away, I’m going to start with a having a conversation with the officer in charge at Surrey RCMP, that’s going to be my first order of business,” Locke said. “And then I will also be talking to Dwayne McDonald of the E Division, that’s going to be my second order of business and then we’ll take it from there. But I have already started having the conversation because obviously, this isn’t new to anybody, especially not to our staff.”

50 years later, Ugandan Asian refugees in Canada

The BC Ugandan Asian Resettlement Committee presents Kampala to Canada, an exhibition that acknowledges 50 years of Ugandan Asian Resettlement in Canada. “It’s a commemoration and not a celebration,” says the curator of the exhibition, Taslim Samji. “Many Ugandan Asians experienced incredible loss, suffering and trauma due to the forced exodus issued by President Amin in 1972.” 80,000 Asians (referring to those whose ancestors were originally from India and Pakistan) were given 90 days to leave Uganda.

Thousands arrived in Canada, penniless, uncertain. After Amin’s reign, the Ugandan government made efforts to welcome Asians back. Only a few returned. “Since then, Ugandan Asians have given back to Canada - economically, socially, and culturally,” says Samji. “We have profiled several Ugandan Asian Canadians in the exhibition. They are among land developers, hoteliers, entrepreneurs, educators, doctors, all of whom call Metro Vancouver home; they are generous supporters of community and social

COVID-19 hospitalizations and critical care numbers increase in B.C.

Overall COVID-19 hospitalizations and the number of patients in critical care both have increased since the B.C. Centre for Disease Control’s last weekly report, with the latest numbers showing 24 more people in hospital with the disease.

The BCCDC reported 389 people hospitalized with the disease on Thursday, up from 365 a week ago. The province’s dashboard showed 21 people in critical care, up from 19 a week ago.

In the week leading up to Oct. 15, 32 new deaths were reported among people who tested positive for the coronavirus within the previous 30 days. That brings the number of deaths potentially linked to the disease to 4,423.

That same week, a total of 628 new cases of COVID-19 were reported by B.C. labs, down from the week before.

Modelling group says B.C.’s underreporting of COVID-19 data makes

personal risk assessment harder

However, experts say B.C. under-reports all key COVID metrics, including deaths, and even the BCCDC notes its numbers are subject to revision.

Case totals are believed to be significant underestimates of the true spread of the disease because the BCCDC only counts PCR tests in its report, which are currently inaccessible to the majority of British Columbians.

All the weekly numbers shared by the province arepreliminaryandareoftenchangedretroactively.

For instance, last week, the province reported 25 deaths and 181 hospital admissions in the week ending on Oct. 8.

Those numbers have now been revised upwards to 44 deaths and 237 admissions, an increase of 76 per cent and 30.93 per cent respectively.

Wastewater testing at five different treatment plants, representing 50 per cent of B.C.’s population, shows that virus levels have remained relatively stable during the week ending Oct. 15.

initiatives with their time and resources.”

This four-day exhibition runs October 24th through 27th at the Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre, Vancouver. The Opening Reception is on October 25th from 6:45pm to 8:00pm.

“With over 40 Canadian artists taking part in this exhibition, from Uganda, Iraq, Philippines, Malaysia, China, Kenya, Tanzania, Afghanistan, India and Pakistan, there are many stories, perspectives, and expressions to be shared,” says Samji.

“This was the last project he worked on,” explains Zool Meraly, longtime friend of

the late John Halani. “John was a Ugandan Asian who owned hotels on Robson Street, downtown Vancouver for many years. He gave generously with his heart, time, and resources.” He is one of the Ugandan Asians profiled in the exhibition. “As we commemorate 50 years of Ugandan Asian Resettlement in Canada, we acknowledge that the place we now call home is also on unceded lands,” says Samji. “Colonialization has left lasting effects across the globe.”

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New toxic drug alert text system for Fraser Health and Interior Health areas

A new toxic drug alert system has been launched by Fraser Health, Interior Health and the BC Centre for Disease Control.

The system will keep community members informed on toxic drugs and other health alerts circulating in the areas through text messages.

“Text notifications are now sent to subscribers who want timely information about illicit substances and increases in toxic drug poisonings in their region,” said Fraser Health staff, in a release.

Managed by the BC Centre for Disease Control, the new Toxic Drug and Health Alerts System is “rolling out across the province to help prevent toxic drug poisonings and overdose deaths.”

“So many lives have been lost to the toxic drug emergency in Fraser Health and across BC,” says Sheila Malcolmson, Minister of Mental Health and Addictions. “The Toxic Drug and Health Alerts System is one more tool that can save lives, along with the treatment beds, prevention, and harm reduction actions we are expanding with urgency.”

The Toxic Drug and Health Alerts system is also an avenue for people to anonymously submit information such as date and location of drug overdose, a physical description of the drug and packaging, where the substance was purchased, and what it is believed to be.

People who use drugs, community partners, emergency departments, first responders, drug user groups, and the BC Coroners Service all help to inform the alerts.

“The toxicity and unpredictability of the unregulated supply is driving drug poisoning deaths,” said Dr. Alexis Crabtree, with Fraser Health’s public health response team.

“Ultimately, we need a regulated drug supply to reduce deaths. It’s also important that we give people the best information we can about the unregulated supply.”

The text-based alert system is one way people can quickly receive information and alert others in their communities about particularly dangerous substances.”

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Sunny Deol celebrates his birthday

Over 4 decades, Sunny Deol carved a place in audience’s hearts. It goes without saying, that most of his screen image was built on the backbone of numerous, much-loved action films and intense dramas, with one of them being Apne, costarring father Dharmendra and younger brother Bobby Deol. Now, here’s an Apne 2 update...

As per said source’s ‘Apne 2’ update, the Dharmednra, Sunny Deol and Bobby Deol starrer, directed by Anil Sharma, which also sees the inclusion of third-generation Deol, Sunny’s son, Karan Deol to the cast, will go on floors only from early next year as Sunny is currently prepping for some crucial action scenes for Gadar 2 in Manali, and only once

he’s done with the Gadar sequel, can things move ahead with the Apne sequel as both him and Anil Sharma are a part of both. Earlier, Anil Sharma had exclusively opened up on the Apne 2 plot to BollywoodLife, revealing, “This is a kind of film that’ll only be made once because Dharamji (Dharmendra), Sunny Deol, Bobby Deol and Karan Deol all are in it – it has the entire Deol legacy. It’s the first time I’ll be working with all of them together, so the movie cannot be rushed. It’s going to be a completely different story, it revolves around the same family, but is centred on what happens next in their lives (after the first film).”

So, there you have it: The latest on Apne 2 along with a little extra by way of the outline of its plot.

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Rajinder Kumar

Rajendra Kumar Tuli was born in Punjabi Khatri family in Sialkot (now in Punjab, Pakistan). His grandfather was a successful military contractor and his father had a textile business in Karachi. During the partition in 1947, the family had to leave all the land and property behind and move to India. When they came to Bombay, Kumar decided to try his luck in the Hindi film industry. He never wanted to be a hero and took up work with director H. S. Rawail as an assistant. For nearly five years, he worked with Rawail as an assistant in films like Patanga, Sagai, Pocketmaar.

During this time, he made his film debut with a cameo in the 1949 film Patanga, followed by a small role in Kidar Sharma’s 1950 film Jogan, opposite Dilip Kumar and Nargis. It was producer Devendra Goel who noticed Kumar in Jogan and gave him a break in Vachan in 1955. Kumar was paid only fifteen hundred rupees for the film; however, the film was a hit and was Kumar’s first silver jubilee film and he was given a title – ‘A star is Born’. He got further success with his supporting role in Mehboob Khan’s blockbuster epic film Mother India in 1957 in which he played Nargis’s character’s son. His first major success as a romantic leading man was in Amit Saxena’s musical Goonj Uthi Shehnai (1959), co-starring Ameeta.

The 1960s saw Kumar rise to stardom. There were times when he had six or seven films which had run for more than 25 weeks (known in India as a “silver jubilee film”), all running at the cinema at the same time, which rendered him the nickname “Jubilee Kumar”. He starred in many box office hits

including Dhool Ka Phool (1959), Gharana (1961), Dil Ek Mandir (1963), Mere Mehboob (1963), Sangam (1964), Ayee Milan Ki Bela (1964), Arzoo (1965), Suraj (1966), Jhuk Gaya Aasmaan (1968), Talash (1969) and Ganwaar (1970). He received the Filmfare Nomination for Best Actor for Dil Ek Mandir (1963), Ayee Milan Ki Bela (1964), Arzoo (1965), and as Best Supporting Actor for Sangam (1964). He also starred in K. Asif’s incomplete film Sasta Khoon Mehanga Paani co- starring Saira Banu. His brother Naresh Kumar directed him in films like Gora Aur Kala (1972) and Do Jasoos (1975).

Rajinder Kumar acted in film Mother India (1957) with Sunil Dutt and Nargis where Sunil Dutt and Rajendra Kumar played sons of Nargis. He had a special relationship with Dutt and used to actively participate in campaigning for him, whenever the latter used to contest for elections. Dutt quoted as having said that “Even though Rajendra Kumar did not win any award throughout his career, he was one of the most genuine human beings I have ever encountered. When I was struggling with the troubles related to the arrest of my son Sanjay Dutt and my house was repeatedly being searched by means of numerous police raids, Rajendra Kumar was the one who came to my rescue by staying at my house and ensuring that raids were conducted using due procedures, false evidences were not planted in the house and valuables were not stolen.” Kumar was best friends with Raj Kapoor, so much so that his son Kumar Gaurav was engaged to the latter’s daughter, Reema. However, their friendship fell apart after their children broke

She started her year with a bang with A Thursday and Dasvi. Yami’s career graph is soaring high.

Meanwhile, the actress has interesting films in her kitty including, Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury’s Lost, Amit Rai’s OMG 2, Aditya Dhar Dhoom Dhaam, and another one which will soon be announced. Yami mentioned that Lost will probably be her next release. “It’s an investigative-drama with an undertone of an emotionalthriller. It has a very realistic tone, a lot of human-drama, nothing pretentious - it is what it is in today’s time. I play a crime beat journalist in it, and in its own subtle way it touches about media integrity in today’s time. So you can take it literally or metaphorically, there is something which is lost, there is someone who is lost. I’m so excited for a film like that. I am very proud of it,” disclosed the actress.

Yami mentioned that she had a great time while shooting for Oh My God 2 with her co-stars. For Akshay she shared “He is a very good producer also, and someone who is very passionate about this film. When

I was given the narration I could feel that he really wants to make it with the right team. Of course, whatever chance I got to work with Pankaj Tripathi also, such a fantastic actor. With the new writing, there is another perspective which is very relevant, talked about, yet not talked about. So that will be interesting to see,” Yami concluded.

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Diwali Tohfe Wali

Diwali is almost here and the celebrations have begun in tinseltown with parties thrown by biggies in the industry.

But will be surprised to know that some of the top stars like Shah Rukh Khan and names such as Karan Johar won’t be throwing parties this year.

Diwali parties are getting celebrated and attended with gusto because the two year long pandemic didn’t allow for full fledged gatherings. So now there’s a renewed enthusiasm for them and already we have seen a party thrown by Ayushmann Khurrana and Tahira Kashyap. It was attended by Huma Qureshi, Ali Fazal, Richa Chadha, Nushrratt Bharucha, Rajkummar Rao, and Taapsee Pannu. Ananya Panday, and Karan Johar also stopped by. But it looks like the Diwali lights will be a little dim this year since the biggest names will be keeping out of it.

As per a report by Pinkvilla, Karan Johan

and Shahrukh Khan won’t be hosting any parties. This is because Karan Johar’s house is currently under construction. But you need not fret, you will see your favourite celebrities out and about as Diwali bashes will be thrown by others.

There’s expectation that Manish Malhotra and Shilpa Shetty will throw a Diwali bash which will be attended by stars like Arjun Kapoor, Karan Johar, and Kareena Kapoor Khan. Ramesh Taurani is also expected to throw a party. Katrina Kaif, Vicky Kaushal, Ranbir Kapoor, and Salman Khan are expected to show up there. It remains to be seen what these stars will wear to the Diwali parties.

Bollywood has a lot of releases left for the tail-end of this year. This includes Akshay Kumar’s Ram Setu, Ajay Devgn’s Thank God, Ranveer Singh’s Cirkus, and more. What movies are you most excited to see? Let us know.

Hema celebrates her birthday with Dharmendra

The Dream Girl of Bollywood, Hema Malini is celebrating her 74th birthday today. She became popularly known as Dream Girl after she was tagged as ‘Raj Kapoor’s Dream Girl’ after Sapno Ka Saudagar was released in 1968. The name soon caught on and became synonymous with her and she even appeared in a movie titled Dream Girl starring Dharmendra. She is an actress, dancer, producer, and politician.

Today, on the special occasion of her birthday, the actress treated fans to a couple of special pictures as she marked the day with her husband and veteran actor Dharmendra.

Taking to Twitter the Satte Pe Satta actress shared a couple of beautiful pictures of herself

as she celebrated her big day with Dharmendra.

Hema looked stunning as she donned a beautiful pink floral print saree and completed her look with gold jewellery, and subtle make up. She posed with Dharmendra who complimented his wife in a peach shirt and brown pants.

The happy couple posed for memorable pictures on the occasion of the actress’ birthday and seemed delighted.

Along with the pictures, Hema Malini also penned a sweet birthday note to mark her bond with her hubby. She wrote, “Always feel blessed with Dharam ji beside me on my birthday Our love and special bond only get strengthened each year.”

SRK was perfect for ‘Pardes’

Shah Rukh Khan and Mahima Chaudhry’s Pardes was released in 1997. In a recent interview, director Subhash Ghai recalled the hurdles he faced while casting for the film, which also marked Mahima’s Bollywood debut. Subhash Ghai’s film Pardes completed 25 years in August this year. The filmmaker launched Mahima Chaudhry with the movie that featured Shah Rukh Khan in the lead role. In a recent interview, Subhash recalled the time, when

he had to face several hurdles while making Pardes. Recently, Subhash had revealed that he had first narrated the script of Pardes to Madhuri Dixit, and the actor had even liked it. However, it was newcomer Mahima, who eventually bagged the part. In a new interview, Subhash said the distributors of Pardes wanted him to cast ‘bigger names’ instead of Mahima and Apoorva Agnihotri, who played Ganga and Rajiv, respectively in the 1997

In the latest episode of Bigg Boss 16, Tina Datta and Shalin Bhanot patch up after their big fight. It all happens when Tina is summoned to the confession room by Bigg Boss. She is informed that her pet is not keeping well in the last 24 hours.

Tina breaks down and Shalin notices this. Tina confesses this to him after he requests her. Though initially they don’t open up, Shalin somehow tries to pacify her. Shalin promises to be with her. Later, Bigg Boss calls them inside and asks about their recent development.

Bigg Boss wishes to know how they became friends again. He tells them not to worry as he wants to clear his confusion and tells, “I want to know yeh hriday parivartan kaise hua?” Tina tells Bigg Boss that Shalin annoys her a lot.

The two start to crib, however, Bigg Boss tells them that he took the initiative to patch

them up. He says, “Though it is a personal matter, keeping in mind human emotions since Tina’s pet is not keeping well, I thought of intervening.” Tina shares that if there is friendship, the priorities shouldn’t change.

Shalin and Tina decide to let bygones be bygones and not discuss it again. Bigg Boss still wants to know if they have patched up for real.

Suddenly, Tina gets up and shows a ring on her finger (suggesting Shalin gave it to her as a mark of their friendship). Tina runs away showing the ring and blushes.Gori Nagori notices a ring on Tina’s finger and asks about it. Later, she asks Shalin about one of his rings is missing. As Gori leaves, Tina tells Shalin that she has noticed it.

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Toronto has the largest gap between rent prices and mortgage payments in Canada

Should you rent or should you buy?

The age-old debate never seems to have a clear victor, especially when you factor in inflation, interest rates, and your location.

A new report by Zoocasa, with data from TorontoRentals.com, Zumper.com, RateHub.ca and Rentals.ca found that Toronto has the largest gap between rent prices and mortage payments.

Calculations reveal that, while the average rental price for a one-bedroom rental unit in Toronto is $2,303, average monthly mortgage payments in the city stand at $3,335, which means a 44.81 per cent price difference to own.

Rental prices have managed to grow by 21 per cent year-over-year in Toronto, according to data from TorontoRentals. com. On the other hand, home prices across the GTA have dropped following price peaks in early 2022.

Other Canadian cities with considerable gaps between rental prices and average monthly mortgage payments include

Oshawa, Barrie, Missisauga, and Hamilton.

However, in other Canadian cities, buying is still considered a more costeffective option, with average monthly mortgage payments being less expensive than rental prices in Calgary, Winnipeg, Edmonton and Saskatoon.

According to Zoocasa, “interest rate hikes impact rental and housing markets differently. For rental units, interest rate hikes drive the price up, whereas in the real estate market, it puts downward pressure on the cost of homes.”

While choosing to rent or buy may be a difficult decision, it’s worthwhile to consult a qualified agent in order to get the best bang for your buck amidst inflation and rising interest rates.

This $1.8 million Toronto home has been on and off the market for years and just won’t sell

Burnaby co-op wins $2M lawsuit against bank

A Burnaby co-op defrauded by its former president of more than $2 million has successfully sued the bank that let her deposit bogus co-op cheques into her personal account for five years.

Lillian Cameron was a long-time resident of the Halston Hills Housing Co-op on Horne Street and its president from 2008 to 2016, according to facts presented in court in 2020.

In November 2016, she walked into the Burnaby RCMP detachment and announced she was turning herself in for stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from her co-op.

Her bank had told her it was launching an investigation into large sums of money deposited into her account by cheque, she said, and she knew the jig was up.

Cameron initially claimed she had stolen only about $500,000 over an 18-month period and lost all the money gambling.

But a police investigation eventually revealed Cameron had stolen $2,054,228.68 over about five years by writing out coop cheques to various contractors based on fake invoices and then depositing the cheques in her own account.

After pleading guilty to fraud, Cameron was sentenced in January 2020 to three years and nine months in prison

and ordered to pay back the money.

The co-op then went after Cameron’s bank, the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, arguing CIBC was liable for the $2 million.

“Where a collecting bank pays out on a forged endorsement, it will be liable for conversion,” B.C. Supreme Court Justice Peter Edelmann explained in a ruling Monday.

Edelmann said “the overarching question” before him was “which innocent party, CIBC or Halston Hills, will bear the loss for Ms. Cameron’s fraud.”

CIBC argued Cameron had been the “guiding mind” of Halston Hills during the relevant period, and the fraud should therefore be attributed to the co-op.

The bank also argued some of the Halston Hills claims should be timebarred under the Limitations Act.

Edelmann disagreed. He concluded Cameron hadn’t been the guiding mind of the co-op while she was writing the fraudulent cheques, and no part of the coop’s claims were time-barred. “Although Ms. Cameron had various duties and responsibilities in her role as president, including in part the co-ordination and payment of repair and maintenance work at the co-op, the evidence does not establish that she had unfettered decisionmaking authority,” Edelmann wrote.

Real estate Canada’s biggest housing markets are bubbles, why aren’t they popping?

a Swiss bank’s annual ranking put Toronto No. 1 and Vancouver No. 6 on its list of the world’s ‘bubbliest’ housing markets. And although both cities have seen declines in home prices this year, the dips do not even come close to erasing the gains made during the pandemic. Still, it’s hard to say with certainty that this is a bubble, and we may not know for sure until it pops.

Ari Altstedter is a reporter at Bloomberg

News, who covers — among other things — the Canadian real estate market. He joins us to discuss the bubble rankings, and break down what they actually say about the state of Canada’s hottest property markets. “If home values decline far enough, fast enough, some people may find that the market value of their home is less than their mortgage,” he said.

So what does a popped housing bubble actually look like in cities with limited supply? What would it do to homeowners who have their life savings in their property? And what would it mean to those who for whom home ownership in these cities feels entirely out of reach?

Growth in Calgary housing starts a good sign for the economy, say industry experts

Housing starts in Calgary have increased by about 20 per cent since the beginning of the year, according to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation’s latest report, and industry experts say it’s a good sign for the economy.

The Housing Supply report for Canadian metropolitan areas released this month found that Calgary saw a higher number of housing starts for all types of homes compared with the first half of 2021.

Single-detached starts increased by 12 per cent in that time period, with most occurring in new developments closer to the city’s edge, with the highest concentration near Skyview

Ranch and Saddle Ridge in the northeast.

Single-detached starts grew similarly in the city’s southeast, where inventories of completed and unsold homes reflect a sustained demand for housing as inventories fell to levels last seen in early 2015.

Apartment starts show the most significant growth, with construction up by almost 30 per cent and taking up a higher-thanaverage share of total new construction.

“This is pretty interesting because all these apartment starts are essentially what we normally see in hotter times in Alberta when you compare it to 2014,” said senior analyst Michael Mak.

Canadian home prices tumbled in September from August, posting the largest monthly decline since the index was launched in 1999, while year-over-year price gains continued to slow, Teranet–National Bank National Composite House Price data showed on Thursday.

The index, which tracks repeat

Canada’s inflation rate came in stronger than expected in September despite lower gasoline prices, with stickier underlying pressures likely to keep the Bank of Canada on an aggressive rate-hiking path.

The consumer price index was up 6.9 per cent from a year ago, higher than economist predictions for a 6.7 per cent gain, Statistics Canada reported Wednesday in Ottawa. During the month of September, prices rose 0.1 per cent versus expectations for a 0.1 per cent decline.

The data caused traders to shift bets toward a larger rate hike next week, with markets now pricing in a 60 per cent chance of a 75-basis-point increase from the Bank of Canada. That would take the benchmark overnight lending rate to 4 per cent, where it hasn’t been since early 2008.

“Underlying inflation remains extremely persistent and sticky at above 5 per cent,” Bank of Montreal Chief Economist Doug Porter said in a note to investors. “Combined with the BoC’s recent tough rhetoric, the recent weakness in the Canadian dollar, and the

sales of single-family homes in major Canadian markets, showed prices dropped a record 3.1 per cent in September from August, led by sharp declines in Toronto and Hamilton, Ontario.

The major market index is now 7.0 per cent below the May peak, with

Hamilton down 13.5 per cent and Toronto down 11.1 per cent. Calgary and Edmonton, Alberta, by contrast, both hit fresh index highs in August.

Prices are still higher than a year ago, up 6.0 per cent from September 2021, but gains are slowing. The Teranet index tracks closings, so it typically lags realtor

Canada inflation eases to 6.9% in September

strong likelihood that the Fed hikes by 75 bps at the next FOMC, we are now expecting a like-sized 75 bp hike next week from the bank.”

Bond fell, with benchmark Canada twoyear debt yielding 4.125 per cent as of 9:06 a.m. in Toronto, nearly 7 basis points higher than before the release. Five-year and 10-year yields also rose. The loonie strengthened, paring losses from earlier in the morning to trade at $1.377 per U.S. dollar.

So-called core inflation -- which excludes more volatile prices to generate a better gauge of underlying pressures -- remained elevated. The average of the Bank of Canada’s three core measures was 5.3 per cent, matching a revised number for August.

What Bloomberg Economics Says...

“A smaller-than-expected deceleration in consumer prices raises the odds of a 75-basis-

point hike at the Bank of Canada’s Oct. 26 decision, compared to the consensus and our view ahead of the release for a 50-bp move. Yet the larger move isn’t a slam dunk, as core measures of inflation were stable and surging mortgage costs -- one driver of the sturdy reading -are a function of the BoC’s own hikes.”

-- Andrew Husby, economist

Before Wednesday’s report, traders were fully pricing in a 50-basis-point

sales data by three to five months.

A for sale sign is shown in front of west-end Toronto homes Sunday, April 9, 2017. The Canadian Real Estate Association is cutting its forecast for home sales this year and lowering its expectations for price growth.

interest rate increase at the Oct. 26 decision. Governor Tiff Macklem and his officials have already increased borrowing costs by three percentage points since March, bringing the overnight rate to 3.25 per cent.

“The Bank of Canada has clearly not slayed the inflation dragon yet, and is therefore set for another large increase in interest rates,” Karyne Charbonneau, an economist at Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, said in a report to investors.

While Canadians got some reprieve at the gas pump, the data show they continued to feel the pinch when filling their fridge. Rising prices for food -- including meat, bakery products and vegetables -- highlight how weakness in the Canadian dollar complicates the outlook for inflation.

Prices for food purchased from stores grew 11.4 per cent, the fastest year-overyear pace since August 1981. Those prices have been increasing at a faster rate than overall inflation for 10 consecutive months.

Mortgage interest costs continued to put pressure on inflation in September as Canadians renewed or initiated loans

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Home prices tumble in September, posting largest monthly drop since index launched in 1999

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India fines Google $162 million for anti-competitive practices on Android

India’s competition regulator fined Google $161.9 million on Thursday for anti-competitive practices related to Android mobile devices in “multiple markets” in a major setback for the search giant in the key overseas nation where it has poured billions of dollars over the past decade.

The Competition Commission of India, which began investigating Google three and a half years ago after a complaint from two junior associates and a law school student, said in a press release that Google requiring device manufacturers to pre-install its entire Google Mobile Suite and mandating prominent placement of those apps “amounts to imposition of unfair condition on the device manufacturers” and thus was in “contravention of the provisions of Section 4(2)(a)(i) of the Act.”

India is Google’s largest market by users. Google’s Android operating

system powers 97% of the country’s 600 million smartphones, according to research firm Counterpoint.

Google in 2020 pledged to invest $10 billion in the South Asian market over the coming years. It has already financed up to $5.5 billion in the local telecom giants Jio Platforms and Airtel.

The competition regulator’s handling of the much-anticipated report itself earned headlines last year after a draft of its findings was sourced and reported by the press. In response, Google moved to sue the regulator in court over the leak of the report and protested against “the breach of confidence,” which it said impairs its ability to “defend itself and harms Google and its partners.”

In its statement on Thursday, the regulator said it also found the following in its investigation: Google has perpetuated its dominant position in the online

search market resulting in denial of market access for competing search apps in contravention of Section 4(2)(c) of the Act.

Google has leveraged its dominant position in the app store market for Android OS to protect its position in online general search in contravention of Section 4(2)(e) of the Act.

What does the letter ‘A’ stand for? In this week’s political alphabet, ‘A’ is for AAP, ‘A’ is for ‘arrest’, ‘A’ is for ‘Accused No.1’ in what news channels call Delhi’s ‘Liquor Gate’. ‘A’ is also for AAP’s ‘argument’ which several TV anchors said the BJP government had ‘amplified’ with the CBI interrogation of Manish Sisodia.

It wasn’t just the BJP and the Centre, though, that had ‘amplified’ AAP’s message.

Television news channels extended a helping hand too by their wall-to-wall coverage of Sisodia’s cavalcade to CBI headquarters in Delhi, Monday morning. This provided the party with a chance to stage a ‘spectacle’ (India Today) — one that the Republic TV reporter said could be watched “all over the country”.

Indeed, AAP’s ability to “convert a crisis into opportunity” (India Today), to “project” itself as the victim of a “political vendetta”

(Zee Hindustan)—and liken Sisodia to Mahatma Gandhi or Bhagat Singh—has been the hallmark of the entire sequence of events since Delhi’s Lieutenant Governor

Vinai Kumar Saxena ordered a probe into allegations of corruption in Delhi’s nowwithdrawn liquor excise policy this July.

And maybe, just maybe, the AAP would like to say a big thank you to the media, but in particular to TV news channels for being its advertising, “event management” consultant (Zee News)?

Do note that channels devoted themselves for over two hours to Sisodia’s progression from his home to Rajghat and then onto the CBI’s office.

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being held after 22 years was almost ignored barring for the Gandhis’ voting.

Like the BJP, AAP knows that the media is its best ally. Consider the Sisodia-CBI episode. On Sunday, Delhi’s deputy chief minister let the word out that he had been summoned by the investigative agency. Immediately, AAP leaders took to social media to denounce the move. More importantly, they liberally gave quotable quotes which built on the “narrative” (NDTV India) that Sisodia would soon be “arrested”.

Again and again, all the leaders from Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal downwards, spread the word of an imminent arrest. That Sisodia has not been arrested so far doesn’t bother AAP in the least — what matters is

that they have planted the idea in the public’s mind. ‘Abki baar, Manish Sisodia giraftaar?’ asked ABP News. “The perception is that this is political,” declared News 24 anchor.

Come Monday morning and the drama commenced: “Accused No. 1 to be grilled,” announced Republic TV. First up, we saw visuals on all channels of Sisodia wearing Bhagat Singh’s colours, at home, receiving aashirvaad from his family; next, he was standing tall in his car with hands folded, as it headed towards Rajghat—M.K. Gandhi’s memorial. A bike rally and “hundreds and hundreds” (Times Now) of AAP workers sprinted along: “I am with the car,” gasped India Today’s reporter. “This is a mega show of strength… this was pre-planned…”

Well, since AAP has been anticipating Sisodia’s interrogation since July, it had loads of time to ‘plan’ and convert this into a media event. “Grand felicitation for Accused No. 1” was Republic TV’s description. “This looks like an election campaign,” said NDTV India. “(Sisodia’s) body language is very confident,” said Zee Hindustan.

Sisodia obliged his supporters — and the media — with a speech in which he said he was not scared, that this was the second fight for freedom and threw in names of Gandhi and Bhagat Singh, for good measure. He insisted the interrogation had been planned because the BJP was

Rupee plunges 61 paise to dip below 83-mark for first time against dollar

The rupee plunged 61 paise to decline below the 83-mark for the first time against the US dollar on Wednesday amid unabated foreign capital outflows and a strong dollar in the overseas markets. Besides, rising crude prices in the international markets and risk-averse sentiment among investors weighed on the local currency, traders said.

At the interbank foreign exchange market, the local currency opened strong at 82.32 but later pared gains to settle at an all-time low of 83.01(provisional) against the American currency, down 61 paise over its previous close.

In the previous session on Tuesday, the rupee slipped 10 paise to end at 82.40 against the dollar.

Meanwhile, the dollar index, which gauges the greenback’s strength against a basket of six currencies, advanced 0.31 per cent to 112.48.

On the domestic equity market front, the 30-share BSE sensex gained 146.59 points or 0.25 per cent to end at 59,107.19, while the broader NSE Nifty advanced 25.30 points or 0.14 per cent to 17,512.25.

Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) remained net sellers in the capital markets as they offloaded shares worth Rs 153.40 crore on Tuesday, according to exchange data.

AAP won the perception war against BJP on Sisodia-CBI episode

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday expressed confidence that aeroplanes will soon be manufactured in Gujarat and their spare parts will be made at Rajkot in the state .

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday expressed confidence that aeroplanes will soon be manufactured in Gujarat and their spare parts will be made at Rajkot in the state.

He was addressing a gathering in the Race Course area of Rajkot city after launching a host of projects, including houses for the economically weaker sections.

Modi is on a two-day visit to his

home state Gujarat, where Assembly elections are due by December end.

Praising the engineering industry in Rajkot district during his address, Modi said, “Aeroplanes will be manufactured in Gujarat soon and their spare parts will be made in Rajkot.”

Some leaders built bungalows for themselves after coming into politics, but did not do anything for the poor, he said without mentioning anyone.

“They came into politics and built their bungalows, but never thought of improving the conditions of those living in slums. I have taken up the work of building houses for the poor” he said.

Central government relaxes LTC guidelines for employees

The central government has extended the grant of one additional home town Leave Travel Concession (LTC) conversion to fresh recruits to visit by air to the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir (J&K). The central government has changed the region from just J&K to North East region, UT of J&K, UT of Ladakh Andaman & Nicobar. In March 2020, center had granted an additional home town LTC conversion for fresh recruits that ended on 25th September 2022. The LTC relaxation will now remain effective from 26th September 2022 to 25th September 2024. The Establishment department at Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) under the Ministry

of Personnel has already issued Office Memorandum (OM) in this regard.

Issuing the OM about LTC relaxation for fresh central government employees, the Establishment department at DoPT said, “The undersigned is directed to refer to this Department’s OM dated 08.10.2020 regarding relaxation to travel by air to visit North East Region, Jammu & Kashmir, and Andaman & Nicobar, and to say that in relaxation to CCS (LTC) Rules, 1988, the scheme allowing Government servants to travel by air to North East Region (NER), Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), Union Territory of Ladakh and Union Territory of Andaman & Nicobar

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President appoints Justice DY Chandrachud as 50th Chief Justice of India

The President of India appointed Justice Dhananjaya Yeshwant Chandrachud as the Chief Justice of India (CJI) with effect from November 9 this year. He will take over as the 50th CJI after incumbent CJI U U Lalit retires.

The outgoing CJI had recommended Justice Chadrachud’s name to take the reins of the judiciary on October 11. Justice Chandrachud will have a term of over two years until November 10, 2024.

“In the exercise of powers conferred by clause (2) of Article 124 of the Constitution of India, the President is pleased to appoint Dr Justice D Y Chandrachud, Judge of the Supreme Court (SC), to be the CJI with effect from

November 9, 2022,” read the notification issued by the Ministry of Law and Justice.

Lauded as a feminist judge for his reasoning, Justice Chandrachud spoke to young law graduates recently and told them to incorporate a feminist way of thinking while dealing with the law.

On September 7, he said that the Constitution Bench headed by him will be a ‘green Bench’ and asked lawyers not to submit any papers or physical documents.

He completed his Bachelors with Honours in Economics from St Stephen’s College and then moved on to complete his LLB from Campus Law Centre, Delhi University. He then obtained his LLM degree and a Doctorate in Juridical Sciences (SJD) from Harvard Law School.

Amid Diwali celebrations PM Modi handovers 75,000 job letters

Amid the gloomy reports of job cuts & retrenchments by some top IT companies, Prime Minister is set to make Diwali special for as many as 75,000 youths and their families, as he will ‘gift’ jobs to them, days ahead of the festival of lights.

This Saturday, PM Modi will connect with 75,0000 newly inducted recruits via video conferencing and hand over

appointment letters for jobs in various ministries & government departments. The move comes as part of government’s momentous drive to infuse fresh energy in various govt departments by recruiting over 10 lakh personnel over next few years. Under the Rozgar Mela, to be inaugurated by Prime Minister on October 22, a target has been set to recruit 10 lakh employees.

Leaked audio adds fresh twist to Jayalalithaa’s death

Following the presentation of the Arumughaswamy Commission’s findings to the state assembly earlier this week, a leaked audio tape purported to be of former Tamil Nadu chief minister Jayalalithaa went viral.

In the tape, Jayalalitha can be heard becoming agitated, coughing up air, and moaning while a staff worker tries to record data. In a similar manner, a video of doctor Richard Beale from 2017 after his press conference in Chennai has also gained prominence.

In the video, Richard Beale can be heard saying that the first balance was difficult. Sasikala questioned whether Jayalalithaa

needed to travel overseas. They agreed when the doctor told she had to leave. Later on however, Jayalalithaa decided against receiving medical treatment abroad.

Minister, offered prayers at the Lord Venkateswara temple on Thursday. She was given a ceremonial welcome at the main temple by Chairman Y.V. Subba Reddy, Executive Officer A.V. Dharma..

Buggana Rajendranath reacts on Pawan Kalyan’s comments

Two Telugu states are experiencing political chaos as a result of recent comments made by Pawan Kalyan, the chief of the Jana Sena party, in Vijayawada.

Challenges for Congress as a new chief takes over

Given the state of the Congress, it is fighting nothing short of a battle for survival. If one were to take a slightly long-term view of the Congress’s political performance, one can argue that Kharge’s challenge is to solve a problem which, in many ways, Sonia and Rahul Gandhi could not resolve during their terms as the Congress president. Mallikarjun Kharge is now officially the president of the Indian National Congress. In the normal course, he will have a three-year term . What is the biggest challenge facing Kharge as he takes over the leadership of India’s grand old

party? Given the state of the Congress, it is fighting nothing short of a battle for survival. If one were to take a slightly long-term view of the Congress’s political performance, one can argue that Kharge’s challenge is to solve a problem which, in many ways, Sonia and Rahul Gandhi could not resolve during their terms as the Congress president. Simply speaking, this challenge is to find a new political identity and appeal for the Congress party. Here are three charts which explain this argument in detail.

Historic day for 16-year-old D. Gukesh as he becomes youngest to stun world champion Magnus Carlsen

Indian teenager Donnarumma Gukesh made chess history in the Aimchess Rapid on Sunday evening as he became the youngest player ever to beat Norway’s Magnus Carlsen as world champion.

The 16-year-old’s win was Carlsen’s second loss in two days against one of India’s new crop of talented teenagers in the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour. Carlsen went down on Saturday to 19-year-old Arjun Erigaisi.

“What a monumental day in history,” International Master Jovanka Houska said. “It was just an incredible, incredible performance by Gukesh.”

The key moment in the Round 9 game was after Gukesh played 25.Rc7 in a position that looked good for Carlsen. The champion’s reply 25… Re8? turned out to be a blunder and after 26.Qb6! putting Carlsen’s queen in peril, Gukesh was suddenly winning.

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Chandigarh restaurant told to pay Rs 30,000 for broken tooth

The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Chandigarh, has directed a restaurant at Elante to pay compensation of Rs 30,000 to a city resident after his one tooth was broken due to hard substance found in pasta while eating. The commission also directed the restaurant

to pay Rs 23, 000 the complainant spent on the treatment of his tooth.

Sumit Kumar, a resident of Sector 37, in a complaint filed through advocate Amit Chaudhary, said that he along with his wife visited Boathouse, Elante, to celebrate their wedding anniversary on February 18, 2021,

West & North regions record new COVID-19 cases

The Ministry of Health has recorded nine new cases of COVID-19.

Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong, says four cases were recorded in the Northern Division

and five in the Central Division.

The national 7-day rolling average of cases as of October 16th is one daily case.

There are no COVID-19 deaths to report.

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The dispute between the Punjab government and Governor Banwarilal Purohit over the selection of Dr. Satbir Singh Gosal as vicechancellor of Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) Ludhiana appears to be heating up. CM Mann has sent the governor a letter defending the action after the governor asked that the

Mann-led government dismiss Gosal from the job due to the illegality of his appointment.

CM Mann stated that Dr. Satbir Singh Gosal was appointed in compliance with the Punjab and Haryana AgriculturalUniversityAct1970.

Navjot Singh Sidhu taken to hospital from his jail cell

On his birthday, jailed Congress leader Navjot Sidhu taken to hospital for check-up.

Navjot Sidhu, who is lodged in Patiala Central Jail in road rage case, Thursday He arrived at Rajindra Hospital amid tight security for thorough check-up.

It was Sidhu’s birthday today when he complained of some breathing issues in the jail following which he

was taken to the hospital for a check-up.

Sidhu was sent back to jail late in the evening after his medical check up was completed. He has lost some weight following his strict diet plan.

Meanwhile, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann today tweeted that he will provide ample security to Navjot Sidhu for his hearing in a Ludhiana case. “I have ordered all possible protection to Sidhu for the hearing tomorrow,” he tweeted.

Pakistan

Two-year old girl from Pakistan gets new life at Bangaluru hospital

Two-year-old Amyra Sikandar Khan, daughter of Pakistan cricket commentator Sikandar Bakht, got a new lease of life after she underwent a bone marrow transplant (BMT) for Mucopolysaccharidosis type I (MPS I) at a private hospital in Bengaluru.

The child was saved using the bone marrow of her father at Narayana Health

City. MPSI, is an inherited, autosomal recessive lysosomal storage disorder caused by deficiency in the activity of the enzyme alpha-L-iduronidase. It is a rare condition that has the potential to impact the functioning of multiple organs, including eyes and brain.

With this, as many as 2,000 patients have been treated through BMT at the hospital,

Former PM Imran Khan’s by-elections win made Sharif govt virtually detained to the capital

Imran Khan wins six out of seven National Assembly seats he contested, result observers say it reflects his popularity.

Former PM Imran Khan continued his dominance in electoral streak after being removed from the office in April.

Out of eight Federal Assembly seats Imran up for grabs in by-elections as three each

in KPK (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) and Punjab provinces and two in Karachi, PTI leader Imran Khan contested seven seats and won six.

Since his removal from the office in April, Imran Khan has been holding public rallies against oppostion alliances (PDM), Imran calling its leaderships “corrupt” and “absconders”.

Finance minister says govt may buy oil from Russia

Pakistan is considering buying discounted Russian oil, its finance minister has said, as he sought to allay concerns that the country might need to reschedule its Paris Club debt following devastating floods.

Credit agency Moody’s cut Pakistan’s sovereign rating by one notch on October 6, citing increased liquidity and external vulnerability risks caused by the floods’ economic impact, in a decision strongly contested by the government.

Economists have said Pakistan will have to explore all options to raise and save on its foreign reserves, which have fallen to around one month of imports that consist largely of oil and gas purchases.

Asked if Pakistan might turn to cheap Russian oil, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar told reporters: “We’re definitely considering it. If India is buying oil from Russia, we also have a right [to do so].”

This was stressed by the Director of South Pacific Business Development, Lorraine Seeto, during the awards night event in Suva.

Seeto says SPBD is committed to supporting and growing women’s in business.

“We are all in this together. If one member is successful so can all members. We have very good role models in our SPBD models.”

Ten women micro-entrepreneurs were

acknowledged for their resilience and exemplary achievements during the 11th anniversary of the SPDB awards night.

Hundreds of Fijian women’s business groups and entrepreneurs from around Fiji attended the event.

SPBD Fiji provides training to women so that they are able to venture into the microfinance sector and move out of poverty.

About 7,000 women are part of the various SPBD centers around the country.

Fiji FA plans to build international stadium in Lomolomo

The Fiji Football Association have plans to build an international stadium in Lomolomo, Lautoka.

This has been revealed by Fiji Football Association President Rajesh Patel during a dinner function at the Grand Pacific Hotel where the Association hosted the FIFA General Secretary Fatma Samoura.

Patel says they are almost in a position in acquiring the land in Lomolomo, which will be for their own stadium and sports tourism-type facility.

He says the stadium will be built to accommodate all codes of

football, like futsal and beach soccer.

The Fiji FA President says they will also have accommodation facilities within the stadium, and he also confirms that they would apply for funding from the FIFA Forward Program.

Patel says they will be applying for the FIFA Forward funding to ensure they achieve their goal.

He adds they have also requested a few things from FIFA which is from Legacy Program in Qatar and they are hopeful their project can be successful.

CM Bhagwant Mann writes to Governor to justify Satbir Singh Gosal’s appointment

He made it clear that the PAU board

NDP forces study into rent gouging and corporate landlord greed

NDP Housing Critic Jenny Kwan and NDP Critic for Disability Inclusion, Bonita Zarrillo, issued the following statement:

“Canadian families, people living with a disability and seniors are struggling to find a home they can afford in their own communities.

This is why, on Monday, the NDP proposed a study to look into the financialization of housing that is making it impossible for people to afford their rent or save for a home. While disappointing, we were not surprised to see the Conservatives reject the NDP’s proposal to study the devastating impacts of the financialization of housing and investigate corporate ownership of single-family homes at the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities.

While the proposal was adopted by all the other parties, the Conservatives showed they would rather leave the corporate greed in the housing market unchecked. They are clearly not on the side of Canadians who are doing everything right,

but still struggling to keep a roof over their heads.

Decades of Liberal and Conservative governments have let corporate landlords off the hook for renovicting tenants and jacking up rent. And the current Leader of the Conservatives showed he isn’t interested in going after these corporate landlords who only care about lining their pockets—not making housing more affordable for struggling families.

While Liberals have to be pressured to act to help Canadians, the Conservatives refuse to help Canadians.

New Democrats are fighting for you and your family. We will continue to use our power to pressure the Liberals to deliver homes Canadians can afford.”

For more information, please contact: NDP Media Centre: 613-222-2351 or media@ndp.ca

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Dave is proud to call Surrey his home since 1972. He has raised his family in this beautiful city. Dave went to Queen Elizabeth Secondary, SFU, UBC, Douglas College and BCIT. Dave graduated with Bachelor of Arts in Bus Admin from SFU & Strategic Leadership Certificate from the UBC.

Biography:

Dave was MLA for Surrey Typehead which included Fleetwood, Port Kells, Tynehead, Fraser Heights & Guildford area from May 2001 to May 2013. Dave was also the Parliamentary Secretary for the Multiculturalism and Immigration for BC from 2005 -2011. Dave retired from the Mortgage business at the CIBC Bank & Dominion Lending.

Dave has worked as a businessperson, as a public accountant from 1983 to 1988, as an assistant publisher of the Indo-Canadian Times Newspaper. Dave’s other jobs included working in a restaurant, construction, transportation, forestry, farming, steel

factory, greenhouses, and grocery store.

Some of Dave’s volunteer work include President of the Association of Former MLA’s of BC, Vice-President of BC Cultural Diversity Association, Treasure & Past President of Rotary Club of Surrey, Director and Past President of Surrey Crime Prevention Society, Member of SFU India Advisory Council, Past Chairman of Surrey Board of Trade. Past member of Board of Governor for Kwantlen Polytechnic University,

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Past Director of BC Chamber of Commerce Director, Past Vice-President & Director of Indo-Canadian Business Association and director of many other non-profit organizations.

Dave’s experience includes diverse volunteer work, private sector, working with all levels of Governments, working with diverse multicultural communities. Dave wants to help with issues effecting our community by listening to our community members.Dave has worked closely with the police since 1985. After seeing the hard, dedicated service of the Surrey Police’s team, Dave helped to start the Surrey Police Officer of the Year Awards in 1997 when he was the President of Surrey Board of Trade.

Dave Hayer’s work and community service up to 2013 at the Legislative Assembly Link below: https://www.leg.bc.ca/pages/ bclass-legacy.aspx#/content/legacy/

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Up to the dissolution on April 16, 2013.

MLA: Dave S. Hayer Surrey-Tynehead Elected: 2001,2005,2009

BRITISH COLUMBIA LIBERAL PARTY Dave S. Hayer MLA from May 2001 to May 2013, Dave was first elected to the BC Legislature as MLA for the riding of SurreyTynehead which includes Guildford, Fraser Heights, Fleetwood, Port Kells and Tynehead areas, in the 2001 provincial general election and was re-elected in 2005 and 2009.

Dave served as the Parliamentary Secretary for Multiculturalism and Immigration from 2005 -2011, where he worked closely with the Minister of Science and Universities and the Minister of Regional Economic and Skills Development, which was responsible for the Provincial Nominee Program.

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