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area; investing in public transportation infrastructure will
mean less cars on the road and less air
pollution.
Housing Affordabilitysimilar to Australia and other countries, I
will lobby hard at all 3 levels of
government for laws and/or bylaws that will prevent
non-residents/foreigners from buying multiple
residential properties for investment purposes; simply put,
anyone who purchases a home must reside
in our country! This will result in a dramatic lowering of home
prices in Richmond and Greater
Vancouver, and thus make housing affordable for the average
hardworking, taxpaying Canadian! Nor
do all these empty homes and condos contribute to our community
in any tangible way!
Unilingual (Chinese) SignsSimilar to Richmond Hill, Ontario,
(By-Law 52-09, Section 5.0) I am in favour
of a bylaw to protect and ensure the use of one of our official
languages, English, on all commercial
signs; this will promote unity and inclusion in our community
and make business accessible to all.
Simply put, a lack of English on signs is disrespectful to the
great many of us who do not read Chinese,
including a great many second, third and fourth generation
Chinese Canadians. Nor is it sound business
practiceunless your explicit goal is to cater to a Chinese only
clientele. I, myself, speak 5 languages
but I choose to speak in English as it is our common language
and it serves to unite us rather than
divide us.
Open, democratic education and student activismI wish to be on
record that I salute the great many
university students in Hong Kong who are currently protesting
and fighting to maintain a free and
democratic government; having personally visited Hong Kong many
times, it holds a special place in my
heart and I wish them every success in keeping Hong Kong free!
On a personal note, I, myself, grew up
in a communist one-party state, Hungary, and I decided to move
to Canada in 1974 because I valued
personal freedom and democracy. I have never looked back since
then, and I am now a very proud
Canadian who learned English and integrated into mainstream
society.
No campaign donationsI do not accept any campaign donations as I
do not want to be unduly
influenced by any party, business or affiliation when I will be
elected to City Council November 15 th.You can expect me to be your
voice: a voice for the people and the disenfranchised!
I am happy to see so many young people interested in our local
election and its many issues.
I encourage all of you to ask questions, inform yourselves about
the platforms of the various candidates
and get out and vote! Our community needs your energy!
I TOLD YOU BEFORE AND I WILL TELL YOU AGAIN: IF I CAN GET
ELECTED ON A CAMPAIGN BUDGET OF $200, JUST
IMAGINE WHAT I WILL DO TO KEEP COSTS DOWN WITH THE CITYS
BUDGET!!
VOTE ME IN AND THE OLD ESTABLISHMENT/STATUS QUO AT CITY HALL
WILL NEVER BE THE SAME.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, VOTE FOR ME, JANOS BERGMAN, RUNNING AS AN
INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE FOR
RICHMOND CITY COUNCIL WITH NO POLITICAL OR CORPORATE AFFILIATION
OR FINANCING, ACCEPTING NO
DONATIONS.
YOUR INDEPENDENT C N DI N VOICE, EH?
AUTHORIZED AND SPONSORED BY JANOS BERGMAN, CANDIDATE AND
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