Kirk LaPoint. NPA Candidate for Mayor.

Kirk is married with three children.  He is running as the NPA candidate for Mayor of Vancouver.

Despite having a very impressive c. v. behind him now, Kirk was born into poverty of a single mother. His older brother was sent away to relatives because she couldn’t afford to raise two children.  Often they had no food at home, which is why today he supports the feeding of school children.

In a city as wealthy as we are there should be no hungry children.

Children learn better and play sports better when they are not hungry.

We have the technology today to connect adults with children so they can mentor or coach.

We need to change the culture of this city.

We need to compel this city government to open up its information and books.

Our city is very secretive.

Have you tried to read the finances of the city?

It is very confusing and many items are hidden.

We think the city should have to argue for privacy if necessary.  Not the other way round.

Neighborhoods should be consulted.  We need to be seen and heard then better things will happen.

We need to celebrate our bike pathways not contest them.

The NPA built 500 km of bike pathways.

Vision has managed to alienate both bikers and citizens.

We have car homelessness.

The Provence needs to help as can the Feds and the Natives but this Mayor has managed to alienate every level of government so why would they want to talk to him?

With the right overtures we can also involve the Private sector.

We need short-term solutions to our transit problems.

Yes a Sky Train to UBC would be nice but it’s at least 8 years away if we reached agreement now.  We need more busses now.

Property tax should be frozen.

City budgets should be easy to understand.

We are deficit spending by a large amount now, using the capital fund and at this rate we will be spending %10 on debt payments by 2017- 2018.

360 million is being spent on the East End that is not being accountable.

We need a city plan.

The park board is being annoying to this city council.

They think it would be easier to run the parks board themselves.

We need to watch this doesn’t happen.

The speaker was thanked by Bill.