In by-elections to be held tomorrow, voters in the riding's of
Chilliwack – Hope … and Port Moody – Coquitlam … will go to the polls to
election a new MLA to represent them in the legislature. On the ballot will be the names of John
Martin, and Christine Clarke, for the BC Conservatives.
John Martin, running in Chilliwack – Hope has campaigned hard on a
number of important issues; including the Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR) … the
Carbon Tax … the proposed incineration of Vancouver garbage in the Fraser Valley
… and the (lack of) justice system.
Here are just a few of the comments that have been made by John on
these issues:
“I’m worried that under the Liberals the ALR has become a
plaything for developers and well-connected special interests. Over the last number of years a lot of good
farmland has gone to other uses in Chilliwack or been excluded entirely from
the Agricultural Land Reserve. And it’s not just the economic impact of losing
some of the best farm land in the world, the ALR also helps to preserve the
character of Chilliwack and the upper Fraser Valley.”
John Martin
also responded to a recent Ministry of Agriculture announcement that $7.6 million
will be provided to the BC greenhouse grower industry as a one-time rebate in
2012 of the carbon tax.
