2017 provincial election ballots are beginning to take shape on the North Shore, with the NDP nominating its candidate for North Vancouver-Lonsdale.
Bowinn Ma, a professional engineer, has been nominated by the NDP to challenge Liberal MLA Naomi Yamamoto for the seat.
Ma said she was prompted to run after seeing the level of poverty in B.C.
“It really broke my heart,” she said. “I see a failure in our inability to support our public education system as part of what contributes to the poverty issue.”
Ma said she can apply her skills as an engineer and project manager to crafting policy.
“I really despise waste – the kind of waste that comes from shortsighted decisions and bad projects – waste of money, waste of time, waste of human potential,” she said. “It upset me so much to see all of these shortsighted policies coming out of the BC Liberal government. ... Eventually it just got to the point where I realized if I felt this strongly about these issues, then I should probably be willing to put myself in a position where I have an opportunity to actually change them.”
Ma said she will campaign on improving public education, housing affordability, transportation problems (especially those on the North Shore) and a greater sense of urgency in reducing climate change.
