XPost: van.general, bc.general   
   From: Panca@nyet.ca   
      
   This is the COPE candidate that is running on a campaign of 'affordable   
   housing' for Vancouver.   
   Maybe she would be wise to look at just WHAT is making Vancouver so   
   unaffordable?   
   Do  you suppose she's up to telling her Chinese countrymen to stay home?   
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   The 53-year-old business woman slash long-time civic activist said Vision has   
   drifted too far from its progressive principals, and cozied too close to real   
   estate developers.   
      
   “Well that’s why I have chosen to run with COPE, because COPE doesn’t   
   accept   
   any money from property developers.  When we get elected in government, we want   
   to actually control corporate donations," said Wong.   
      
   Wong added, her brand of political activism was forged in the country of her   
   birth.   
      
   “I was born in China in Beijing, and lived through the Cultural Revolution   
   as a   
   child, and saw what a government with absolute power can do to its people."   
      
   “After coming to Canada...I’ve been here for over 30 years...I appreciate   
   the   
   grassroots activism.  That’s what makes Canada what it is now."   
      
   "Unfortunately, I think we’re headed in a very different direction."   
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   The Chinese influx is what has given rise to 'developer influence', Ms Wong.   
   And the housing situation is also a direct result of luxury condominiums being   
   built in place of what was once 'affordable housing'.  Meena Wong preaching   
   affordable housing ethics to Vancouver:  the latest definition of irony.   
      
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