Candidate: Steve Kooner
Riding: Richmond-Queensborough
Party: Conservative Party
Occupation: Lawyer
Where do you live (city):
Top priorities for Richmond
Make sure that Richmond is an affordable and safe place to raise a family.
Past achievements
Steve Kooner is a well known successful lawyer who has owned his own law firm, Steve Kooner Law Corporation, for over 17 years. Steve prides himself with being a solution oriented problem solving lawyer in the litigation area. Steve has a Bachelor of Arts degree with a Major in Political Science from Simon Fraser University and a Juris Doctor law degree from the University of Calgary. Steve and his law firm have received legal service awards such as Three Best Rated Award and Consumer Choice Award in recent years.
Yes/no questionnaire (candidate can give 150-word answers to three questions)
1. Do you support a provincial carbon tax? NO
2. Do you support Bill 44/47 to increase density in residential areas and near rapid transit?
We will repeal Bill 44 and we will modify bill 47 to build complete communities.
3. Are you committed to keeping SOGI policies in B.C.’s education system? NO
4. Do you support Truth and Reconciliation with B.C.’s Indigenous population? YES
5. Do you support lower taxes for B.C. businesses? YES
6. Should the provincial government do more to protect businesses from vandalism and other crimes? YES
7. Do you think the province should lobby the federal government for bail reform? YES
8. Do you support privatization of health care in B.C.?
NO, we must however explore the use of a mixed model under a single payer public system
9. Should health-care workers who lost their jobs for not being vaccinated be compensated?
They should be re-hired.
10. Do you support a safe supply of drugs for people with a severe substance-use disorder? NO
11. Do you support a safe drug injection/consumption site in Richmond? NO
12. Do you believe in mandatory (involuntary) care for people with a severe substance-use disorder? YES
13. Do you think there should be more supportive housing in Richmond? YES
14. Should the province be building more subsidized housing to combat the housing crisis? DIDN'T ANSWER
15. Should the market be allowed to determine rents? DIDN'T ANSWER
16. Do you support reverting to a bridge plan to replace the George Massey Tunnel? DIDN'T ANSWER
**Editor's note: The News will be publishing profiles of candidates who submitted them before our deadline. They will be published between Monday, Oct. 7 and Thursday, Oct. 10.
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