OURFUTURE#ELECTION2015 What matters to you? #CANADAVOTES

#CANADAVOTESOCTOBER 19

Canadian voters are on the verge of making a decision that will shape the future of Canada for years to come.

When they go to the polls on October 19, many factors will influence who they choose to lead the country. From the economy to foreign policy, infrastructure to the environment, this is a multi-issue election.

This special supplement presents local and national statistics, highlighting data about economic, health and standard of living indicators – information to be considered when you make your decision on election day.

LOLOLOUISISRRD RDE JAEEGER

Authorized by the official agent for Louis De Jaeger.

Create good jobs by investing in infrastructurewhile interest rates are low.

Cut taxes for the middle class

and raisethem for the

wealthiest 1%.

Invest in affordable housing and

child care to help those working hard to join the middle

class.

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re-elect MARK

STRAHLAuthorized by the Offi cial Agent for Mark Strahl

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TELL US THE ONE THING YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE MP FOR CHILLIWACK-HOPE ACCOMPLISH IF ELECTED ON OCT. 19.

THECANDIDATES

Authorized by the official agent for Louis De Jaeger.

Create good jobs by investing in infrastructurewhile interest rates are low.

Cut taxes for the middle class and raisethem for the wealthiest 1%.

Invest in affordable housing and child care to help those working hard to join the middle class.

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#CHILLIWACKVOTESELECTION2015

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PEOPLESTATS

39.8 MEDIAN AGE IN COMMUNITY

10K TOTAL NUMBER OF IMMIGRANTS

16K MARRIED COUPLES WITH CHILDREN

50K RESIDENTS AGED15 TO 64

COUNTINGHEADS 68,746

1996POPULATION

72,25

2001

79,30

2006

87,63

2011

94,70

2016*

CENSUS YEARS

SOURCE: STATS CANADA

BC STATS (*PROJECTED)

Chair of the BC/Yukon Conservative Caucus since 2012.Current parliamentary secretary to the minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Norther Development. Former member of the House of Com-mons Standing Committee on National Defence, 2011 to 2013.

Incumbent: YesMark StrahlConservative

O’Donnell is a lawyer and political activist who has campaigned on the idea of changing the way voters are represented by their MPs. Instead of following party lines, she has argued voters should reach consensus on an issue in their riding, then instruct their MP how to vote.

Incumbent: NoDorothy-Jean O’DonnellMarxist-Leninist Party of Canada

Currently working on a Master’s degree in Environ-mental Studies, specializing in Climate Change Mitigation at the University of North-ern British Columbia. Holds a Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Stud-ies and a minor in Economics from UNBC.

Incumbent: NoThomas CheneyGreen Party

Owner of Bravo Restaurant in Chilliwack. Board member with the Downtown BIA Board Member, Sto:lo Community Futures Member, Chilliwack Chamber of Commerce Member, The Chilliwack Mt. Cheam Rotary Club

Incumbent: NoLouis De JaegerLiberal

Lifetime resident of Chilliwack, actor and musician.

Incumbent: NoAlexander JohnsonLibertarian

CHILLIWACK HOPE

Professor and department head of adult education at the University of the Fraser Valley. Author of two books: Education and Sustainablity, and Human Rights Education for Families. List of awards includes a Government of Canada award for research on sustainability.

Incumbent: NoSeonaigh MacPhersonNDP

CHILLIWACK HOPE

CRIMERATES

TOTAL CRIMINAL CODE VIOLATIONSINCIDENTS (INCLUDING PROPERTY, VIOLENT AND OTHER CRIMES) REPORTED PER 1,000 POPULATION

99.52013

2012

98.797.12011

JOBSUNEMPLOYMENT

2012

7.5%

2013

6.8%

2014

5.9%

SPOKENWORD

FAMILYINCOME

*2010

MED. $26,035AVRG. $34,587

*INDIVIDUALS

EARNINGLEVELS

$125,000 & OVER 920

$80,000 TO $124,00 5,955$50,000 TO $79,000

11,505

$30,000 TO $49,000 15,055

$5,000 TO $29,00

37,500

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In 2011 long-time Chilliwack Conservative Party incumbent Chuck Strahl chose not to seek re-election. In his place, Mark Stahl earned the party nomination and continued the Conser-vative domination of the riding. He easily beat NDP candidate Gwen O’Mahony (who later was elected MLA for Chilliwack-Hope in a byelection), as well as former Chilliwack city councillor, Diane Janzen, who ran as a Liberal. The riding has since been redrawn and is now “Chilliwack-Hope.”

2011ELECTIONRESULTS

11%26%

LIB

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ND

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57%

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59%

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5.5%

MARLENE NOBLEI would like to see a government that thought a little about the seniors living on a fixed income. Most have worked hard for Canada and are now treated like second-class citizens.

JULIE NICHOLLS Homelessness.

MARC GREIDANUS I would like to see our MP fight to restore the environmental protection of our lakes and rivers that was dismantled under the Conservative government.

WAYNE FROESEProtect our Water: all the things that go into pro-tecting and restoring wild salmon in the Fraser and Vedder; protect our aquifer from a risky pipeline running directly over it: re-route it (or reject it); a fully-funded Water Sustainability Act to monitor and preserve our water resources (so corporations don’t extract and pollute while we go without)

WEASKEDWILL YOU VOTE FOR SAME PARTY YOU VOTED FOR IN THE LAST FEDERAL ELECTION?

54%46%NO YES

SOCIAL VOICES

*DECLARED AS OF SEPT. 14

CHILLIWACK - FRASER CANYON

STAVELAKE

CULTUSLAKE

HARRISONLAKE

FLEUVE

FRASER

FRASER

RIVER

CHILLIWACK RIVER

CHEHALIS

RIVER

CHILLIWACKLAKE

SILVERHOPE

CREEK

SKAGIT

RIVER

COQUIHALLA

RI VER

SUMALLO

RIVER

1

9

3

5

OTHELLOROAD

SKOWKALE

KWAWKWAWAPILT 6

SKWAH 4

SOOWAHLIE

14

TZEACHTEN13

CHEAM 1

CHILLIWACK

HOPE

FRASER VALLEY E

FRASER VALLEY B

FRASER VALLEY D

ABBOTSFORD

FRASER VALLEY A

KENT

FRASER VALLEY C

FRASER VALLEY F

FRASER VALLEY G

OKANAGAN-SIMILKAMEEN H

HARRISONHOT SPRINGS

UPPER

SUMAS 6

CHEHALIS 5 FRASER VALLEY

THOMPSON -NICOLA

OKANAGAN-S IMILKAMEEN

PITTMEADOWS—

MAPLERIDGE

ABBOTSFORD

CENTRAL OKANAGANSIMILKAMEEN—NICOL

MISSION—MATSQUI—FRASER CANYON

CH I L L IWACK—HOPE

LANGUAGES:

ENGLISH:

GERMAN:

DUTCH:

FRENCH:

88%

3.2%

1.6%

2%

THIS WEB POLL REFLECTS OPINIONS OF SITE VISITORS WHO VOLUNTARILY PARTICIPATE. RESULTS MAY NOT REPRESENT THE OPINIONS OF THE PUBLIC AS A WHOLE.

The 2011 federal election resulted in a major power shuffle in Ottawa – the incumbents increased their lead while others rose to prominence and relevance, and a once-dynastic party left in defeat, forced to rebuild.

Stephen Harper’s Conservative Party won its third consecutive federal election, this time increasing its seat count to 166 to grab a majority government. The NDP, under the late Jack Layton, surged into the official opposition’s chair with 103 seats – the largest total in the party’s history.

Meanwhile, the Liberal Party tumbled from 77 seats (in 2008) to just 34, and leader Michael Ignatieff left his post after the election. The Bloc Quebecois and Gilles Duceppe – who has returned to his position for 2015 – crashed from 49 seats won in 2008 to just four, losing its official party status.

And the Green Party won its first-ever seat in Ottawa, with party leader Elizabeth May taking her riding in Saanich–Gulf Islands.

ELECTION RESULTS2011

#CANADAVOTESELECTION2015

LIBERAL

ND

P

39.6%166

SEATS

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THECANDIDATES

Thomas MulcairAge: 60 Leader, New Democratic Party

Mulcair was born in Ottawa in 1954 and raised in Quebec – in Hull and Laval – and graduated from Montreal’s McGill University in 1977. Mulcair was elected leader of the NDP in 2012, succeeding the late Jack Layton as the head of Canada’s Official Opposition. Mulcair has been the MP for Outremont (Quebec) since 2007.

Elizabeth MayAge: 61 Leader, Green Party of Canada

Elizabeth May is the leader of the Green Party and the MP for Saan-ich-Gulf Islands in B.C. May became just the party’s second-ever Member of Parliament, winning her riding in the 2011 federal elec-tion (even though she was not invited to that year’s national TV debates). She won the Green Party’s leadership in 2006, replacing Jim Harris.

Justin TrudeauAge:43 Leader, Liberal Party of Canada

Born in Ottawa while his father, Pierre Trudeau, was Prime Minister of Canada, Justin was raised in Montreal and is a graduate of both McGill University and UBC. Before entering politics, he worked as a French and math teacher in Vancouver. He won the riding of Papineau (Quebec) as a Liberal MP in 2008 – a position he still holds. He was named leader of the Liberal Party of Canada in 2013, succeeding Bob Rae.

Stephen Harper Age: 56 Prime Minister – Leader, Conservative Party of Canada

Stephen Harper has been the Prime Minister of Canada since 2006 and the leader of the Conservative Party since 2004. Born in Toron-to, Harper moved to Alberta after high school – first to Edmonton, then to study economics at the University of Calgary. He has been MP of Calgary Southwest since 2002, originally with the Canadian Alliance party, and became the Leader of the Opposition in that year’s election.

Gilles DuceppeAge: 67 Leader, Bloc Quebecois

The oldest leader of Canada’s major federal political parties, Du-ceppe is also the longest-serving leader of the five – he led the Bloc from 1997 to 2011, then re-assumed leadership this year, replacing Mario Beaulieu. Duceppe also served as MP for Laurier–Sainte Marie from 1990 to 2011. He has not yet announced which riding he’ll run for in 2015.

61.4%VOTER

TURNOUT

30.6%103

SEATS

18.9%34

SEATS

6.0%4

SEATS

3.9%1

SEAT

INCOMESTATS

FAMILYINCOME

MEDIAN TOTAL INCOMESOURCE: STATS CANADA

INDIVIDUALINCOME$68,860

2008

$28,920

$68,410

2009

$28,840

$69,860

2010

$29,250

$72,240

2011

$30,180

$74,540

2012

$31,320

5190 CANADATotal crime rate down 21.7% from 2008

1092 CANADATotal violent rate down 18.14% from 2008

7454 BRITISH COLUMBIATotal crime rate down 22.8% from 2008

1262 BRITISH COLUMBIATotal violent rate down 25.7% from 2008

CRIMERATES2013, INCIDENTS PER 100,000 POPULATION. SOURCE: STATS CANADA POLICE

OFFICERS

+21.8%2001 - 2012

CRIMERATES

-26.3%2001 - 2012

%

%

CANADIAN POPULATION

+12.2%2001 - 2012

UNEMPLOYMENTRATESOURCE: STATS CANADA. FROM FEBRUARY OF EACH YEAR.

7.7% 2011

7.5% 2012

7.1% 2013

7.1% 2014

6.8% 2015

CANADA

8.7% 2011

7.1% 2012

6.4% 2013

6.5% 2014

6.8% 2015

BRITISH COLUMBIA

WEALTHGAPSHARE OF WEALTH OWNED BY WEALTHIEST 10%

CANADA 47.9%B.C. 56.2%

CANADA 5.5%B.C. 3.1%

SHARE OF WEALTH OWNED BY POOREST 50%

SOURCE: STATS CANADA

FEDERAL DEBT$692 BILLION

SOURCE: STATS CANADA

IMPORTS EXPORTS

2010 $403,966,700,0002011 $456,612,500,0002012 $463,135,100,0002013 $479,266,200,0002014 $528,794,800,000

EXPORTS

2010 $413,670,000,0002011 $456,044,900,0002012 $474,287,100,0002013 $486,487,400,0002014 $524,241,800,000

IMPORTS

2014-15

31.2%

2013-14

32.3%

2015-16

30.8%

2016-17

29.3%

ACTUAL AND PROJECTED SOURCE: 2015 BUDGET

DEBT-TO-GDP RATIOSOURCE: 2015 BUDGET

BUDGETDEFICIT/SURPLUS

-5.2 BILLION 2013 - 2014

-2.0 BILLION 2014 - 2015

+1.4 BILLION 2015 - 2016

GDP GROWTHCOMPARISIONSSOURCE: 2015 BUDGET

+15.6%+13.5%+11.6%+10.3%+9.1%+5.7%-2.3%

GDP GROWTHGDP GROWTH OF G7 COUNTRIES SINCE END OF RECESSION IN 2009

+7.4%+8.9%+5.1%+6.5%+2.0%+1.1%+0.6%

JOBGROWTHJOB GROWTH OF G7 COUNTRIES OVER THE RECOVERY

2011 12,8292012 27,7782013 29,8882014 37,8842015 +50,000

NUMBER OF USERS IN CANADA AUTHORIZED BY HEALTH CANADA TO POSSESS MEDICAL MARIJUANA

MEDICALMARIJUANA2015 ESTIMATED, SOURCE: HEALTH CANADA

2012

BY COUNTRYSOURCE: STATS CANADA

20131,665

CHINA

760

723

KOREA

151

HUNGARY

1,882

95

ROMANIA

283

39

POLAND

175

37

REFUGEECLAIMANTS2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,3172012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,4692013 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,350

TOP50COUNTRIES

2013 VS 2012

49% REDUCTION

HOUSEHOLDSPENDING

$516SHELTER + FOOD

SOURCE: STATS CANADA. SPENDING PER WEEK.

$382TAXES, INSURANCE, PENSION,

HEALTH + EDUCATION

$298TRANSPORT +

HOUSEHOLD OPERATIONS

$310RECREATION + OTHER

Furnishings, clothing, reading materials, gifts, donations, misc. expenses, tobacco/alcohol, personal care, games of chance

$1508GRAND TOTAL

Equivalent $78,414 per household per year.

34.2%

25.3%

19.8%

20.7%

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busiest summers on record.

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owners, and staff who work together to make Hope great.

Thank you for everything you do and congratulations on surviving

another season!

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