Virginia Austria Bremner, a program coordinator for the World Trade Centre Vancouver, has been tapped as Federal Liberals party’s parliamentary candidate for Vancouver Kingsway.
The mother of two children, Bremner came to Canada at the age of seven and was schooled there before she took a course in mental health. Years later she joined the Premier’s office to provide administrative support and became the first Filipina to work for a provincial premier. She also worked for former Premier Christy Clark during the latter’s term as British Columbia premier.
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Bremner will face the NDP’s Don Davies, considered a formidable opponent. She said she was “running to uplift our community.”
She said that it was time community had its own representative, as per reports from USA Inquirer.
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Criticizing her opponent for allegedly opposing an affordable housing project, she said, “After 14 years, what has he really done for us?,” referring to the current member, NDP MP Don Davies.
She said she was the best person to represent Filipinos in Ottawa pledging her commitment to affordable middle-class housing, education, job security, and health care once elected. (AW)
