The following are candidates' responses to the following questions: Incumbents only: With School District 43's recent difficulties, which resulted in $13.4 million in cost cutting, and a forensic audit noting lack of control and monitoring resulted in a deficit in 2012/'13, why should anyone vote for you, an incumbent who was on the board when it happened? To non-incumbents only: If you are elected, what issue would you bring to the board's attention? To all: What is your reason for running for school trustee? Also: Do you think there is enough transparency about what goes on in the school district? If not, how would you change it?
Small business owner and school trustee, lives in Port Moody
Deficit issue: "I would suggest because of all the trustees at the table who were listening to the direction from the senior leadership team that a forensic audit wasn't needed because there was no illegal activity had taken place, [I] did a notice of motion to put it out for debate when trustees at the table might not have had that debate."
Why run: "I'm a voice for Port Moody It's your tax dollars and we should keep as much of those dollars in your backyard."
Transparency: "I think we have transparency, any individual group if they have issues might suggest there is not enough, and that's fair. [But the district] received recognition for communication with its Learning, Lands and Neighbourhood [consultation]. It's an example of where we are strong and transparent in getting information out to them [the public]. The same thing during job action, we went through local papers and other ways to get information out to them on a daily basis."
