Question: Can you tell me a little bit about yourself?
Answer: I live in Port Moody as many people know, but I've been in British Columbia all my life. I'm a mother of three, I have a varied career, I've been an entrepreneur, I've worked for small business, I've worked for large corporations.
Q: You mentioned you're a Port Moody resident. What made you decide to run in Burnaby?
A: Burnaby needed some strong B.C. Conservative candidates to come forward and represent them, and I think every British Columbian needs a representative in Victoria.
Q: Why makes you uniquely qualified to represent this riding?
A: I don't know that anybody's uniquely qualified to represent the riding, I believe that my varied business experience gives me a good perspective on what's important to our employers in the province. ... I think I understand some of the issues that are in Burnaby.
The homeless issue is a huge one. This is not a place people would expect to have a homeless problem, but we do, and it needs serious attention from the provincial government.
Q: What would be your personal priority if elected as an MLA?
A: I believe the economy is vital. People want to restore our social services. Well, you can't restore your social services unless you have tax dollars, and you don't have tax dollars unless people are working, so the economy has to be the first priority.
But after that, our single biggest budget item is health care. It's crucial that we get a new model for health care.
Q: What accomplishment in your life are you most proud of?
A: I actually just got a letter this morning from the Canadian Dermatology Association
congratulating me on winning their annual publication award for a piece of work that I've been working on the last couple of years which is a report on access to medical care for skin patients across the country.
Q: Who is your role model?
A: I don't think I've ever had a role model. Women of my generation really plowed new ground. We went out and did things that women hadn't done before. We knocked down doors and found ourselves in places that we'd never been.
