Former Marijuana Party candidate Dana Larsen is the NDP
candidate for West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast-Sea to Sky Country in the next
federal election.
Larsen, who was declared the candidate at a meeting in Roberts
Creek on April 21, said in a release his main priorities will be “fighting for
tough action against climate change, fairness for families struggling with the
high cost of long-term care and tuition fees, and implementation of civil
rights policies that parliamentary committees have advocated.”
“The issues of our coastal communities deserve an MP who will
work hard on the issues that matter to ordinary people,” Larsen, 36, said.
The small business manager, with homes in the Strathcona area
of Vancouver and Roberts Creek, said he was inspired to run by NDP leader Jack
Layton.
“Jack Layton and the NDP are working hard to bring fairness to
average families, and that’s a message that I think really resonates with people
here in the Coast,” said Larsen. “Instead of a $9 billion corporate tax cut,
it’s time the government invested in ordinary people by putting money back into
education and skills training for our children and long-term care for seniors.”
Larsen and his partner, Rebecca, have a nine-year-old daughter.
