[Mike & Jean]

Attention FEAT Members living in the Whistler area and the Sunshine Coast:

Whistler: All candidates Meeting on Thursday, January 19th @ 6:00 p.m. at the Whistler Secondary School, in the multi-purpose room.

Take photocopies of the survey results which will be published in the Whistler Question paper on January 19th. Hand them out to people as they enter the meeting.

Roberts Creek: All candidates meeting on Friday, January 20th at the Roberts Creek Community Centre @ 7:00 p.m.

Once again, take photocopies of our survey results which will be published in the Coast paper of Friday, January 20th. Hand them out to people as they go in.

As a reminder: The results were as follows:

YES:
Blair Wilson Liberal
Silvaine Zimmerman, Green

NO:
John Weston, Conservative
Judith Wilson, NDP

We would strongly encourage members living in these areas to get out to these meetings, take your friends.

If you would like help crafting a question to ask the candidates during the question/answer part the meeting, please contact me at jean.lewis@telus.net

Jean

[Mike & Jean]

All Candidates Meetings for New Westminster-Coquitlam and Burnaby-New Westminster ridings.

Further to my last post, the All Candidates Meetings for the above ridings are:

New Westminster-Coquitlam:

Monday, January 16th @ 6:30 p.m. at the Burr Theatre, 530 Columbia St. New Westminster
The candidates will be: Dawn Black NDP
Joyce Murray Liberal
Paul Forseth Conservative

Burnaby New Westminster:

Tuesday, January 17th @ 6:30 p.m. at the Burr
Theatre, 530 Columbia St. New Westminster
The Candidates: Peter Julian NDP
Mary Pynenburg Liberal
Marc Dalton Conservative

Get your ads., get your questions and get your friends out to these meetings!

Jean

[Mike & Jean]

Attention all FEAT members who live in:

Burnaby Douglas
Burnaby New Westminster
New Westminster Coquitlam

FEAT ads. identifying candidates in those ridings who have committed to giving active unqualified support to the passage of legislation which will ammend the Canada Health Act to include ABA/IBI treatment have been listed in the following community newspapers this weekend.

Burnaby NOW – Jan. 14th
Coquitlam NOW – Jan. 13th
New Westminster Record – Jan. 14th

Please photocopy these ads. and distribute them at All Candidates Meetings.

Anyone living in those ridings:Please post when and where on this board!

To review:

YES:
Bill Siksay, NDP, Burnaby-Douglas
Peter Julian, NDP, Burnaby-New Westminster
Dawn Black, NDP, New Westminster-Coquitlam
Bill Cunningham, Lib., Burnaby-Douglas
Mary Pynenburg, Lib., Burnaby-New Westminster
George Drazenovic, Conservative, Burnaby-Douglas

NO:
Joyce Murray, Lib. New Westminster-Coquitlam
Paul Forseth, Conservative, New Westminster-Coquitlam
Marc Dalton, Conservative, Burnaby-New Westminster

Make sure all your friends, family and anyone else committed to ending the discrimination against our children are made aware of how these candidates' responses prior to election day.

Get out to the All Candidates Meetings in your riding! Hand out copies of the ads.! Make your voice and the voices of our children heard – loud and clear!

Contact me at jean.lewis@telus.net if you need more info.

Jean

[Mike & Jean]

Attention all FEAT members in North Vancouver and West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast!

Check-out page 20 of today's (Sunday, Jan. 15th) North Shore News. The FEAT ad. identifying the candidates who have committed to giving active unqualifed support to legislation which will ammend the Canada Health Act as proposed in Bill C-459 have been printed.

Take photocopies of the ad. to distribute at the All Candidates Meetings. We recommend you arrive 30-40 minutes prior to each meeting with copies of the ad. to hand-out to people as they enter the meetings.

All Candidates Meetings in North Van. and West Van. Sunshine-Coast:

West Van. Sunday, Jan. 15th @ 7:00 p.m. West Vancourver Memorial Library, 1950 Marine Dr. West Vancouver

North Van. Tuesday, Jan. 17th. @ 7:00 p.m. at the Centennial Theatre on Lonsdale and 21st.

Powell River Monday, Jan. 16th @ 7:00 p.m. at the Powell River Evergreen Theatre, Powell River Recreation complex

Squamish: Wednesday, Jan. 18th @ 7:00 p.m. at the Sea-to-Sky Hotel

Whistler: Thursday, Jan. 19th @ 6:00 p.m. at the Whistler Chamber of Commerce.

As a reminder:

YES:
Blair Wilson Lib. West Van-Sunshine Coast
Silvaine Zimmerman Green Pty West Van. Sunshine Coast
Don Bell Lib. North Vancouver

NO:
John Weston,Conservative, West Van.-Sunshine Coast
Judith Wilson NDP, West Van.-Sunshine Coast
Cindy Silver, Conservative, North Vancouver

DON'T CARE:
Sherry Shaghaghi NDP, North Vancouver

Contact me at jean.lewis@telus.net if you need more info.

It's time to get out and be heard!

Jean

[Mike & Jean]

ATtention all FEAT listers who live in the Federal Electoral Districts of North Vancouver and West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast.

The results of our "Medicare for Autism NOw!" initiative in these two ridings are as follows:

YES:
Blair Wilson Liberal, West Vancouver Sunshine-Coast
Don Bell, Liberal, North Vancouver

NO:
John Weston, Conservative, West Vancouver Sunshine-Coast
Judith Wilson, NDP, West Vancouver Sunshine-Coast
Cindy Silver, Conservative, North Vancouver

DON'T CARE:
Sherry Shaghagi, NDP, North Vancouver

To be clear, the candidates in the YES column committed to active, unqualified support to the passage of legislation that would ammend the Canada Health Act as proposed in Bill C-459 introduced on November 28, 2005.

The candidates in the NO column, unanimously "felt our pain" but would not break with their party's policy.

The candidate in the DON'T CARE column, didn't respond to several attempts to meet and a variety of emails requesting a response.

The above results will be printed in the North Shore News on Sunday, January 15th. The Squamish Chief, The Whistler Question, The Powell River Peak and The Sunshine Coaster starting Jan. 18, 19 and 20.

Please make sure all your friends and family living in these two ridings are made aware of how these candidates chose and encourage them to support the candidate who committed to actively supporting legislation to include our childrens medically necessary treatment into Medicare.

I will be posting an email version of the ad on this board within a couple of days, which can used by you to send to your own distribution lists.

On a related matter: It is extremely important now for FEAT members to attend the All Candidates meetings. Thankyou to those who have already attended in Surrey, Langley, Roberts Creek etc. Following is a list of All Candidates Meetings for West Vancouver Sunshine-Coast:

Friday, Jan. 13th 7:00 p.m. Kay Meek Centre, West Vancouver, B.C.

Sunday, Jan. 15th 7:00 p.m. West Vancouver Memorial Library, West Vancouver

Monday, Jan. 16th 7:00 p.m. Evergreen Theatre, Powell River

Wednesday, Jan. 18th 7:00 p.m. Sea-to-Sky Hotel, Squamish

Thursday, Jan. 19th 6:00 p.m. Chamber of Commerce, Whistler

We need to fill these meetings! Our initiative has the potential to actually decide the outcome of the election in these particular ridings.
It's time to get out and show them who we are!

I don't have a list of the All Candidates meetings for North Vancouver. I would appreciate it if someone living in North Vancouver could find out and post them here.

People living in West Vancouver- Sunshine Coast who maybe unclear of what to ask at an All Candidates Meeting can contact me directly at jean.lewis@telus.net

Come on everyone – let's go!

Jean

[Mike & Jean]

Calling all parents who live in the Squamish, Whistler, the lower Sunshine Coast (Gibsons, Sechelt, Roberts Creek) and Powell River. Please contact me •••.a.p. at jean.lewis@telus.net

We need your help!

Thanks,
Jean

[Mike & Jean]

We need to contact all parents who live in the following Federal Electoral Ridings:

Burnaby-Douglas
Burnaby-New Westminster
Newton-North Delta
Vancouver-Kingsway

Please contact me at jean.lewis@telus.net as soon as possible.

Thankyou,
Jean

[Mike & Jean]

I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the parents, families and friends who came out to the, "Medicare for Autism Now!" rallies held across Canada today. About 100 people attended the Vancouver rally at the Vancouver Public Library. My heartfelt thanks to all who organized and participated; special thanks to Justin Himmelright, David Chan, Nancy Walton, Debra Antifaev, Bev Sharpe, Jenny Obando, Sabrina Freeman and everyone else who took the time to come out and support our children.

As I said today, we've made some considerable gains but we still have a long way to go, so stay in touch, stay connected, and keep working and helping each other…and remember….

"A small group of thoughtful people could change
the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that
ever has."
– Margaret Mead –

I am honoured and humbled to be part of this incredible movement; and so proud to be associated with all of you.

Thankyou all!
Jean

[Mike & Jean]

This is a reminder to everyone recruiting for therapists on this board.

F.E.A.T. of B.C. does not allow salary information to be posted in the ad. Postings containing salary information will be removed.

Please abide by board rules.

Thankyou for your attention.

F.E.A.T. of B.C. Admin.

[Mike & Jean]

Attention all parents!

The joint Autism Society of B.C. and the F.E.A.T. of B.C. meeting: "So – you want to be my child's MP" scheduled for this evening, Tuesday, Oct. 25th has been cancelled.

It will be re-scheduled once a Federal election has been called.

Thanks,
Jean

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