Fort 91原创 resident Lisa David was driving to work one morning when she heard a radio interview with Jane Sterk, the leader of the B.C. Green Party.
It was riveting, she recalls.
What Sterk had to say made a lot of sense to David, a married lawyer with two boys, aged two and four.
鈥淪he was quite eloquent and I agreed with everything she said,鈥� David recalls.
She got in touch with the party, to offer her help.
As it turned out, the Greens didn鈥檛 happen to have a candidate running in David鈥檚 riding.
And her legal studies teaching contract was, conveniently, about to expire just in time for the campaign.
With the blessings of the party, all David needed was 100 signatures on a form to qualify.
And that is how the admitted political novice came to be running in the provincial election.
鈥淚鈥檓 so green,鈥� she says. 鈥淪o literally green to this whole political process.鈥�
She says she is running in part because she wants to set a good example to her children, by showing them the importance of getting involved in social issues.
鈥淪o they don鈥檛 sit on the sidelines.鈥�
David made that choice herself, when she left a large corporate commercial law firm in Vancouver to help low-income people who need legal assistance at the non-profit Legal Services Society.
An online profile of David posted on the Green website notes that she 鈥渨orked closely with poverty law groups and organizations that helped the Downtown Eastside.鈥�
She has lived in Fort 91原创 about six years.
She says the long-range view of the Green party is particularly appealing to her as a parent.
鈥淚鈥檓 concerned about the world they鈥檙e going to live in,鈥� she says.
鈥淔or them [my sons] and they鈥檙e children.鈥�
She is also hoping to encourage people to participate by voting, even if it isn鈥檛 for her.
鈥淭hat鈥檚 the biggest thing.鈥�
On the issues, she says there is a good business case to be made for protecting the environment.
鈥淏usiness needs a sustainable environment as much as people do,鈥� she says.
鈥淯tilizing our resources to the fullest extent here in British Columbia will not only create necessary jobs but create a strong robust economy.鈥�
