Richmond business and community leader Linda Li was today nominated as the BC NDP candidate in Richmond-Bridgeport, pledging to take on the community’s challenges and deliver for families.

Since 1996, Linda Li has been a pillar of the community in Richmond. She has been actively involved with the Richmond Chinese Community Society, the Richmond Hospital Foundation, and the managing broker at Metrohome Realty Ltd. A devoted mother of three, she understands that Richmond families need a government that is in their corner, working to make life better.

“Families in Richmond rely on well-funded services in their daily lives. We need a government that will invest, not a government that will cut,” said Li. “David Eby’s BC NDP team is working hard to strengthen our public services, and there’s more to do. We can’t afford the risk that will come with John Rustad.”

Since forming government in July 2017, the BC NDP has taken action on crucial issues that matter to the people of Richmond-Bridgeport, including:

• Putting people ahead of speculators and investors by bringing in tough new restrictions on short-term rentals and a speculation tax, plus simplified approvals that make it easier and faster to get 300,000 new homes built;
• Connecting people to the care they need by hiring 700 more family doctors, licensing internationally-educated healthcare workers in BC and building a new medical school at SFU Surrey to train even more doctors;
• Helping people with costs by eliminating MSP Premiums, reducing ICBC rates by $500 a year, boosting the BC Family Benefit by $445, cutting childcare fees in half, and making birth control free; and
• Keeping communities safe by hiring 250 more police officers, giving police more power to address public drug use, cracking down on repeat violent offenders, and taking on organized crime — including seizing Hells Angels clubhouses and many other proceeds of crime.

“Linda is deeply involved in community organizations that bring people together, helping build stronger relationships in Richmond. She understands the challenges people and small businesses are facing, especially in our housing market,” said Premier David Eby. “Richmond-Bridgeport residents can count on Linda to advocate for them by lowering the cost of living and strengthening the healthcare we depend on.”

Linda Li will join David Eby and 91 other exceptional BC NDP candidates in this fall’s provincial election, all committed to real action to help people build a good life here in BC.