This summer, small business owners joined Carol James, myself and other Opposition MLAs at a press conference in my riding to outline how the HST will hit their businesses.

We had representatives from the Fraser Valley Grocers Association, Korean Businessmen’s Co-op Association of B.C., United Korean Businessmen’s Association of Canada, the Fraser Merchandise Association, the Lower [...]

Please join me at my 2nd Annual Summer Barbecue!

Sunday, August 22nd
12:30pm to 3pm
Kensington Community Centre
5175 Dumfries Street
(2nd floor – enter off E. 37th Avenue near Knight Street)

This is rain or shine and it’s a free event.  We’ll also have activities for children so bring your whole family!

If you can [...]

May is Childcare Month in BC, an important time to recognize the hard work and dedication of so many who care for and educate our youth. I rose in the House on May 4th to mark the occasion. Below is a transcript of my remarks, and you can view a video here.

Excerpt from the Official [...]

Mable Elmore, MLA for Vancouver-Kensington today expressed outrage over the illegal arrest and detention of 43 health workers and doctors, known as the “Morong 43”, in the Philippines.
 
The Morong 43 were abducted around 6:15am from a conference facility in Morong, Rizal last February 6th.  They were participants in a First Responders Training sponsored by the [...]

Our thoughts are with the people of Haiti as they recover from this devastating earthquake. I hope you will take a moment to make a donation to the Canadian Red Cross in support of the people of Haiti. You can donate here.

Have a safe and happy holiday season, from Mable Elmore and her staff.

Please note that our office will be closed from December 21st to January 4th. We will re-open for regular hours on Monday, January 4th.

I was recently interviewd for the exciting new Queer History Project, which is being organized by Out On Screen, a non-profit organization that presents the annual Vancouver Queer Film Festival and the province-wide Out in Schools educational program. They are working on documenting the diverse and amazing work being done by the queer community. In my [...]

Dear friends,

The International Union of Food, Agricultural, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Work has launched an appeal for support oftea workers in India. Over 1000 tea workers in West Bengal, India are on the verge of starvation because of a management lockout. The workers crime? They challenged the decision to deny an 8 months pregnant women [...]

Last week, as part of the budget estimates process, I had a chance to question the Hon. Mary Polak, the Minister for Children and Family Development, about her lack of action on childcare.  I asked her about her decision to cut the minor capital grant and about the fact that she was going to let the number of childcare [...]

Dear friends,

October is Women’s History Month, and I want to take this opportunity to share with you this story about the struggle of our American sisters for the right to vote:

This is the story of women who were ground-breakers. These brave women from the early 1900s made all the difference in the lives we live [...]