As the rest of Vancity members, I received my voting package, and finally could read a bit about all the candidates. As a recent vancouverite, I only knew something about one of them: Gregory Dean. And I only know about him because I met him in person and discussed with him about our ideas for change.

For me there is no change until there is systemic change.  As long as we have the corporate, fiat/fractional reserve monetary system we will only chase the horrible crashes (eco, economic, social) that are inevitable when everyone has a car (uses that systems).  Our current economic ideological economic appartuses, which are predicated on exploitation, competition and greed will never imbue direct democracy, social justice and sustainability.