Randeep Sarai: Surrey Centre Riding
The Now-Leader asked all candidates to answer the following question: Why do you need to be elected or re-elected?
“This October, I’m seeking re-election to continue serving as your Member of Parliament for Surrey Centre because I believe in the power of effective representation. We have lifted 900,000 Canadians out of poverty, unemployment rate dropped to historic lows, and Canadians have helped create one million new jobs.
Over the past four years, we have assisted 14,000 families in Surrey Centre through the new Canada Child Benefit which provides $103 million annually to make life easier for parents. However, we know seniors need help too, so we strengthened the Canadian Pension Plan and enhanced the Guaranteed Income Supplement.
Since 2015, we prioritized public safety by creating a $7.5 million Surrey Anti-Gang Family Empowerment program to help end gang violence in our community. A re-elected Liberal government will ban assault weapons and give our city the power to ban handguns.
We put our youth first by providing $90 million to build a new SFU Surrey Engineering building, that opened this fall and is helping train the leaders of tomorrow.
The facts are that we provided $3.2 million into upgrading the Surrey Central Skytrain station but we know there is more to do. That is why we committed $1.6 billion to the Surrey Rapid Transit Line to support the City of Surrey.
We have also fulfilled our promise to veterans by building the only new Veterans Affairs Canada office in the country, serving 7,500 veterans.
My number one priority is to make sure that Surrey gets its fair share. I have listened, represented and delivered for residents of Surrey Centre, and I hope to have the privilege to continue being their voice in Ottawa.”
https://www.surreynowleader.com/federal-election/surrey-centre-meet-your-candidates-for-the-oct-21-election/