The Tri-City News sent questionnaires to each candidate in the 2022 civic election to learn more about who they are, why they are campaigning and what are the issues that matter most to them.
Candidates are being published to our website in alphabetical order.
Derek Jeffrey
- Age: Did not answer
- Years as a Port Coquitlam resident: 27
- Occupation: Did not answer
- Website: derekjeffery.substack.com
- Email: [email protected]
What’s your No. 1 issue and why?
"The coming effects of food shortages, and food poverty due to the wrong-headed decisions made by other branches of government will undoubtably need to be solved locally. Preparation and far-sightedness will be the key. We will need to develop short-term mitigating planning, a policy on backyard gardening and poultry, training in foraging and how we might share the riches of this toil. Long-term ideas include a switch to fruit tree stock, even allowing homeowners to fell trees for this need, while transforming our streets and boulevards into tree-lined paradises with homeowners’ help."
Why are you running?
"The singular focus on mandates and lockdowns over the last two years has put undue hardship on businesses and individuals, whose businesses were put on the brink of insolvency and employees’ income was lost, resulting in unneeded stress and suffering. Government should be the realm which limits these hazards and mitigates their harms if they do occur against their best efforts, rather than be their cause and exacerbation. Local government should be a breakwater and firewall against the usurpation of individual rights."
