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Candidate - Port Coquitlam City Council!
Fighting for a Port Coquitlam where people can stay close to family, get around easily and build a future!

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Episode 8: @setukdo talks about how Port Coquitlam has a gap in service after 9PM.

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Gratitude to the @tricityccs Tricity Chinese Community Society for their all candidates meet today! It’s so refreshing to get to spend time with fellow candidates and hear their platforms! Lots to learn, lots to share!

I have to say this was a great event Rina, Ernest, Jimmy from TCCS and a big shoutout to my amazing interpreter Amy, who’s a Grade 9 student. She did a fantastic job translating my speech to the audience!

Standout moment was getting to finally chat with Mayoral Candidate for Coquitlam Trish Mandewo just as I bumped into a friend who is a Coquitlam resident and voter and so I introduced the two :) This is what campaign spirit is all about!

And as always, love to my campaign manager @dimpybhopal for the innumerable assists and general morale upkeep 😉

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Let’s go #portcoquitlam! Vote for Solomon!

#vote #bcpoli #municipalelections2026

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Yesterday, Metro Vancouver came together to celebrate Labour Day.

Rain or shine, it was a great day to recognize the people whose hard work helps our communities thrive. ❤️

#mlajennb #labourday #communitystrong #unionstrong #burnaby

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The next station is terminus station (?)

The memorable moments, lasting impact and friends I made along the way are coming with me. I am so proud of the work I was able to get done. Advocating for transit planners externally and tirelessly advocating for transit riders internally.

While my advocacy at @movementyvr has reached its terminus, going forward advocacy will be more authentic and louder than ever before. Stay tuned.

Sometimes in advocacy, it can feel hopeless to bring people along and worry about everyone’s needs. But, this is the job. The whole point is to find out what’s working and what’s not working. To dismantle the status quo, together. Without getting lost in distractions, culture wars, and without settling for half-measures that aren’t a solution that works for everyone.

The role of advocacy is to advocate for voices you don’t always hear, not the ones who already have a seat at the drawing board. There was once a day where it was considered infeasible to have wheelchair accessible transit, now it’s protected by law. The role of advocacy is putting big asks into perspective, and fighting hard for the big ask, not begging for crumbs.

Everyone who thinks of themselves as an advocate must regularly ask themselves, ‘How do we bring everyone along, all the way?’ If you find yourself struggling to bring everyone along, many issues are solved with education. If education is still not working: ask yourself where you stand, what privileges you have and what challenges you do not experience yourself.

Never in your advocacy should you silence or dismiss the voices of fellow advocates. You can disagree, openly. You can freely offer a constructive counterpoint or criticism. Silencing the voice of a fellow advocate, whether they advocate for the same interest groups or not, is not how you shape or win public opinion. Public opinion is shaped by authentic and charismatic voices.

Public opinion is shaped by trust. Trust is earned through coalition-building, not bought and certainly not bullied into submission

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2016 hey
Yeesh, a year of trying to live to the fullest after almost dying _(ツ)_/¯
It was challenging. I battled drinking a lot, amongst many many unaddressed and ignored mental health concerns. I struggled to get back into my life, failed my English 12 final, had to basically start all over again once we hit March. A big part of my presentations at schools is about my challenges in the year right after my accident. But it was all very defining, iconic, and there were still amazing times.

1: meeting @heathen_gang and @caasihale from @knockedloosehc at their first ever show in Vancouver. It was at the Cobalt. MAYBE 16 people in the room for their set, me and a couple others were the only ones moving. When we took this pic, they said they just wrapped up recording their debut album. To see how far they’ve come is incredible and I’m happy to call myself a day 1

2: one of the first times back on stage after my accident

3: random road trip day

4: @lights acoustic - I cried lots

5: embracing my performer personality and jumping on vocals

6: first time back on stage playing bass

7: meeting king @travisbarker - after a very brief chat in the group meet & greet, he called me back to his change room to hang out and chill before the show. Incredibly kind man

8: more stage shenanigans

9: I graduated high school

10: went to Pemberton Music Fest and went on a 6 day bender. Discovered @bullythemusic the second this picture was taken

11: more stage shenanigans

12: started my journey of becoming an audio engineer by going to Nimbus (and meeting @itstessanderson which changed my life)

13: beginning to become the iron clad drum engineer I am today

If you made it this far, thanks for sticking with me :)

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2025 was the most year of all time

(it was personally phenomenal) 🤗 ❤️

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Public transit is a public benefit. Let’s fund it like it is. Our awesome volunteers Solomon and Arden spoke at the recent Mayor’s Council meeting to share the findings from our Transit’s Next Top Funding Model competition where 8 teams presented funding model solutions to fix the revenue gap for transit in Metro Vancouver.

The winners? Sales Tax, according to judges, and Vehicle Levy according to the audience. We need a permanent funding solution for transit to keep our regions, its people and its local economy flowing smoothly!

#savethebus

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This week is #gobytransitweek! Got to hang out on the bus with Solomon and Chris from @movementyvr riding the bus around #Coquitlam and talking about future needs for bus and SkyTrain service. 🚌🚏🚆🚇

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Good people and cute critters make this work super rewarding. #campaign #canpoli #democracy #communityoutreach

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Spent some time with some awesome people today.

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A bunch of our incredible @coquitlamportcoquitlam NDP Team joined @nikisharma.bc to door knock for @rick.glumac.mla in Port Moody - Burquitlam. Always happy to support our neighbours! 🧡🌧️ #bcpoli #bcndp @bcndp Members of the Coquitlam-Port Coquitlam EDA with Rick Glumac and Niki Sharma at a public park in Port Moody with trees and lush green grass in the foreground

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