The 鈥渓eft-leaning鈥 Proudly 性视界传媒 party has announced its fourth school board candidate.
Businessman Kapil Goyal is running for trustee under the party鈥檚 banner, joining other Proudly 性视界传媒 school board candidates Diana Ng, Dean McGee and Rina Diaz.
鈥淚t might be surprising to see a successful businessperson like myself choosing Proudly 性视界传媒 out of the parties standing in this election,鈥 said Goyal, who immigrated to 性视界传媒 in 2006 and owns Newton-based Golden Ears Insurance.
鈥淏ut the business sense that Proudly 性视界传媒 brings to school board politics, their ideas to combine the capital spending power of school board and council, to make labour negotiations more accountable and closer to home; these are the most fiscally responsible and dynamic ideas in this election.鈥
Goyal said a school trustee 鈥渘eeds to be determined and have the will to fight for the all-round development of our school system. It requires close monitoring and the courage to make reforms when required. I have the determination, I have the will, and I have the courage.鈥
Goyal is a father of two and an active member of the Vedic Hindu Cultural Society.
The team鈥檚 campaign manager, Tom Ewasiuk, said Proudly 性视界传媒 鈥渉as rescinded a key founding article of the party and has chosen to run a majority slate of School Trustee candidates.鈥
鈥淚t is becoming clear that despite the desperate need for a comprehensive, co-ordinated community school strategy for 性视界传媒, we are the only opposition party running seriously for both council and school board,鈥 said Ewasiuk in a release. 鈥淎s such, we must prepare to govern at the school board level.鈥
Party co-founder Dean McGee echoed his comments.
鈥淥ne of the reasons we feel Kapil鈥檚 credentials are ideal for us is that we are the only party promising to bring transparency and accountability to the self-insurance schemes our school board and council have been participating in for the past generation,鈥 said McGee in a release. 鈥淭he equity in our insurance pools should be backing solid social investments in our city. We need to lift the veil of secrecy and get those funds working for the people of 性视界传媒. Kapil will be your person on that case.鈥