My name is Kim Soo Goodtrack and I am the Wood River Green Party candidate.
I was born and raised in Saskatchewan. As a child I lived in Regina, Moose Jaw and Yorkton. I then moved to BC, where I attended university. I received a BGS degree and a Professional Teaching Certificate. My 24-year teaching career was in Vancouver. I took the early retirement package and moved to Wood Mountain Lakota Reserve. I bought the old bank in Rockglen and converted it into an Art Gallery! I am an artist, author and children’s television series creator.
I have experienced firsthand the life of farmers and ranchers since moving back home. My stand is for the hardworking farming and ranching people in the Wood River area. My aim is also to bring bus service to all tiny towns with huge hearts.
Green Party Platform
- Bring back rural bus service.
- Protect the farmers' right to save seed.
- Support a guaranteed basic income.
- Help the transition to renewable energy and green jobs.
- Promote local food production facilities.
- Expand health care to include dental.
“If we break even, it is a good year.” This is what I hear from many farmers and ranchers in the Wood River constituency.
Farmers and ranchers, both men and woman, work overtime, double time, night shift, day shift, swing shift and statutory holidays. But we say it is their choice. Well, it is our choice to honour their hard work. We have to be far more appreciative of the burger and bun on our dinner plate.
It takes a connection to the land to handle the isolation that they face everyday. Tending to cows in -35 C weather takes strength and a generational connection to the land. Many saw the hardships their grandparents went through to keep their land.
It seems every farmer and rancher I have met has to work at a second job or create a business to make ends meet. I want to do right by the farmers and ranchers. They deserve emergency grants, farm relief and tax breaks.
Tiny towns with huge hearts need revitalization and jobs, so we don’t lose the people to the cities. Can you imagine crop related industries? I can. If Manitoba can do it, why not us? The younger generations need to let their entrepreneur spirit come to life with the help of grants and financial initiatives.
And for goodness sakes, let’s get a rural bus service happening. The cities have subsidized public transit, so why not us? We could use a passenger van to get us to the cities and back. We deserve it.
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