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At an SFU Public Square event on child poverty tonight, BC Liberal candidate Ralph Sultan evoked boos from the audience when he described the matter as a “single mom” issue.

He later defended himself, saying he was only quoting “facts” as an economist.

Liberal Ralph Sultan says kids living in poverty because of single moms, draws groans from overflow crowd at #bcchildpov #bcpoli

— Gillian Shaw (@gillianshaw) May 7, 2013

Asked Ralph Sultan will Liberals do anything to help feed BC’s hungry kids. Platform is already written ‘ain’t going to happen’ #bcchildpov

— Gillian Shaw (@gillianshaw) May 7, 2013

Also interesting: per sources on Twitter, BC Lib candidate Pat Pimm was busy blaming special needs children for problems in education.

It keeps going:

Chair of BC Premier’s Chinese Community Advisory Council admits calling talk show under false name to admonish NDP candidate’s English

— Steve Cash (@cosmiclint) May 7, 2013

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Kevin is a cooperator, an always-student, and passionate about the arts. As a principal of the Incipe Cooperative, Kevin works with colleagues in a workers' co-op offering services for advocacy and nonprofit organizations. He's passionate about education policy, having been through twenty some-odd years of schooling and still thinking it changes the world. He also thinks that art changes the world, and he works with Art for Impact to celebrate art's power for social change. A Vancouver born and raised resident who is exiled from Toronto, he constantly loses umbrellas and probably rants too much.

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