Linden Shaw
Linden Shaw was born and raised in Nanaimo, B.C. He is a school teacher in the Nanaimo area. He is married and has three children. He enjoys many hobbies and interests, ranging from playing hockey to spirituality.
Electoral District: Nanaimo
Linden Shaw
Phone: 250 758 2326
EMail: linden.bcr@gmail.com
Linden ran in the 2005 provincial election as a candidate for the BC Refederation party. He is attracted to the BC Refederation Party because it is the only Party that addresses the need for fundamental change in BC politics while at the same time providing lasting solutions.
He feels that an effective direct democracy system is badly needed in BC as the citizens of this province have been at the mercy of their elected officials and backers. Linden is especially concerned about the privatization trend in BC where the people have had little say in what happens to our public institutions. Linden also says that the BC government needs greater autonomy from the federal government. BC must be able to pass legislation for the benefit of British Columbians without fear of the federal government disallowing that legislation.
Linden believes that most British Columbians have much in common and that we too often confuse each other by fighting over words rather than the ideas themselves. As a result he is hesitant to use the usual political adjectives to describe himself. He describes himself as a populist, one who supports government that is for the people and by the people, and not for special interest groups like large corporations. He supports `trickle up' economics as opposed to the current practice of `trickle down' economics. Instead of the usual left-wing-right wing political spectrum he thinks it would be more helpful to talk about a vertical spectrum, where an elite is established at the top, and commoners are shut out of decision-making at the bottom. On such a political spectrum Linden would place himself and the BC Refederation Party proudly at the bottom, and work for the people to share power with their government at the top.