Standing Together for Signal Hill
Nearly 40 years ago, a long haired strawberry blonde military brat came to Alberta.
She came with her Air Force family. Her mother Barb, an RCAF-trained pharmacist logistics expert from Manitoba. Her father Grant, an Air Force pilot from Alberta. And herself, a wide-eyed six-year-old born in New Brunswick.
They and their huskies settled in Strathcona, making Calgary their home.
The long-haired strawberry blonde grew up. She joined the first Brownie unit in Strathcona Community Centre, learning to sell cookies door-to-door. She savoured cheese buns from Glamorgan bakery one after another. And she watched as cow-dotted fields gave way to Olympic ski jumps, malls and neat rows of houses.
Deep inside, this little girl pushed for a different world, one filled with positivity, joy and fairness for all.
She joined summer camps for political geeks, spending her teen years attending Alberta Girls Parliament and Forum for Young Canadians. She volunteered to support political campaigns, learned from the best urban planners and then took a job for Senator Dan Hays in Ottawa – all to make the world a better place for her community.
As you may have guessed, this little strawberry blonde was me.
I grew up yearning to lead through action.
I learned at the feet of my parents, heroes in their own right.
And I learned through service to others at the Centre for Affordable Water and Sanitation Technology, leading Canada’s only Girl Guide Troop at a youth correctional institution and mentoring the jobless as they relaunch their careers.
There is so much work to be done.
Our community has long been forgotten in Ottawa. Forgotten by politicians motivated more by party politics than the people they were elected to represent.
In a world that has seen so much hardship, so much change, we need our government to serve us.
Calgary Signal Hill needs a voice in Ottawa that stands for our concerns and acts.
In a crowded room at the Strathcona Community Centre – one floor above where I gathered for Brownies as a girl – I recently announced my intention to seek the Liberal nomination for Calgary Signal Hill. I commit myself to this community, to hearing its needs and advocating at the highest levels to ensure change comes to Calgary.
Whether it’s helping seniors remain in their homes, fighting for more support for Canada’s military or finding new ways to get Alberta products and energy to more markets – I’m ready to fight for you.
It’s time to stop settling for what passes for politics and put your support behind someone who has spent their whole life standing up for others.
It’s time to stop focusing on what’s wrong with our country and start listening to the hopes and dreams of our neighbours and working together to make them happen.
Dream big Calgary Signal Hill and vote for me as your next Member of Parliament.
Be Bold.
Bryndis
