28/04/2017
A week ago, we shared our interview with Kim Chan Logan and our original headline brought some controversy. Hence we are writing this post to clarify.
The original headline "there's no housing crisis, only challenges" was a misquote. While the different interpretations of the severity of affordable housing created some misunderstanding, it was never our intention to smear anybody. Here is the exact quote relevant to the discussion:
"NO: We have so-called housing crisis. Is this a crisis?
KCL: I think it’s a challenge that we need to work together to overcome."
Again, while there may be disagreement with the severity assessment and/or solutions, she did acknowledge the importance of addressing the problem. The original headline crossed the line between misunderstanding and creating untrue statements.
Therefore we are publishing this post to clarify the context, as many of you probably didn't read into the specifics.
We reached out to Kim Chan-Logan’s campaign initially as part of the profile archetype we were targeting for the 2017 general election in British Columbia. She has deep roots within this community, and has quite a heritage story as well. Even though this is anticipated to be a tough place to compete...