Dear Mr. Day,

I am a citizen of the Courtenay-Comox riding. I am also one of the over 61.9 per cent of your riding鈥檚 citizens that did not vote for your party. As such, I wish to speak for myself and on behalf of some or all of that 61.9 per cent.

I thank you for your decision to step into public service and ask that you perform it with the following things in mind:

I want to respectfully remind you that your role has now changed.

You are no longer a citizen 鈥渃andidate鈥� representing the platform of B.C. Conservative Party. You are now the 鈥渞epresentative鈥� of the riding Courtenay-Comox.

This new role comes with an enormous responsibility to be responsive to the wishes of the electorate as a whole 鈥� not just that 39.04 per cent in this riding who value the B.C. Conservative vision.

This means that when it comes time to vote on issues in the Legislature, I expect that you will take time to truly pause and reflect on what, as representative of this riding, the citizens would want you to do, instead of simply raising your hand at the bidding of your party鈥檚 leader.

If the results of this riding had been a stark majority for a conservative vision, I wouldn鈥檛 be writing this letter.

But this riding has sent out a clear message. I repeat: you are now a representative of the Courtenay-Comox riding as a whole 鈥� a riding that voted overwhelmingly for a progressive and compassionate, UNDRIP-advancing, environmentally responsible vision for their home.

Respectfully, Mary M. Lang

I respectfully acknowledge that the land I work and live on is the Unceded Traditional Territory of the K'o虂moks First Nation -- the Sa艂u艂txw, PE'ntlatc, Sathloot, Sasitla, Ieeksen and Xa'xe people -- traditional keepers of this land.