If you ask people around here what’s gone wrong with politics, you’ll hear different words — Ottawa, taxes, wait times, crime. But underneath all of them is the same word: trust. People don’t believe they’ll be listened to, answered, or remembered after the votes are counted.
I’m running because I think trust is a thing you build the old-fashioned way. Not with ads. With your hands. You show up, you do the small things right, you keep your word, and you put other people first — over and over, for years, until your word is worth something.
That’s how life works in the Peace Country. Your neighbour doesn’t trust you because of your yard signs. They trust you because you plowed their lane that one winter, because you showed up with a casserole when things went sideways, because when you said you’d be there at seven, you were there at seven.
All about others
My whole approach comes down to this: it’s not about me. A representative is a servant with a title. The job is to carry your voice — the farm family watching input costs eat their margins, the rig worker tired of being treated like a problem by his own federal government, the mom who did the math on a trip to the ER and didn’t like the answer, the senior who just wants a call back.
So this campaign will run on reciprocity, the oldest rule there is: give first. I’ll give you my positions in writing. I’ll give you a reply within 48 hours. I’ll give you my time at kitchen tables and coffee shops across this riding. And then — only then — I’ll ask for something back.
The ask
Just one thing, and it isn’t money. To vote in this nomination you need a UCP membership, and the deadline is August 11. It’s $10 and two minutes: start here.
Grande Prairie–Wapiti deserves a voice it can trust. I intend to earn that — one neighbour at a time, starting with you.
— Karen Peters