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Five guests. Twelve complete conversations.
Hosted by Focus Media CEO Sarah Yu, this collection features Metro Vancouver candidates Lawrence Chen, Linda Li, Jaime Stein, Keenan Yang and Henry Yao. The conversations cover personal experiences, community involvement and public questions. These paid production projects include original films, chapters, bilingual captions and full transcripts.
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2026.10.13Published · updated
Presented in equal formats, alphabetically by surname: Chen, Li, Stein, Yang, Yao. This is a collection of published interviews, not a ranking or a complete candidate list.
Richmond Centre · 4 episodes
CanWest Party leader · 2026 Richmond Centre candidate
Paid partnershipFour conversations on newcomer families and schools, health-care waits, taxes, smaller parties and permanent-resident voting rights. Episode 1 also covers his school-trustee candidacy.
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Richmond-Bridgeport · 2 episodes
BC NDP · 2026 Richmond-Bridgeport candidate
Paid partnershipTwo conversations covering loss, community service and women in politics, followed by her views on tariffs, small business, living costs, housing and health care.
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Vancouver-Langara · 2 episodes
Conservative Party of BC · 2026 Vancouver-Langara candidate
Paid partnershipTwo English-language conversations on his reasons for running, affordability, health care, the economy, public safety and constituency work, with Chinese translations.
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Richmond-Steveston · 2 episodes
CanWest Party · 2026 Richmond-Steveston candidate
Paid partnershipA personal-history episode on studying in Canada, environmental engineering and entering politics; then housing, living costs, community issues, tariffs, AI and jobs.
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Richmond Centre · 2 episodes
BC NDP · 2026 Richmond Centre candidate · Former MLA
Paid partnershipA personal-history episode on illness and entering politics, school seismic upgrades and TCM exams; then water security, disaster readiness, homelessness, public finances and infrastructure.
Watch and read the interviews →These programmes are paid partnerships presented as Focus Media interview-production work. Views expressed are the guests’ own and do not represent Canada Focus Media. Focus Media welcomes interviews with candidates of all parties.
Jaime Stein’s two films have English audio; the other interviews have Mandarin audio. All include Chinese and English transcripts and captions. Original publication dates, October 7–19, 2026, are retained on the individual pages. Personal accounts, figures, medical statements and policy views are attributed to the speakers, not presented as medical advice or political endorsement.
Continue with conversations involving civic-election candidates in Vancouver and Richmond. At recording, Chen was also running for Richmond school trustee. The civic collection links to the same four-part interview; Episode 1 focuses on schools and that candidacy.
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