Lynn Perrin, of Abbotsford, has a Master’s degree in Public Policy, and has also studied Economics, Political Analysis, Policy Analysis, Quantitative Research Methods, Program Evaluation, Health Policy, First Nations Policy, and Strategic Planning. She conducted a major research project on policies to promote the security and development of Farmers’ Markets in BC, and ran a small farm in which she raised free-range pork, beef and poultry from 1978-1991. Currently employed as a legal researcher specializing in Freedom of Information, strategic planning, outreach and advocacy for a small forest company, Lynn is also very active in the community. She opposed the SE2 proposal, has been a member of the Southern Gulf Islands Board of Variance – a tribunal to hear appeals to municipal by-laws, Co-chaired the BC NDP Standing Committee on Agriculture from 2003-2005, was the Director of the Abbotsford Arts Council from 2003-4, volunteered for the Glen Valley Organic Farm Co-operative from 2003-5, and volunteered for the Abbotsford Farm and Country Market community input committee. Lynn is presently the official Abbotsford spokesperson for the Abbotsford-Mission Waterwatch group which ran a successful campaign against the Stave Lake P3 proposal, and is a member of the PIPE Up network. See Lynn’s blog, http://justpoliticsinabbotsford.wordpress.com/