M.M. Robinson graduate Karina Gould going for the federal Liberal nomination

By Pepper Parr

August 12, 2014

BURLINGTON, ON

She exudes youth and at 27 Karina Gould, a Burlington native seeking the federal Liberal nomination for an election that is scheduled to take place on October 15, 2015

In her media material we are told that Karina grew up in Burlington and has been an active member of the community her whole life.

M.M. Robinson graduate Karina Gould will seek the federal Liberal nomination.

Gould attended McGill University where she obtained a Joint Honours degree in Political Science and Latin American Studies. At McGill, Karina was very engaged in student life, serving as President of the Arts Undergraduate Society and organizing a $20,000 fundraising campaign for victims of the 2010 earthquake in Haiti.

In 2010, she moved down to Washington, D.C. to take up a position as a consultant to the Migration and Development Program at the Organization of American States, the principal political forum of the 34 member countries of the Western Hemisphere.

Most recently, Karina completed her Master’s in International Relations at the University of Oxford in England.

Karina lives in Burlington, with her husband, and works as a Trade and Investment Specialist for the Mexican Trade Commission in Toronto.

“Serving my community through open, honest and accountable representation, ensuring your voice – the voice of an entrepreneurial, diverse and growing community – is heard loud and clear in Parliament, is my top priority” said Gould.

She shares Justin Trudeau’s vision for a prosperous and compassionate Canada. Gould believes in a Canada that takes the stewardship of our resources – human, natural, capital – responsibly. “For our families to thrive we need a Canada that fosters growth and innovation, we need a Canada that is well-positioned, economically and politically, on the world stage; and a Canada that is thinking about and prepared for the future, said Gould..

The Burlington federal Liberals will formally nominate Karina Gould at a nomination meeting August 19^th, to be held at the Burlington Central Library at 6:30 pm.

Once nominated Gould will run against Burlington MP Mike Wallace,

Should Gould win the federal seat she would join Eleanor McMahon MPP making it two women representing the city federally and provincially