Gracious God, we thank you today for Janet Routledge, MLA for Burnaby North. Grant to Janice your wisdom and insight today in the meetings she attends and as she advocates for those in her community. We ask for your blessing to rest on Janice in 2022, may she experience good health and times of refreshing that come from the Lord. We also speak your blessing over her husband Bill and their entire family. Amen.
Janet Routledge was elected as the MLA for Burnaby North in 2017 and again in 2020. For more than 30 years, Janet served the Public Service Alliance of Canada, helping workers solve workplace problems, win better wages and improve working conditions. She also represented workers on the federal Employment Insurance Appeals Board, and she was granted commenter status in the National Energy Board hearings on the Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion. She was founding member of the Everywoman’s Health Centre, and served for several years on its board of directors. She has been involved in many non-profits, including CoDevelopment Canada, which provides financial aid to workers’ organizations in Latin America, and Toxic Free Canada. Janet lives in Burnaby with her husband, Bill Brassington.