by Charlie Smith, Carlito Pablo on March 2nd, 2016 at 12:45 PM When Melanie Mark delivered her maiden speech in the legislature as the new NDP MLA for Vancouver–Mount Pleasant, she spoke about some of the pioneers in B.C. political …

ROB SHAW, VANCOUVER SUN  02.02.2016 By the age of five, Vancouver’s newest MLA, Melanie Mark, had lived a life of hardships most people could only imagine. Her father had deserted her family. Her mother, an alcoholic, beat her for wetting …