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IN THE HOUSE – Government threw Jody Wilson-Raybould under the bus

February 8, 2019 // 1 Comment

An excerpt from debate in Parliament on Thursday, Feb. 7, 2019 on the Indigenous Language Act, including comments from Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo MP Cathy McLeod on the [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Immigration is shaping up to be an election issue

February 7, 2019 // 0 Comments

IMMIGRATION COULD BE THE TOXIC ISSUE in the upcoming October federal election. Just the talk of anti-immigration by politicians is enough to trigger attacks on some of [Continue]

FORSETH – Justice is much more than police, the courts and prisons

February 7, 2019 // 3 Comments

DO YOU AGREE, or disagree, with the following statement? An effective justice system is one that actively supports the ability of families, communities and businesses to [Continue]

BEPPLE – Open house on secondary suites showed positive side of politics

February 6, 2019 // 2 Comments

SOMETIMES IT’S HARD not to become jaded and pessimistic about politics. After the last two years of watching President Trump lead the U.S. into more and more chaos, [Continue]

PETERS – American two-party system will soon be mirrored here at home

February 2, 2019 // 0 Comments

AMERICAN VOTERS WHO BECOME DISENCHANTED with the political system in the U.S. often lament the dominance of the two-party system in their country. You are either a Democrat [Continue]