Politics

ROTHENBURGER – Life in a small town can get a bit silly at times

June 15, 2019 // 3 Comments

LIFE IN A SMALL TOWN can get kind of silly, sometimes, can’t it? By small town, I mean, of course, small in the best sense of the word, a place where you can walk down the [Continue]

CIVIC ELECTION – O’Reilly tops the charts with campaign spending

February 8, 2019 // 1 Comment

Council candidate Mike O’Reilly spent the most money campaigning for election in last October’s Kamloops civic election, according to numbers released by [Continue]

POLITICS – Trudeau is wrong to back intervention in Venezuela

February 5, 2019 // 2 Comments

Apparently it’s wrong for Russia to interfere in U.S. or Canadian elections, but okay for the U.S. and Canada to pick Venezuela’s leader By GUS VAN HARTEN York University [Continue]

IN THE LEDGE – Clerk, Sergeant at Arms placed on administrative leave

November 20, 2018 // 0 Comments

Solicitor General Mike Farnworth in the B.C. Legislature today, Nov. 20,. 2018: Hon. M. Farnworth: By leave, I move: That Mr. Craig James, Clerk of the Legislative [Continue]

IN THE LEDGE – Tribute to Pat Wallace for contributions to city of Kamloops

October 16, 2018 // 2 Comments

Statement by Kamloops-North Thompson MLA Peter Milobar today (Oct. 16, 2018) in the Legislature. NOTE: The last meeting for the current council is actually Oct. 30, not [Continue]

IN THE LEDGE – ‘Kamloops seems to think we’ve done it right’ on pot

October 16, 2018 // 0 Comments

Excerpt from debate during Question Period in the Legislature on Monday, Oct. 15, 2018 between Solicitor General Mike Farnworth and Kamloops-North Thompson MLA Peter Milobar. [Continue]

NATIONAL PULSE – Trudeau’s approval among his base tops Scheer’s, Singh’s

October 16, 2018 // 0 Comments

Liberal love-in? Opposition leaders must overcome significant unknown factor among their own supporters By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE October 16, 2018 – As stopwatches are set in [Continue]

POLITICS – Cathy McLeod says she’s ready to run again in 2019 election

October 12, 2018 // 3 Comments

Cathy McLeod will run again in the next federal election. McLeod, the MP for Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo, announced today (Oct. 12, 2018) she will be the Conservative candidate [Continue]

ELECTIONS – The federal Liberals’ lukewarm shift toward electoral reform

July 1, 2018 // 1 Comment

The Trudeau government’s belated commitment to election law revisions is welcome, if far short of earlier promises By PAUL THOMAS University of Manitoba THE RECENT [Continue]

POLITICS – Regrets, this nation has had more than a few

June 2, 2018 // 1 Comment

But when will our national breast-beating end? By GERRY BOWLER Senior Fellow Frontier Centre for Public Policy PRIME MINISTER Justin Trudeau mounted the national apology [Continue]

ELECTORAL CHANGE – Eby report recommends multiple-choice ballot

May 30, 2018 // 0 Comments

B.C. Attorney General David Eby today (Wednesday, May 30, 2018) released his report on the proposed referendum for electoral-system changes, including 18 recommendations to [Continue]

POLITICS – Why are B.C.’s voters being kept in the dark on electoral reform?

May 8, 2018 // 3 Comments

By Dr. SHINDER PUREWAL and JORDAN BATEMAN ON PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION (PR), it seems the NDP government is taking the mushroom approach with voters – keeping British [Continue]

IN THE LEDGE – ‘Premier arrogant, dismissive on referendum issue’

April 24, 2018 // 1 Comment

Debate in the Legislature on Tuesday, April 24, 2018 between Opposition Leader Andrew Wilkinson and Premier John Horgan on proportional representation: A. Wilkinson: Last [Continue]

POLITICS – Canada needs another politician like John G. Diefenbaker

April 14, 2018 // 3 Comments

In the hyper-sensitive world of modern politics, opposition politicians aren’t brave enough to talk about critical issues By BRIAN GIESBRECHT Senior Fellow Frontier [Continue]