Politics

EDITORIAL – Taxpayers shouldn’t have to subsidize political campaigns

September 20, 2017 // 0 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IT REALLY IS hard to know who to cheer for in Victoria these days. The NPD government is ending the so-called “Wild [Continue]

FORSETH – Taxpayer subsidy for campaigns is wrong on so many levels

September 20, 2017 // 3 Comments

WHAT DO I THINK about the taxpayers of British Columbia chipping in millions of dollars for the election campaigns of Andrew Weaver and his Green Party? John Horgan and his [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Answer to the question, ‘Do politicians have feelings?’

September 16, 2017 // 0 Comments

TWENTY-SEVEN residents of Kamloops are heading for a whole lot of hurt. For 24 of them, it will hit them hard on Saturday night, Sept. 30. That’s when they’ll receive [Continue]

BY-ELECTION – Ken Christian: The problem with Zero Zero Ten approach

September 16, 2017 // 2 Comments

Candidates in the Sept. 30 Kamloops civic by-election are invited to make submissions to ArmchairMayor.ca on their platforms, biographical information, contact information or [Continue]

COLLINS – Qualtrough the hidden gem in Justin Trudeau’s cabinet shuffle

September 14, 2017 // 0 Comments

WHEN PRIME MINISTER Trudeau shuffled his cabinet August 28th, much of the news centred around the creation of an extra minister involved in aboriginal affairs, and former [Continue]

IN THE LEDGE – ‘Tunnel replacement could have been built for millions less’

September 13, 2017 // 1 Comment

An exchange in the B.C. Legislature on Wednesday, Sept. 13 between Kamloops-South Thompson MLA Todd Stone and Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure Claire Trevena on [Continue]