Cathy McLeod

ROTHENBURGER – Who was the best Kamloops Member of Parliament ever?

February 6, 2021 // 0 Comments

NOW THAT CATHY McLEOD has announced she won’t run in the next federal election, the pundits are busy speculating about who might chase after the Conservative nomination. [Continue]

POLITICS – MP Cathy McLeod announces she won’t seek re-election

February 4, 2021 // 0 Comments

Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo MP Cathy McLeod won’t be running in the next election. McLeod made the announcement today (Feb. 4, 2021). “It’s certainly been an [Continue]

IN THE HOUSE – Federal help for long-term care homes comes too late

January 29, 2021 // 2 Comments

Excerpt from remarks by Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo MP Cathy McLeod in Parliament this week on the COVID-19 pandemic. WE KNOW THAT the vast majority of the deaths from the [Continue]

McLEOD – It took a long time to add 19 words to the Oath of Citizenship

November 3, 2020 // 2 Comments

Excerpt from remarks in Parliament by Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo MP Cathy McLeod on Nov. 2, 2020 during debate on amendments to the Citizenship Act. IT IS INTERESTING to see [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Wouldn’t it be nice if politicians knew what they were doing?

September 12, 2020 // 2 Comments

The notion that politicians should be experts only sounds good until we consider the concept more thoroughly POLITICIANS HAVE BEEN GETTING NEW JOBS from their bosses lately. [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Are Canadians ready for Erin O’Toole’s social conservatism?

August 25, 2020 // 4 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. MP CATHY McLEOD is happy these days, and well she should be — her guy is the new leader of the Conservative Party of Canada. The [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Save taxpayers millions, put MPs’ ’10 percenters’ online

June 11, 2020 // 4 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE LATEST EDITION of the 10 percenter newsletter arrived in my mailbox the other day. It includes a message from Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Conservatives looking like the gang that couldn’t shoot straight

May 21, 2020 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE CONSERVATIVE LEADERSHIP race has entered a new phase with the cutoff for acquiring new party members having just passed. As polls show [Continue]

FORSETH – ’14 days of input on assisted suicide amendments insulting’

January 14, 2020 // 1 Comment

KAMLOOPS-THOMPSON-CARIBOO Conservative MP Cathy McLeod advised residents Monday (Jan. 13, 2019) of the launch of a public consultation being conducted by the federal [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Should taxpayers be paying for travel by MPs’ spouses?

September 17, 2019 // 5 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger: A COUPLE OF FAMILIAR POLITICAL NAMES are in the top six spenders for taxpayer-funded spouses’ travel over the past four years. Jody [Continue]

IN THE HOUSE – Closure of Canfor sawmill part of an industry in crisis

June 7, 2019 // 1 Comment

Excerpt from debate during Question Period in the House of Commons on Wednesday, June 5, 2019. Cathy McLeod, Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo, BC (Conservative) Mr. Speaker, the [Continue]

IN THE HOUSE – Tina Fontaine case represents what went wrong

June 4, 2019 // 2 Comments

Excerpts from comments by Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo MP Cathy McLeod in Parliament on the evening of Monday, June 3, 2019: WHEN WE THINK ABOUT the murdered and missing [Continue]

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]

BEPPLE – Looking for a 42-year-old (or younger) to represent us in Ottawa

November 30, 2018 // 5 Comments

THE AVERAGE AGE in Kamloops is 42, as is the British Columbia average. So, at 55 years old, I’m at the point in my life, like many others, where well over half the people [Continue]