Cathy McLeod

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]

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]

IN THE HOUSE – ‘We just cannot apply a policy to only one woman’

October 3, 2018 // 0 Comments

Excerpts from debate in Parliament on Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018) as Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo MP Cathy McLeod spars with the Liberals over the transfer of convicted murderer [Continue]

IN THE HOUSE – ‘When will finance minister answer questions on wildfires?

June 9, 2018 // 1 Comment

House of Commons debate in Question Period on Friday, June 8, 2018. Cathy McLeod, Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo, BC Mr. Speaker, a year ago, B.C. suffered the worst wildfires [Continue]

IN THE HOUSE – Why does government let some bands hide their books?

May 5, 2018 // 0 Comments

Question Period, House of Commons, Friday, May 4, 2018: Cathy McLeod, Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo, BC Mr. Speaker, after lengthy court battles, Charmaine Stick [Continue]

IN THE HOUSE – ‘Residential school was clearly the source of so much pain’

April 27, 2018 // 0 Comments

Comments by Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo MP Cathy McLeod during a debate in Parliament on Thursday, April 26, 2018 on whether to ask Pope Francis to apologize for the role of [Continue]

IN THE HOUSE – ‘Who’s looking out for landlords in new cannabis laws?’

April 19, 2018 // 3 Comments

Excerpts from a speech by Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo MP Cathy McLeod in Parliament on Wednesday, April 18, 2018 in support of Bill C-330, an act to amend the Controlled Drugs [Continue]