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MIKE RIGGS -- The candidates who win are the ones who can hold both sides without losing control of the message

If you step back and look at the BC Conservative leadership race, which begin 81 days ago on January 16th, the real difference is not experience, it is approach. Caroline Elliott understands where voters are right now. People are tired of being managed, talked down to, and boxed into rigid policy frameworks. They want someone who reflects their concerns but can still operate in the real world. That is where she separates from someone like Kerry-Lynne Findlay. Findlay represents a more traditional style of politics. She brings experience, but also a more controlled and cautious approach that can feel rigid at a time when voters want responsiveness and adaptability. Elliott is positioning herself differently. She leans more socially conservative in tone, which connects with a base that feels ignored, but she is also showing a willingness to be pragmatic. That balance is what actually wins elections. If you are too rigid, you stall out. If you are too soft, you lose your base. The candida...
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FORSETH -- "I think people are so upset right now - angry about what the NDP is doing, and the fact that so many of their decisions are based on an ideology that the majority do not share" ~~ Kerry-Lynne Findlay

Last night, in Kamloops, I and a dozen others had the opportunity to meet with Conservative Party of BC leadership Candidate Kerry-Lynne Findlay. Including a brief Q&A, she spoke for an hour and a quarter on a number of topics, although the majority of that time was spent talking about issues surrounding the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA). Like all other candidates, however, she has been clear in stating that under her leadership, and a BC Conservative government, it will be cancelled. She also spoke to the need for all conservatives to unite and come together as a single force against the NDP government of Premier David Eby. “ We need all the conservatives. We need conservatives to come together.  I'm talking to the independents ”, Findlay stated. She then went on to discuss what can’t be done right now, a direct reference to a deal the Fulmer campaign struck with OneBC leader Dallas Brodie just days ago. “ As a leadership contender, you...
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BC's Health Committee hasn’t met in four years; not during a healthcare crisis, while ERs are closing or while 7,400 seniors are waiting for long-term care. That’s not a scheduling issue, that’s a decision

Brennan Day, MLA for Courtenay–Comox and Critic for Rural and Seniors Health , is calling out the provincial government for failing to convene the Select Standing Committee on Health since 2022, and is demanding they explain why. Day has given notice to introduce a motion to reconvene the committee, which is responsible for examining healthcare issues in British Columbia, including long-term care and seniors’ services. “The Health Committee hasn’t met in four years,” said Day. “Not during a healthcare crisis. Not while ERs are closing. Not while 7,400 seniors are waiting for long-term care. That’s not a scheduling issue; that’s a decision.” In British Columbia, the government controls whether standing committees are called to meet. “They can call this committee tomorrow,” Day said. “Or they can explain to British Columbians why they won’t. I have been on this committee since February of 2025, and we have yet to meet; this is an insult to the millions of British Colum...
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Rattée Calls for Immediate Action After Researcher Demands Government Release Suppressed Data

Claire Rattée, MLA for Skeena and Official Opposition Critic for Mental Health, Addictions and Housing Supports, is calling on the NDP government to immediately release critical addiction and public safety data following a direct request from leading BC researcher Dr. Julian Somers. In a letter sent to the Minister of Health , Dr. Somers, who advised the province for over two decades, is now asking the government to restore access to data his team was ordered to destroy in 2021, so long-delayed research on addiction policy can finally be completed. This is the moment of truth for this government,” said Rattée. “A respected, independent researcher is asking for the data to be released so British Columbians can finally see the results, and the government now has to decide whether it will allow that transparency.” “For years, British Columbians were told these policies were grounded in evidence. Now the very expert who helped build that evidence is saying the work was shut d...
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Delays to the replacement of the Red Bridge? Kamloops North Thompson MLA Ward Stamer says they are, “Totally Unacceptable.”

I think it’s totally unacceptable that on one hand the Ministry of Transportation and Transit (MoTT) is saying they’re going to be responsible for putting together multiple replacement options with public engagement, and then in the same breath they're saying, ‘Oh, and by the way, we're going to start our geotechnical environmental and archaeological site assessments on both sides of the river, possibly beginning this summer.’ According to Stamer, that should already have been done. “Obviously, we're pretty sure it will be in the same location because there's really no other place to put it. So, if you're going to put in a bridge, you think that at least you'd be doing the archaeological assessments first off”, stated Stamer.   “If it's determined it has to be a free-span bridge, and it can't have anything or very minimal impact in the riverbed, they should already be determining that. It would help in the design, wouldn't it?” Stamer indicated...
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RIGGS -- What’s needed is a clear, province-wide, framework

RE:   CTV News -- DRIPA amendments, lack of transparency spark backlash in BC After a two-week hiatus for spring break, the debate over the NDP government’s handling of First Nations rights continued Monday in the legislature ... - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - When the Richmond news broke, I was frustrated like everyone else. But after looking into it, this didn’t come out of nowhere, and it’s not really about DRIPA. The recent court decisions aren’t that the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA) suddenly changing the rules. They’re the courts applying Section 35 , which has been the law for over 40 years. Governments have always had a duty to consult. DRIPA didn’t create that, it was meant to bring some structure to a process that was already being fought out in the courts. The real issue is uncertainty. When the rules aren’t clear, projects stall, costs go up, and everything turns into a legal fight. That doesn’t help homeowners, industry, o...
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