This will be the year for all of us to build the vehicle that will lead, focus, and bring together the voices of British Columbians

I hope the past few weeks have been a wonderful time of welcoming family and friends for special gatherings ... enjoy festive dinners ... gift exchanges ... and wonderful holiday pastries and treats .

Now, we'll soon be entering the race to elect an MLA for the Kelowna Westside riding; and beginning a race to elect a new leader for the BC Conservatives.

And there's more that will require something of you.

The obvious things like people to take on roles in an executive for Kamloops North, Kamloops South, and Fraser Nicola will be needed ... so to will be dozens of volunteers ... individuals to raise funds for the needs of our constituencies ... people to make calls to members about events ... people to fill a candidate selection committee ... sign crews ... office workers ... and so many other positions will all need to be filled.

Any parties success will ONLY come through the efforts of people who come out to volunteer and help -- and those who also know and realize it takes donation$ (large and small on a REGULAR BASIS), if we hope to win riding's across the interior of BC where we have our greatest strength!

As I said prior to Christmas, we need to "Excite the right!"

HOWEVER, we also need to excite people who just want to have better government. One that listens to the people ... one that doesn't waste taxpayers resources ... one that looks beyond an election cycle, and instead to the future generations of British Columbians.

Those people will come from EVERY walk of life, and even as you read this, you know and realize I am speaking directly to you.

British Columbians are waiting for a party with policies of common sense.

BC Conservatives must prepare a message for our friends, family, co-workers, and neighbours. With that message, we will have the tools and resources needed to fight for every single vote.

And, we'll be able to show that we deserve those votes.

I for one am sick of the BC Liberal rhetoric that they are our only option. THEY ARE NOT ... and nothing, and I mean nothing, is further from the truth. If we listen to that message, and that is how we continue to vote, then we will always get (and deserve) the governments we have had.

We will have TOP DOWN -- TAX -- SPEND -- SELF CONGRATULATORY -- and EGOTISTICAL individuals ruling our province as they see fit -- without input from the grassroots people in our cities, towns, villages, and across rural and Northern BC.

We will also have governments that will pit one group against another, to keep us from looking too closely at what they are up to.

The Green Party is against any and all development no matter how sound or environmentally safe it is ... the NDP switch allegiances from labor, to environmentalists, to government union workers based on any given situation or issue ... and the BC Liberals? They will blow whatever direction the wind is going.

No matter how much they try to disagree -- how loudly they protest -- they are the farm-team of Justin Trudeau's Liberal Party of Canada. No amount of claims to the contrary hold water any more, and the BC Liberals themselves, have proven that!

A Liberal, is a Liberal, is a Liberal.

That is why each one of you will need to lift your support to the next level, and the next level above that if you are able. The candidates we run in the next provincial election will need your support. And here locally in Kamloops and the Fraser Nicola, we will also need your support.

There is no sugar coating that fact.

If you want candidates that have any chance of winning, we'll need you to help build our team!

As in my message many saw two weeks before we ended 2017, you should know what you will be supporting. Take a few minutes to review our position on current topics at:

http://www.bcconservative.ca/platform

We continue to get media coverage, more now than ever before, on news releases of importance to British Columbians. Check them out at http://www.bcconservative.ca/news

AND, most importantly of all, if you are not yet a member, I ask you to change that. Change it without further delay by going to

http://www.bcconservative.ca/memberships

• 2018 will be the year the BC Conservative Party awakens from its' slumber, and roars to life with energy and vigour.

• 2018 will be the year that the BC Conservative Party builds riding associations right across the province.

• 2018 will be the year the BC Conservative Party takes a back seat to no one!

This will be the year for all of us to build the vehicle that will lead, focus, and bring together the voices of British Columbians.

You will be the one to help direct, and shape, the policies we create to make a positive difference for all.

ONLY with your support, can we become the meeting point, the place to converge, for those who for too long have felt they have no say in government decision making.

Now it's up to you.

Are you willing to take on a roll, big or small, to help grow our party? I hope your answer is yes. Now with that, I await your call or email to me!

Sincerely,

Alan Forseth

Regional Director, BC Conservative Party

Email: whatsnextbc@gmail.com

Cell: (250) 299-4714

http://www.bcconservative.ca/