Skip to main content

“I am a Canadian, free to speak without fear, free to worship in my own way, free to stand for what I think right, free to oppose what I believe wrong, or free to choose those who shall govern my country. This heritage of freedom I pledge to uphold for myself and all mankind.” ~~ John G. Diefenbaker

Regardless of whether you believe they have a chance of winning or not, I ask that you get out and vote for the candidate, and party, that you believe in


At the start of the federal election campaign, I asked the Conservative Party’s Cathy McLeod, the Peoples Party Ken Finlayson, the NDP’s Cynthia Egli, Green Party candidate Iain Currie, and the Liberals Terry Lake to complete a brief candidate profile.  There was no shortage of time to complete and send it back, however only three of the candidates did ... McLeod, Currie, and Finlayson. 


The NDP’s Cynthia Egli contacted me, after receiving the request, to say, “Sure, we'll try to have it back by tomorrow. Thanks” ... however a few days before the deadline, a new response was received in which she commented ... “we don't think we'll be able to provide you the answers. My apologies for getting back to you this late”.

Now maybe being the NDP’s third attempt at having a candidate ... being unprepared ... given short notice which meant she was playing catch up to get a handle on policy and the platform (as others have indicated) ... probably played a role in not following through. 

The other individual that totally ignored the request, and who failed to even respond, was the Liberal Party of candidate Terry Lake.  Lake as most will know, served one term as a Kamloops city councillor (2002 – 05), then stepped to the mayors chair the following municipal election, before moving to become the Liberal MLA for Kamloops North Thompson in 2009.  He was re-elected in 2013 for a second term, however he declined to run in the following election – many say because he saw the writing on the wall with Christie Clark at the helm.

According the Lake however (in a Sept 2016 Times Colonist story) his stated reasons were:

“I’m 59 and I still have some juice in my battery, and if I want to learn and hone my skills at something else, I still have time to do that. I want to see what the world has in store for me. I’m passionate about environment issues and I’m passionate about health.”

Passionate about ‘health’ – passionate about the ‘environment’ – and so he turned those ‘passions’ to?

B.C.’s former health minister, Terry Lake, is moving to the Ottawa area this weekend to become a vice-president of a “luxury” medical marijuana company that is poised for massive growth.


It appears that Terry seems unable to stay with any one thing long ... and his step in the direction of MP was just another rung on the ladder he climbs.  The trouble with that, in this case however, was that Justin Trudeaus shine and polish came off before and after his decision to become the candidate for the federal Liberal Party. 

With that in mind, one has to wonder why an individual would have accepted running for Justin Trudeau, and then continued to let his name stand, with the mountain of negative news that has kept attaching itself to Trudeau ...

.... Jody Wilson-Raybould’s announcement that Trudeau and the upper echelons of the PMO and Privy Council offices had pressured her in the SNC-Lavilin case fraud / scandal case
... the disgraceful mishandling of the situation with Vice-Admiral Mark Norman, where the Globe and Mail stated that it had so many echoes of how he handled the last crisis voters can’t be blamed for thinking that Mr. Trudeau isn’t what he promised; that these continued rookie mistakes are the intentional actions of a political animal
... the ‘blackface’ and ‘brownface’ fiasco
... the conflict of interest scandal over his luxury vacations ...

And these are just four of far too many!


Monday October 21st is election day and while I don’t have a crystal ball to gaze in to, here is what I think will happen in the Kamloops Thompson Cariboo riding:

#1 ... it seems the NDP, a party that in 2015 placed second in this riding with lawyer Bill Sundhu as its candidate, will be lucky to hold on to it’s core support this time round -- Egli will place fourth

#2 ... much to his surprise, but not that of voters, the Liberal’s Terry Lake will place third

#3 ... the Green’s Iain Currie will place a surprising second, ahead of Terry Lake, however it will be a distant second

#4 ... The PPC’s Ken Finlayson will garner just over one percent of the total votes cast ...

#5 ... the Animal Rights and Communist candidates vote count will easily be tabulated with paper and pen

#6 ... with full disclosure that I am a member of the Conservative Party, and have been a volunteer during the campaign, Cathy McLeod will once again be elected as the Conservative MP.

GET OUT AND VOTE!

Whoever you support, regardless of whether you believe they have a chance of winning or not, I ask that you get out and support the candidate and party you believe in. You’ll feel better doing it, and the candidate will appreciate knowing that his or her decision to run was worth the effort -- having run as a candidate myself in the 1996 provincial election, I know how much that can mean.
Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

FORSETH -- Focus on the nine things I mentioned. That’s what will allow the Conservative Party to win the next election

IMAGE CREDIT:   Darryl Dyck, the Canadian Press. I thought I had already made up my mind who I would be ranking on my ballot, in the Conservative Party of BC leadership race; now I am not so sure.  That means that, at least for me, and perhaps many others, it’s a good thing voting hasn’t already taken place. There were initially only one or two of the candidates that I thought might be a little too right of centre for my liking, now it seems that list is growing. I consider myself more closely aligned with what used to be called a Progressive Conservative, regardless, I feel more than comfortable within the Conservative Party of BC.  Some, however, in messages to me on my political Facebook page, have been rather, shall we say, a bit mean-spirited in comments they’ve made about my ‘purity’ as a conservative. To tell you the truth, I really don’t care! Some leadership candidates, in comments made online, have also been raising the issue of who is a pure enough conservati...
Post a Comment
Read more

WARD STAMER -- Those are REAL forestry numbers, not just made-up numbers

The following is a condensed version of remarks Kamloops – North Thompson MLA Ward Stamer’s made, regarding Forestry, in the BC Legislature, on Tuesday afternoon (02/24/2026)   Let’s talk a little bit, when we talk about Budget 2026, about the forest industry, which is near and dear to my heart. Forestry remains one of British Columbia’s foundational industries. It’s a pillar that built this province. Entire communities depend upon it. Interior towns, northern communities, Vancouver Island regions, the Kootenays, the Lower Mainland, with manufacturing facilities in Surrey and Maple Ridge, just to name a few — everywhere in BC is touched by forestry. One word that was not mentioned in Budget 2026 was forestry. That’s a shame, an incredible shame. It wasn’t an oversight – it was intentional. This government has driven forestry into the ground .... INTO THE GROUND! We can talk a little bit about some of the initiatives that this government has brought forth, to try to resurrect ...
Post a Comment
Read more

Your government has a gambling problem (Troy Media)

Provinces call it “revenue,” but it looks a lot like exploitation of the marginalized The odds of winning Lotto Max are about 1 in 33 million. You’re statistically more likely to be struck by lightning than to win it. But your government is betting that statistics won’t hold you back; they’re counting on it. Across Canada, provincial governments not only regulate gambling, they also maintain a monopoly on lottery and gaming by owning and operating the entire legal market. That means every scratch card is government-issued, gambling odds are government-set, casino ads are government-funded and lottery billboards are government-paid. And these are not incidental government activities. They generate significant revenues that governments have powerful incentives to expand, not constrain. It would be one thing for our governments to encourage us to engage in healthy activities. We can quibble about whether the government should be trying to convince us to be more active or eat more vegetabl...
Post a Comment
Read more

Labels

Show more