Thoughts on BC Politics and More

Kelowna-Lake Country-Coldstream MLA Tara Armstrong has been the centre of numerous controversies since she was elected a year ago, and now some of her constituents have announced they will be trying to kick her out of office. Advocacy Canada’s founder and president and one of Armstrong’s constituents, Wilbur Turner, said lots of people have asked him to lead the effort to recall the OneBC MLA. “I am considering it,” he said. “It’s really important that we get involved in democracy in a way that when a politician is really being harmful, that we all stand up and do something about it and don’t just talk about it" ... CLICK HERE for the full story 

After a day of voting, the next candidate for BC United in the Kelowna-Lake Country-Coldstream riding has been decided. To thunderous applause, businessman Pavneet Singh beat out three other candidates and will now work hard towards election day next year. “Definitely, definitely excited, but the job is not done, it just started. I won the nomination. I'm a candidate for MLA, but I’m not an MLA yet. Our MLA is Norm Letnick, and I’m going to work hard with the local city and with everybody in my riding, talking to people, hearing the issues and we’ll go from there,” said Singh ... CLICK HERE for the full story  

  I t appears candidates for the BC United nomination in the riding of Kelowna-Lake Country-Coldstream may be taking advantage of permissive party membership rules to garner support. The issue arose as Kelowna City Councillor Mohini Singh spoke about her decision to drop out of the race ... CLICK HERE for the full story

Pavneet Singh says he embodies the B.C. dream. The local business owner and father of two is the sixth candidate to announce he is running for the BC United nomination in the new provincial Kelowna–Lake Country–Coldstream riding ... CLICK HERE for the full story

  A fifth candidate has joined the nomination race to represent the BC United Party in the newly created Kelowna-Lake Country-Coldstream riding in the next provincial election. Binnie Boparai, an agricultural entrepreneur who is the founder of Farming Karma with her husband, formally announced her candidacy this week, but her own efforts to gather party members to support her bid started earlier this summer ... CLICK HERE for the full story