When they are all gone and long forgotten, Barrett will still be remembered by many as a legend in this province and in Canada
Two giants in their own right. NDP leader Dave Barrett being interviewed by Jack Webster Rest In Peace Dave Barrett ... a personal reminiscence from the Sidewinder, Sandy Macdougall I never voted for Barrett but he was a giant in BC politics, and his like will never again be seen in socialist ranks. John Horgan, and his NDP colleagues, are panty waists compared to Barrett. When they are all gone and long forgotten, Barrett will still be remembered by many as a legend in this province and in Canada. The first time I met Dave Barrett was when he picked me up as I was hitchhiking, from Mission to Haney, in the mid 1960s. Barrett was a Captain of the Guards at Haney Correctional Institute (a jail mainly for Young Offenders. It later became Pacific Vocational Institute after the jail was closed) . He was fired shortly thereafter for his political activities * The John Howard Society then hired him (I also worked for them many ye...