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Most elected officials earn to develop a “thick skin” over time as criticisms and personal insults/attacks are an unfortunate by-product of public office. This situation occurs more so if you are as active on social media as I am. The reason I share this is related to recent criticism I received, over my support for the compassion shown by the community of West Kelowna, towards 19 foreign national farm workers who have tested positive for the COVID-19 virus. My reason for sharing this is not over the criticism, but rather my concern for this situation. To be clear this situation is in no way the fault of these workers. When these workers arrived in Canada on March 12th, there was still no screening or travel restrictions in effect at Canadian airports. These workers received no special instructions and by extension were uninformed. This is a fault of a lack of federal leadership at our airports that fall under federal regulations. If anything, this situation has demonstra...