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Constituent disgruntled by lack of face-to-face with MLA Oakes Waldriff feels a meeting is so important. “They are taking food off my family’s table and selling it for a profit,” he said. “It seems anything is for sale in this province.” Oakes said she’s pleased to have meetings that are “respectful and have always encouraged constituents to contact me via email or by calling my office through my bi-monthly column in the Quesnel Observer and the Williams Lake Tribune newspapers.” Text begins here. . .
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Minister Thompson but when I phoned I was told I first needed to speak with my local MLA, so without meeting with her, I can’t meet with him.” For her part, Oakes said she’s pleased to see movement by the ministry of changing allocation amounts earlier this year and “continue to lobby the importance of hunting rights to ensure that our residents, our hunters, can have freezer meat to support their families,” she said. Which is exactly why www.cancer.ca/relay
concern and have taken all of those requests to the Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations.” But Waldriff says he’s not convinced, noting he’s asked on a number of occasions for specific steps the minister has taken to plead their case. “I get the same response,” he said, “that the minister is very busy.” Waldriff also pointed to his inability to meet with other government representatives. “I wanted to speak with
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continue to work on. Over the past few months, I have met with the local BC Wildlife Federation president and vice president and have discussed what was the proposed changes to the harvest allocation and other important issues to hunters in our region, like an open moose hunt and an increase number to the deer hunt since we are well over capacity for the land with deer. “I have also taken the concerns from local hunters, met with other hunters wishing to voice their
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A resident hunter says he’s not only concerned over wildlife allocations but what he feels is a lack of communication from Cariboo North MLA Coralee Oakes. Jordan Waldriff said he first wrote a latter to the minister in December over government’s decision to increase guide outfitters share of wildlife – a letter he was told they didn’t receive.
“So I sent it again,” he said. “And they said they didn’t receive that one… that’s when I hand delivered it.” From there Waldriff said he emailed and called requesting a meeting with Oakes. “She said she supports our cause,” he said. “But I want to know how specifically she is showing that support.” Oakes issued a statement, noting: “The wildlife allocation is an important file that I
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