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APRIL 24, 2019 | Volume 32 No. 33
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Lake will seek Liberal nomination MICHAEL POTESTIO
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IN THE CHILDHOOD BUBBLE
Eighteen-month-old Madeline Lightfoot was enjoying the bubbles mom was blowing as much as the colourful carnival around her during a weekend trip to the annual arrival of the West Coast Amusements fair at Aberdeen Mall on the Easter long weekend.
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As expected, Terry Lake will be seeking the federal Liberal nomination in Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo. Lake is the first person to publicly declare for the party’s local nomination as the Oct. 21 federal election nears. The former mayor of Kamloops and former provincial health minister has been considering the nomination for some time and opted to make the decision official Tuesday, noting there’s only so much time to get a team and campaign organized. “At some point, you have to pull the trigger,” he told KTW. Lake said he knows the party would like to have a candidate in place sooner rather than later and is expecting a nomination meeting will be held within the next 30 to 45 days. “That will give others a definite date they can work towards if they want to contest the nomination,” Lake said, noting he is not aware of any other prospective candidates seeking the Liberal nomination locally. Lake said he chose to wade into federal politics because he feels there’s more work to be done combatting the
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opioid crisis in Canada. He also wants to help maintain the progress he has seen the Liberal government make in areas such as climate change, Indigenous reconciliation and the economy. Lake added he is fearful of a Conservative government unravelling that progress. “I wouldn’t be happy with myself sitting on the sidelines and risking that,” Lake said. Encouraged to announce his candidacy by members of the party and other supporters during the past year, Lake said his past as a B.C. Liberal was something he weighed in making his decision. While they share the same name, the federal and B.C. Liberal parties are not affiliated. The provincial party is considered to be more ideologically conservative. “There will be different views on my candidacy and whether people who have supported me in the past will support me in the future, and that’s fine,” Lake said, noting people can agree and disagree on their visions for the country. If he snares the nomination, Lake said he will seek a leave of absence from his job with cannabis producer Hexo Corp. once the campaign begins. See SIX MONTHS, A4
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