October 2019
43rd Edition
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Residents meet All Candidates for North Okanagan-Shuswap Reinharz spoke of protecting pensions By Barbra Fairclough Candidates running for North Okana- and water and summarized “In order to gan-Shuswap constituency met a full implement the climate action plan you house and addressed questions for over have to represent the people.” two hours on September 25 at the Blind “We can solve a lot of issues by inBay Community Lodge at an all candistead of working against, to work with dates meeting hosted by the South Shus- the industries involved.” wap Chamber of Commerce and the SorConservative Incumbent MP Mel Arrento Conference and Retreat Centre. nold spoke to higher taxes, health care, Reverend Michael Shapcott, Execuand immigration delays due to illegal tive Director at border crossing. Sorrento Centre “From the taxation moderated the part of it we have evening and seen increasing candidates from taxes. There were all five parties promises of rewere on hand a duced taxes for head of time to lower cost of livmeet and talk ing, improving the with those who middle class and attended. that hasn’t hapQuestions Pictured L-R: Marc Reinarz-Green Party, Harwinder pened. We know were asked on a Sandhu-NDP, Kyle Delfing-Peoples Party of Canada, from the statistics Cindy Derkaz-Liberal, Mel Arnold-Conservative range of topics that it is harder and including cliharder for people mate change, housing, jobs, healthcare, just to get by. Our plan will reduce taximmigration and indigenous concerns. es.” Green Party candidate Marc ReinKyle Delfing, Peoples Party of Canaharz said “The Green Party of Canada is da, said his party would take pipelines the only party that has had for ages the from coast to coast as well remove C69 only program that was scientifically test- and C48, and get Canadians back to ed and supported by science and will work. “We are looking at the national reach the Intergovernmental Panel for debt, it’s rising fast, what can we do, we Climate Change (IPCC) targets by (Continued on page 3) 2050.”