Kamloops is about to lose a lot of influence in Victoria
KAMLOOPS — All the bargaining and deal-making in Victoria is good entertainment but, in the end, what difference will it really make to us way up here in the hinterlands?
The answer is, quite a lot.
Think about it. Kamloops has enjoyed having one or more MLAs at the cabinet table for most of the past 65 years. It was only during the short-lived Dave Barrett NDP government of the early 1970s that Kamloops hasn’t had a presence on the executive council, and even then, our MLAs were at least members of the governing party.