Opinion

Electric vehicles like the Chevy Volt are generating a lot of excitement, especially as production models start showing up on the streets of North America including here in B.C.

It’s no secret that the provincial government is letting for-profit clinics flout the laws designed to limit for-profit delivery of medically necessary services and protect our access to care. That’s why I’m glad that serious concerns are being raised regarding the expansion of for-profit surgical and diagnostic clinics at this year’s Union of B.C. Municipalities Convention.

Premier Christy Clark's " to B.C. Jobs Plan" took some hits as she was finishing her week-long publicity tour to roll it out. But the serious damage wasn’t from her political opponents on the left and right.

Thank you to all who made the Summerland Sprint and Kids of Steel Triathlon a huge success.

A considerable amount of infrastructure revitalization and expansion has taken place in B.C. over the past decade. And nowhere has this been more noticeable than in the transportation sector where billions of dollars have been reinvested in the system.

This week is a busy one back in Ottawa as the House resumed session on Monday morning.

Efforts to engage local youth through a community-wide forum deserve applause next month, but also underscore the deficiencies facing youth in Summerland.

Summerland’s Terry Fox Run was a great success on Sunday, Sept. 18. Despite some windy weather early in the morning, we set a new record for Summerland participation as 186 people ran or walked (162), or helped as volunteers (24.)

Since becoming your Member of Parliament in Ottawa I have come to accept that travelling has become a large part of my life.

Your lead story last week on the result of the referendum on the HST reminded me that in the 1930s in the U.K., teachers frequently told us, “You can fool all of the people some of the time and some of the people all of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time.”