Past NDP candidate Norma Blissett (right) and former NDP MLA Anne Edwards
welcome David Eby, newly elected MLA for Vancouver-Point Grey, to the annual
general meeting of the Kootenay East NDP in Cranbrook on Sunday. Eby spoke and
answered questions about how he defeated Christy Clark in the May election and
what he is doing as the NDP's Critic for Advanced Education.
David Eby, Advanced Education Critic for the BC NDP, told the Kootenay East
New Democrats that the provincial government has lost track of what
post-secondary education is all about. He said BC residents are being forgotten
as attention is focused on international students. The result, he said, is that
BC residents are unable to fill skilled jobs, which are then taken by foreign
workers.
While in Cranbrook, Eby also visited College of the Rockies on his tour of
the post-secondary institutions in BC. Eby was formerly an adjunct professor of
law at UBC and executive director of the BC Civil Liberties Association.
The Kootenay East NDP also chose a new executive Sunday. Troy Cook of
Fernie is the president; Norma Blissett, Pam Catsirelis and Matt Cook of
Cranbrook are the vice president, secretary and treasurer, respectively. Other
executive members include Randal Macnair, Steve Kallies and Alex Hansen of
Fernie; and Laura Wilson, Gary Werk, Chris Johns, Elizabeth Frost and Edna Werk
of Cranbrook.
For more information, please contact Norma Blissett: 250-489-3408.
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