I have not made a decision yet whether to run for the federal NDP nomination. It would be a huge change in my life, I love wilderness and quiet, but last year I met hundreds of people on Vancouver Island in the North Island riding who are suffering from the same policies as the salmon.
It is my perception that government is doing deals over our heads no longer considering us. I hear bureaucrats say we are not worth the paperwork. I spent 26 years in Echo Bay, a town so small it was possible to see exactly what went wrong. We were 100% employed, virtually no crime, happily generating economic activity through tourism, commercial fishing, logging, building our own homes and raising our children into responsible citizens.
WE ALL HAVE A SACRED TRUST TO SAVE THE WILD FRASER RIVER SALMON FROM VANISHING…