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reneemerrifieldmla
Aug 9, 20222 min read
Do you feel safe?
Crime used to be a fairly small part of our Kelowna society. But not anymore. Last week, Statistics Canada confirmed what many of us are...
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reneemerrifieldmla
Aug 2, 20223 min read
Fighting forest fires
Sitting in the lake in the Shuswap we looked up to see a plume of smoke on the side of the mountain. My heart sank. I remembered the year...
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reneemerrifieldmla
Jul 19, 20223 min read
The slippery slope of secrecy
The Code of Silence award in the ‘Outstanding Achievement in Government Secrecy’ category was awarded to the BC NDP government last year....
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reneemerrifieldmla
Jul 13, 20223 min read
Mental health is not optional
The mom and dad who are desperate to find a psychiatrist to help their son. The sibling who is trying to find his or her brother, despite...
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reneemerrifieldmla
Jul 5, 20223 min read
Premier's plan to step down complicates B.C. politics
This past week, B.C.’s premier John Horgan announced he will retire. He plans to stay on until the new leader (of the NDP) is chosen in...
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reneemerrifieldmla
Jun 29, 20222 min read
A Need For Family Doctors - why B.C.'s Urgent Primary Care Centre plan not working
Do you have a family doctor? Have you tried looking for one recently? The headlines last week railed against another ill-conceived plan...
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reneemerrifieldmla
Jun 21, 20223 min read
There are better things to spend nearly $1 billion on...
“If I had a billion dollars…if I had a billion dollars…” Lately, the Barenaked Ladies song, "If I Had a Million Dollars" has been running...
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reneemerrifieldmla
Jun 21, 20222 min read
Tax break at the gas pumps would help British Columbians
There has been a lot spoken about the cost of gas lately. My inbox is full of correspondence from people who are struggling to get by....
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reneemerrifieldmla
Jun 8, 20223 min read
MLA Minute
This last two years of the pandemic taught us many things. First, it reinvented our lines of communication. Second, it has showed us how...
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