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Alan Forseth
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I'm a free-thinking conservative. Politics runs through my blood.
Blog: https://acuriouslookatpoliticsinbc.blogspot.com
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#BCConservative Housing Critic calls for immediate accountability -- mother revealed she & her children were forced out of cockroach infested #BCHousing unit. “This is a human being asking for basic safety. It's unacceptable for this govt to ignore her any longer”

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PRESS RELEASE: Conservative Housing Critic says cockroach infestation at BC Housing complex shows deep failure to protect human dignity
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November 17, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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RUSTAD: Nothing dignified about watching human beings decay in public while calling it compassion

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#JohnRustad #BCConservatives #bcpoli #addiction
RUSTAD: Nothing dignified about watching human beings decay in public while calling it compassion
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November 17, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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#NDP convention vote to repeal Name Amendment Act is shocking & reckless - law was designed to stop dangerous offenders from legally changing their names to hide from victims. Today, #BCNDP delegates voted to scrap it

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Conservative leader John Rustad: The NDP convention vote to repeal the Name Amendment Act is shocking and reckless
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November 16, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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"Every corner of BC is feeling the consequences of an NDP govt that's stopped listening, responding, & delivering for British Columbians". John Rustad says Premier Eby cannot escape the growing list of failures piling up under his govt
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John Rustad: NDP Gathering Is Overshadowed by a Province in Decline Under Eby
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November 15, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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#Kamloops
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Part of yesterday’s of the Salvation Army’s kettle campaign. They have a goal of $240,000 times support their social services. Watch for the bell ringers all over time. #kamloops
November 14, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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Official Opposition leader, & Critic for Indigenous Relations & Reconciliation, John Rustad is calling on Premier Eby to release all legal advice & opinions regarding whether to raise private property rights in the #Cowichan Tribes vs. Canada court case
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Rustad Demands Eby Release Legal Advice on Cowichan Case and Property Rights | Conservative Party of British Columbia
VICTORIA, B.C.: Conservative Leader of the Official Opposition and Critic for Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation John Rustad is calling on Premier David Eby to release all legal advice and opinio...
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November 12, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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#BCConservative MLA Scott McInnis Calls on Premier Eby to Clarify Private Property Rights on #HaidaGwaii After Covert Court Declaration

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Conservative MLA Scott McInnis Calls on Premier Eby to Clarify Private Property Rights on Haida Gwaii After Covert Court Declaration
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November 12, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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Kate Marland: The Canadian right must have a vision for the arts

Rebuilding national pride is a project that cannot be undertaken without conscious cultural creation.

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Kate Marland: The Canadian right must have a vision for the arts
Rebuilding national pride is a project that cannot be undertaken without conscious cultural creation.
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November 12, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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November 11, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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#BulkleyValley–Stikine MLA Hartwell calling on BC Housing to halt construction of what she calls “experimental shelter” being forced on the people of #Smithers without consultation, safety planning, or accountability

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"This project is an experiment that puts residents, patients, and vulnerable people at risk" ~~ Conservative MLA Sharon Hartwell
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November 10, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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#bcpoli Premier’s Office Acknowledges #Richmond Residents Affected by #Cowichan Land Claim Face Issues on “Mortgages, Property Sales”

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Premier’s Office Acknowledges Richmond Residents Affected by Cowichan Land Claim Face Issues on “Mortgages, Property Sales”
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November 10, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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the suicide rate among active Cdn military is truly alarming. Data in a 2021 Report on Suicide Mortality in the Cdn Armed Forces showed that the 3yr moving average annual rate for suicides in all CAF services was 23.38 per 100,000 - around twice national rate

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Why Do Some Armed Forces Suffer More Suicides Than Others?
Any single suicide is an unspeakable tragedy.
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November 10, 2025 at 3:38 AM
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Hospice Bed Cuts in #ComoxValley Reflect Province-Wide Seniors Care Crisis -- #BCConservative MLA Brennan Day calls on Health Minister Josie Osborne to halt cuts as families and care staff face growing hardship

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PRESS RELEASE: Hospice Bed Cuts in Comox Valley Reflect Province-Wide Seniors Care Crisis
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November 7, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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New data, yesterday, by #StatsCan shows BC’s economy grew by only 1.1% in 2024, well behind the national average of 2%. Govt spending increased by more than 5%, while investment in housing & business construction declined significantly
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Statistics Canada Data Showing BC’s Economic Growth Stagnating Under the NDP ~~ BC Conservative MLA Gavin Dew
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November 7, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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Mill closure is 'devastating news' for the residents of the #SouthCariboo community of #100MileHouse says #BCConservative Forestry Critic Ward Stamer

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Mill closure is 'devastating news' for the residents of the South Cariboo says BC Conservative Forestry Critic Ward Stamer
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November 7, 2025 at 3:08 AM
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TALK ABOUT WORD-SMITHING ... CIFA says it will complete the"depopulation" of the ostriches

Now I have never really gotten personally invested in this situation, however, this will not be a 'depopulation' of the ostriches, they will be exterminated / destroyed / killed / slaughtered
November 6, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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Land trust unites community, secures future for African Nova Scotians -- Sixth-generation African Nova Scotian Curtis Whiley is helping to write a new chapter for the Upper Hammonds Plains Community

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Land trust unites community in Upper Hammonds Plains
Learn how Curtis Whiley and the Upper Hammonds Plains Community Land Trust are creating affordable housing and preserving the legacy of African Nova Scotians.
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November 6, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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Geoff Russ: If the world of Vimy's heroes means nothing to you, stay home on November 11

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Geoff Russ: If the world of Vimy's heroes means nothing to you, stay home on November 11
How can one honour the dead while spitting on the Canada they loved?
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November 6, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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DEVON KRUGGEL: Budget 2025; It is quite the budget

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DEVON KRUGGEL: Budget 2025; It is quite the budget
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November 5, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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ONCE AGAIN the #bcpoli #NDP govt has formed (with the #cdnpoli govt) the latest task force / review to look into BC's rapidly dying forest industry. Seeing them announced over and over again reminds me of the Elvis song "A little less talk, and a lot more action".

#bcforests #bcforestry
November 4, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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‘Really sad’ procurement hurdles drive BC medtech innovations abroad -- Regulatory barriers and risk-averse mindset keep homegrown technology out of Canadian hospitals

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‘Really sad’ procurement hurdles drive B.C. medtech innovations abroad
Regulatory barriers and risk-averse mindset keep homegrown technology out of Canadian hospitals
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November 4, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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#BCConservatives welcome any real relief for forestry workers & their families, but let’s not pretend this summit is anything more than damage control for a crisis the #NDP helped create

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John Rustad and Ward Stamer issue joint statement on BC forestry summit
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November 3, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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GAVIN DEW: What is Free Enterprise?

It's a Rosetta Stone for a century of #bcpoli

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What is Free Enterprise?
It's a Rosetta Stone for a century of BC politics.
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November 3, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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The new #Nanaimo Cancer Centre will include one of the most basic & important tools needed by doctors - advanced imaging tools, including CT & PET/CT scanners, to help doctors find cancer & plan treatment more precisely - while ours in #Kamloops WILL NOT

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Construction starts on new BC Cancer centre in Nanaimo
Shovels are going in the ground for a new BC Cancer centre that will deliver expanded cancer care and treatment for people in Nanaimo and nearby communities.
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October 31, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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#BCConservatives are calling on Eby’s #NDP govt to provide #Surrey’s hospital patients with the kind of care that patients in other parts of BC routinely expect - survey of 83 hospitals in Canada ranks Surrey Memorial Hospital #83

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Surrey Memorial Hospital ranked 83rd out of 83 Canadian hospitals
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October 31, 2025 at 4:55 PM