As the Conservative Party and the Liberal Party remain , a minority government is on the minds of both politicians and the electorate.

That became clear during the Central Okanagan-Similkameen-Nicola all-candidates forum on Wednesday (Oct. 9) at the Westbank Lions Community Centre after an audience member asked the MP hopefuls how they would tackle the hypothetical situation.

91裸聊视频淚91裸聊视频檝e spoken to a lot of veteran MPs who actually lived through minority governments. I91裸聊视频檒l tell you what, it is a very rough, turbulent time,91裸聊视频� said Conservative candidate Dan Albas.

91裸聊视频淥ftentimes, the relationships are strained and people end up with very hard feelings over a period of time.91裸聊视频�

Albas went on to explain a recent experience he had working with opposing parliamentarians after a report was released that identified at least $5 billion in real estate money laundering in B.C. over just one year.

91裸聊视频淚 was so impressed that Liberal members, many who had openly rejected my ideas at the beginning of the process, came around to those same ideas and we presented that to the minister of finance. That91裸聊视频檚 how the system should work.91裸聊视频�

Albas said he would be 91裸聊视频渧ery tested91裸聊视频� to work with the Bloc Quebecois as 91裸聊视频淐anada is stronger as a united whole.91裸聊视频�

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Liberal candidate Mary Ann Murphy said it91裸聊视频檚 not an issue of whether she91裸聊视频檚 willing to work with other parties.

91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 the responsibility of a member of parliament to represent you instead of going to Ottawa to engage in fighting with the other parties and spending most of their time bickering,91裸聊视频� she said.

91裸聊视频淚91裸聊视频檓 sick of that. I91裸聊视频檓 sick of hearing about it. I would like to see results.91裸聊视频�

Murphy added that her support of other parties would come 91裸聊视频渋ssue-by-issue.91裸聊视频�

91裸聊视频淐ould I accept one of the party91裸聊视频檚 positions on immigration? No, I couldn91裸聊视频檛,91裸聊视频� she said, motioning towards the People91裸聊视频檚 Party of Canada candidate Allan Duncan.

91裸聊视频淐ould I accept the Conservative91裸聊视频檚 position on the TMX (Trans Mountain Pipeline)? Of course, I could.91裸聊视频�

She went on to say she would also accept the Green position to work on climate and the NDP91裸聊视频檚 Indigenous reconciliation policies.

The NDP91裸聊视频檚 Joan Phillip said she would work with any government that wants to 91裸聊视频渓ift up people.91裸聊视频�

91裸聊视频淲e91裸聊视频檝e been subsidizing that top one per cent for too long,91裸聊视频� she stated.

91裸聊视频淲orking people should be brought up and not pushed down as they have been over the past 152 years.91裸聊视频�

According to Phillip, the Conservative and Liberal governments have created a 91裸聊视频渃ondition91裸聊视频� in which the wealthiest people are taxed the least.

Duncan believes the parliamentary system already encourages co-operation between MPs and the People91裸聊视频檚 Party will bring a currently unheard voice to those conversations.

91裸聊视频淭hat voice needs to be heard. I know there91裸聊视频檚 a lot of aggressive rhetoric to get that voice out,91裸聊视频� he said.

91裸聊视频淚 like to work with as many dance partners as possible. I like making new friends. I91裸聊视频檇 be willing to work with any of the parties, just as that is part of my personality.91裸聊视频�

He agreed with Albas that working with the Bloc Quebecois would be a problem but said he would still work with the party on issues that didn91裸聊视频檛 involve the leverage of separatism.

Robert Mellalieu of the Green Party started his statement on the issue with a pertinent joke: 91裸聊视频渁 camel is a horse built by committee.91裸聊视频�

Mellalieu attributed the Green Party91裸聊视频檚 unwillingness to work with the Conservatives on their stance on environmental issues.

91裸聊视频淥nce we get them convinced that their climate plan isn91裸聊视频檛 going to work and they should take a look at the Green one 91裸聊视频� then we can work with the Conservatives,91裸聊视频� he said.

Mellalieu also reminded the audience both universal health care and old-age pension were put in place by minority governments.

91裸聊视频淒on91裸聊视频檛 be afraid of that. Some good things will come of it,91裸聊视频� he said.

michael.rodriguez@kelownacapnews.com
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