2021 as seen by Rachel Blaney, MP for North Island -Powell River
Cortes Currents
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Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - Rachel Blaney, Member of Parliament for North Island - Powell River , gave Cortes Currents an overview of the important issues this past year and the effect being our MP has had on her personal life.
Some of the issues:
- Climate Change
- the 2021 election
- Government clawbacks on the most vulnerable population
- the housing crisis
- Fish Farms
- First Nations Issues
What being an MP has meant to her family
- How COVID meant staying home and seeing her family'd day to day lives
- Living on Ottawa time while the rest of the house is on BC time
- Two politicians in the same household
- her husband adapted, her kids adapted, but her dogs really struggle with her going away all the time.