Top Ten Ways to Practice Democracy in Kamloops

1. Speak at a community forum. This might be a neighbourhood association meeting, a crime prevention meeting, or an initiative to bring youth programs to Kamloops. Show up. Give your opinion and perspective.

2. Make a

SPP Ensures Zero Debate in US/Canada Integration

Most Canadians are only vaguely aware of our deepening ties with the US and assume that politicians would never get us into anything that is not in our best interests.

Most Canadians have never heard of the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) with the US and Mexico and judging by the feel-good sound of the words would assume that this, too, is something our government is doing for our benefit. And if you were a trans-national corporation you would be right – at least partly right.

Waterfront Campaign: Fear Mongering or Necessary?

“Why on earth are they so fanatical about saving a parking lot?”

The Save Public Waterfront Campaign has generated both support and backlash. Critics both on and off city council have voiced concerns about

A Minute of Action — Three Years’ Results

Another election date looms.

Your City Council plays a part in public transit issues, the location of affordable housing, the ecological soundness of waste removal, protection of both natural and cultivated parkland, distribution of resources for the city’s poor and disabled, and much more.

We must not be manipulated by

Progress on Council

Over the last few terms, Kamloops’ City Council has voted in favour of development by non-local business, ignored residents’ requests to retain natural spaces, rejected proposals to build balance in the community, refused to represent its disabled constituents to the provincial government, continued to apply pesticides, and distributed more money to large organizations than to small, cost-effective ones.

Breathing Easier

Pesticide Free Kamloops is a committee of citizens whose aim is to better protect human and environmental health by advocating the reduction and eventual elimination of unnecessary chemical pesticides. Our objective is a municipal by-law that restricts the use of chemical pesticides on

Toward a Balanced City

Progressive Electors groups work toward a broader, more balanced civic government. Their goals are usually twofold: (1) to elect one or more like-minded individuals to City Council, and (2) to increase public awareness of issues such as the environment and social justice.