John Cummins, “Treaties are supposed to resolve conflicts, not aggravate them”

Michael Smyth (Vancouver Province) had an interesting blog story today, on the sudden instant conversion of Blair Lekstrom.

As you will likely recall, he had indicated he would vote against approval of the Treaty with the Yale First Nation.  I guess being out of caucus once was enough for him as he was ‘whipped’ into line to vote his approval.  Come next election, it will be interesting to see how that goes over with residents in his riding.

Meantime, as Smyth said:

“Now that the Liberal government and the NDP Opposition have both voted for the treaty, Cummins is left alone to oppose it.  It's a perfect issue for him, and his upstart Conservatives, in their bid to break through with voters.”

To read the full Blog story click HERE