Today I am
going to share with you, part of a letter, which was received by one of our Kamloops Constituency Association board members. I think in reading it,
you will find it echoes the response of some people you yourself may have spoken, or been in touch with: I am very conservative fiscally and probably small ‘c’ conservative socially, a strong believer in free enterprise but with a social conscience.
I was initially intrigued by the BC conservative movement, I was interested in its direction. Had some high hopes that it could find a place in BC politics.
I must say I am presently disillusioned by many of the actions ...
Sound familiar --- are you becoming disillusioned your self when you hear those words, or others similar.
Well "Buck Up, because here is a response that MUST be delivered to those who believe in what we are trying to do, but are been swayed by outside influences. And ... every word of what follows IS true!
Thank you so much for taking the time to respond, and let me say right off the bat that I appreciate your candor in the remarks you made. If I were to say, I was not discouraged, by the events that took place this past Summer, I would not be speaking the truth.
That said, I attended the party AGM held in Langley, and what I saw and felt, was the heart and soul of the membership striving and working towards achieving approval of new policy that would be part of our platform next May.
I also saw our rank and file members listening intently to the words of those who were seeking the lead the party on the Executive and Board of Directors. Given the overwhelming mandate those elected received, it is obvious that we have majority support for our party leader John Cummins.
Let me also say that he, like anyone one else, has his flaws, however our party is NOT the John Cummins Party. It is the BC Conservative Party, and we the members (the grassroots) are the people that drive it ... unlike the Adrian Dix led NDP ... and Christy Clark led BC Liberals.
We have lost some of our members through-out the internal problems we had -- those however were NOT the people that stood behind the majority of our membership who are firmly behind a bottom up approach, rather than one led from the top down.
Those individuals, who are now gone, were more concerned with having their own way, in creating their own little empires, rather than supporting the aspirations of our members.
We have come out the other side --- we are stronger for the trials we went through -- and our members KNOW the party does, and will, stand behind the will and direction of its members.
