West Coast LEAF
My company was one of the sponsors of the Annual Equality Breakfast for West Coast Women's Legal Education and Action Fund.
The featured speaker was Dr. Dionne Brand, an accomplished author, poet and professor. She was intelligent, well spoken and casual. I was quite impressed with her views on the state of Equality in Canada and around the world.
Ujjal Dosanjh, the Premier of BC, was the other featured speaker. He was pretty much shameless in his quest for votes amongst the attendees. As he began speaking, he seemed very nervous, only settling down near the end of his 10 minutes. He's definately not the natural speaker that former Premier Bill VanderZalm was. He wasn't particularly good as the head of the province, but he certainly had a lot of showman's charm!
Over the years, BC has developed a reputation for being the three ring circus of Canadian politics. Ever since Amor De Cosmos (a major drunk from Nova Scotia, he changed his name from William Smith) became Premier in 1872, BC has been the stage for some outlandish characters, scandals and swindles.
Someone should really write a book about BC Politics. It's certainly stranger than fiction.
My company was one of the sponsors of the Annual Equality Breakfast for West Coast Women's Legal Education and Action Fund.
The featured speaker was Dr. Dionne Brand, an accomplished author, poet and professor. She was intelligent, well spoken and casual. I was quite impressed with her views on the state of Equality in Canada and around the world.
Ujjal Dosanjh, the Premier of BC, was the other featured speaker. He was pretty much shameless in his quest for votes amongst the attendees. As he began speaking, he seemed very nervous, only settling down near the end of his 10 minutes. He's definately not the natural speaker that former Premier Bill VanderZalm was. He wasn't particularly good as the head of the province, but he certainly had a lot of showman's charm!
Over the years, BC has developed a reputation for being the three ring circus of Canadian politics. Ever since Amor De Cosmos (a major drunk from Nova Scotia, he changed his name from William Smith) became Premier in 1872, BC has been the stage for some outlandish characters, scandals and swindles.
Someone should really write a book about BC Politics. It's certainly stranger than fiction.
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