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BC NDP retreats to central Vancouver Island as caucus shares summer stories

Horgan says team members will share what they含羞草研究社檝e learned during meetings being held in Parksville
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B.C. Education Minister Jennifer Whiteside and Premier John Horgan meet students outside 脡cole Hammond Bay on Monday, Sept. 26. (Greg Sakaki/News Bulletin)

The B.C. NDP is holding its caucus retreat on the mid Island this week as it prepares for the fall legislature session.

Premier John Horgan and numerous cabinet ministers were at 脡cole Hammond Bay on Monday, Sept. 26, to view the school expansion project there. The caucus meetings are being held in Parksville.

含羞草研究社淚t含羞草研究社檚 an opportunity for all of us to come together, talk about what we含羞草研究社檝e learned talking to constituents throughout the summer含羞草研究社卟菅芯可鐫 said Horgan. 含羞草研究社淭o come together here allows us to have those candid conversations that we haven含羞草研究社檛 been able to have for the past couple of months. The value of the legislative session is not just that we get to debate issues in the legislature, we get to sit together and compare stories.含羞草研究社

He said politics is a team sport and every day is an opportunity for team-building.

含羞草研究社淗ow do we collaborate to get the best outcomes for as many people as possible?含羞草研究社 he asked.

Adam Walker, Parksville-Qualicum MLA, said it was great to have his colleagues in his constituency to meet with service providers and 含羞草研究社渞aise up含羞草研究社 some of the work that is happening at the grassroots level.

Sheila Malcolmson, Nanaimo MLA and minister of mental health and addictions, said her colleagues who see school expansion and permanent supportive housing projects in Nanaimo, for example, can 含羞草研究社渢ell the stories that we含羞草研究社檝e heard here and give people some hope that despite a really hard couple of years, we含羞草研究社檙e making a lot of progress.含羞草研究社

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