Starlee Speers - Vernon 105.7 SUNFM:
Paramedics in the North Okanagan aren't laughing after they say Premier Gordon Campbell passed one member a loonie as a joke last week. Jason Angulo says nearly 30 of them were protesting respectfully outside of the local candidate's office when one of their members asked Campbell "how about that raise?" Campbell made a brief campaign stop in Vernon last Wednesday. The incident came to light at Monday's Vernon-Monashee all candidates forum when NDP candidate Mark Olsen mentioned it. The Liberal candidate for Vernon-Monashee says he doesn't understand why anyone is upset about the loonie incident. Eric Foster says Campbell meant it in a lighthearted way. Foster says the paramedic asked for some spare change so Campbell gave him a dollar and that was it.
1 comment:
kind of a condescending and disrespectful "joke" ....Am I surprised?
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