Press Release: Public Finance Committee appointed by BC Conservatives

WireService.ca Press Release - Jan 22, 2013 - 
John Cummins today announced that he had established a BC Conservative Public Finance Committee, with Scott Anderson, the party's candidate in Vernon-Monashee, as chair. Joining Anderson as members of the committee will be Bob Bray, the nominated candidate in North Island, and Michael Henshall, a candidate for nomination in Chilliwack-Hope. "The Public Finance committee is the first of several - all composed of our 2013 election candidates - to be announced in the coming days and weeks," said Cummins, leader of the BC Conservatives. "Among other topics, this inaugural committee will look at why B.C.'s debt has doubled under the NDP, and then doubled again under the BC Liberals, and why it has been so difficult for either of the old-guard parties to balance the budget." Cummins added that the Public Finance Committee would examine a number of new ideas and proposals to incorporate into the party's 2013 election platform. Anderson, a Vernon resident, has a B.A. (Honours) in International Relations from the University of Manitoba. In 2006, after several years in financial services and corporate sales, he founded a communications company that now serves corporate clients around the globe. He has considerable political experience, having worked as a legislative assistant to a Member of Parliament, and serving as a campaign manager in two federal elections.
Bray has a B.A. from the University of British Columbia and a MBA from Simon Fraser University. Now retired in Campbell River, he had a lengthy and varied business career, which included stints as an executive with the Arthritis Society, the University of British Columbia and Trev Deeley Motorcycles.
Henshall, who lives in Rosedale, near Chilliwack, obtained his real-estate license from the University of British Columbia's Sauder School of Business (Real Estate Division), where he's currently completing a property management program. A born-entrepreneur, he owned and operated a local business for seven years before embarking in 2005 on a successful real-estate career.