"stakeholders" is a meaningless term.
Meaningless to whom? Maybe these guys can instill some meaning for you. Then again, maybe not.
If caucus members think it is tough sorting out the issues they face today, they should see what it is like managing the trade offs in government. He mentioned the disputes over Clayoquot Sound (environmental protection vs logging), Six Mile Ranch (resort development versus agricultural land) and the Nanaimo bingo inquiry (an internal scandal that helped bring down Premier Mike Harcourt) as the kind of far more wrenching issues that faced New Democrats in government....
Then there was the comment from MLA John Horgan on Friday, that some of his colleagues need to consult their textbooks on Politics 101.
He meant simply that they needed to move beyond idealism and activism (where expecting and demanding 100 per cent satisfaction is routine) to the political realm, where compromise, trade offs and accommodating other points of view is all part of winning elections and forming government.
Hmmm, Mr. Horgan must be a babble lurker,lol. "Accomodating other points of view". What a novel idea. We don't need no steeenkin accomodating, we need 'change'. LOL.
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