Bill C-10 Status:  Late in the night of June 21st, Bill C-10 moved forward in the legislative process when the Trudeau Liberals took extraordinary steps to gag their MPs from defending freedom of speech and steamrolled the bill forward without ... Full Article

June 30, 2021 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Vancouver, BC – Richard Bragdon, Conservative Shadow Minister for Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, and Mel Arnold, MP for North Okanagan-Shuswap, released the following statement in response ... Full Article

MP Update  June 22,  2021 Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) Documents Canada’s Parliamentary democracy was designed with checks and balances intended to ensure transparency and accountability of the federal government, but the ... Full Article

Opinion Editorial from MP Mel Arnold Credit: The North Shuswap Kicker, June 2021 World wars have been fought to protect our rights and freedom of speech and we must never let those rights and freedoms be eroded. When the Trudeau government ... Full Article

Opinion Editorial Submission – Credit: Vernon Morning Star June 2021 The May 28 confirmation that remains of at least 215 Indigenous children are buried at the former Kamloops Residential School once again exposed the painful injustices and ... Full Article

Truth and Reconciliation As Canadians learn more about the pain and suffering inflicted by Canada’s residential school system, it is exceedingly clear that reconciliation must be progressed by immediate and sustained action including the ... Full Article

The news of the remains of 215 children found in a mass grave at a former residential school in Kamloops is tragic beyond words. I wish to express my deepest sympathies to the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc nation and to all the Indigenous ... Full Article

Opinion Editorial Submission – Credit: Vernon Morning Star May 13, 2021 The North Okanagan-Shuswap is blessed with a bounty of resources that have made it a fertile region for flora, fauna and people to flourish for a very long time. Natural ... Full Article

Published:  Shuswap Scoop & North Shuswap Kicker –  April 2021 Full Article

Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans – Vice Chair Election Full Article