The Editor,
Premier Christy Clark's new list of cabinet ministers and provincial secretaries could be interpreted as reducing the influence of the Tri-Cities in any cabinet or near cabinet deliberations.
But instead, it might reflect the real weakness and shortcomings of the two Liberal MLAs who represent this area - Iain Black and Doug Horne - and what they have accomplished or not accomplished during their time in office.
Obviously getting new blood into the cabinet, ensuring that her rivals for the premier's chair were not excluded from the inner circle and her debt to her only caucus supporter (Harry Boy) were priorities.
But maybe the real issue could be that the Tri-Cities were excluded from the cabinet table for the very valid reason that neither Black nor Horne were viewed as cabinet material. I wonder how both of them feel now that they are out-ranked by Harry Bloy.
Brian McCristall, Coquitlam
