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Martyn Brown: In tribute to Jack Weisgerber, one of B.C.’s best-ever elected public servants
On Saturday. I learned via a tribute tweet from B.C. Liberal Leader Kevin Falcon about the sad passing of my former boss and friend Jack Weisgerber. He died on Friday (June 3) in North Vancouver at age 81 with his family at his side.
With permission, I have reproduced below the version of Jack’s obituary that Bruce Hallsor forwarded to the media on behalf of the Weisgerber family.
I could easily write a book highlighting Jack’s remarkable political career and all that he accomplished, especially in advancing reconciliation, opening up the North and rural B.C. to economic development, and championing direct democracy. But for now, this will have to suffice as my personal reflection on who he was and what he meant to me.
As CTV reported, it didn’t take long for the tributes to pour in for the widely beloved former MLA for Peace River South, who served from 1986 to 2001 as a member of the Social Credit and B.C. Reform parties prior to winding up his elected tenure as an independent.
It was a long time ago, I know. Ancient history for most B.C. voters.
But Jack will long be remembered by so many people whose lives he touched and who he helped so much. Especially in his elected capaci
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Diversity and inclusion are tools for a political party’s success
“Never get involved in politics.” That was the advice my uncle gave to me when I was in my teens. Subhash Sharma, a Hindu immigrant from Punjab, arrived in Canada in early 1969 and became a political organizer in the late ‘70s to the early ‘80s for the BC NDP party. My uncle’s advice on politics was based on his experience helping organize the Indo-Canadian community for the BC NDP. As the story goes, he was treated unfairly because of his race, and was neither appreciated nor respected for his efforts. My uncle died in 2005 in his mid-50s.
Just before my uncle passed away, Martyn Brown, former B.C. premier Gordon Campbell’s chief of staff, appointed me to the Office of the Premier for British Columbia where I worked as the manager of media monitoring in the West Annex of the B.C. legislature. Before that, I’d served as a legislative assistant in the Official Opposition caucus to many MLAs and as an executive assistant to the minister of intermediate, long-term and home care.
Towards the end of his life, my uncle was regularly ill, so most of his days were spent at home. Selfishly, I took that opportunity to visit him often, and chat about my roles in the legislature. He’d always welcome the conversatio
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