First I want to give a heartfelt congratulations to Chief Bill Cranmer. I also want to congratulate Robbie Mountain for a hard fought battle that went right to the wire and the graciousness in which he accepted defeat. I was disappointed to see negative attack ads. Considering their source and the impressive commercial quality of the ads (American-style federal politics would be impressed with this work), I am concerned that we may have non-‘Namgis people that may be interfering with internal affairs. I am NOT in any way attaching these actions to Bill Cranmer, but to me this gives all the more reason to look into who did it so that we can protect the ‘Namgis Chief councillor’s integrity as our elected representative. As a political science major, this election was very interesting to watch unfold. A question inevitably comes up, what does the result mean? First, close to half of eligible voters cast a ballot in this election, which is fantastic. It means that Bill will be able to fini...
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