Curing Politics: B.C. Conservative Leader John Rustad

John Rustad has been in politics for 20 years, most of that time with the B.C. Liberal Party. Then he stood up for the interests of his constituents in opposition to the official party stance on global warming.

The Liberal Party kicked him out.

A short time later and John was nominated as leader of the B.C. Conservative Party.
I heard John speak at the Reclaiming Canada Conference in Victoria a few weeks ago. He has some very clear ideas on what’s wrong with politics in our country and in British Columbia. More importantly after speaking with him for a brief time I realized I was speaking with a rare thing in politics.

A leader who believes his job is to work for the people who elected him.