When the B.C. government brought in legislation to force criminally charged local politicians to take leaves of absence, the implication was clear: You can’t represent the public as an elected official with a massive criminal scandal hanging over your head.
The law, passed in 2022, made sense. So much so that the government should copy, paste and post a new version onto the floor of the legislature this fall with the words “local politician” crossed out and replaced with “MLA.”
There are now two sitting male MLAs in the legislature facing serious criminal accusations involving women.
The latest, as of Thursday, is Peace River North MLA Jordan Kealy, who
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