North Island-Powell River MP Aaron Gunn has made an inaugural visit to Lund.
Area A Director Jason Lennox says Gunn took him up on an offer during the Union of BC Municipalities conference and visited the village for a couple of hours during a recent weekend.
They visited a bakery and took questions from constituents.
Lennox told members of the qathet Regional Board on Wednesday (Nov. 26), it was also a chance to talk about federal issues.
“I tried to fit in all of the different things federally that are affecting Area A. Our marine facility in Lund is condemned, the dock in Lund, the main wharfhead. So those are the types of things we need our MP to be advocating for so I think it was educational for him to see that,” he said.
Lennox says the other issue was the federal grant “in play” for the Lund Waterworks Improvement District.
He says it was a learning experience for the Conservative Member of Parliament.
“Do a little education about what it means to live in an area with a treaty First Nation and I think our MP needs to learn a little bit more about that. He actually asked me a lot of pertinent questions and I’ve gotta give him credit for that,” Lennox said.
Lennox and Gunn already have another meeting planned for this Sunday (Nov. 30) in order to “continue that work with him (Gunn).”
