[PODCAST]: Á'a:líya Warbus

Hello subscribers!Welcome to Northern Beat’s inaugural podcast!From rap singer to filmmaker to newly elected MLA for Chilliwack-Cultus Lake, Á’a:líya Warbus’ dramatic entrance onto BC’s political scene may be partly genetic. Her mother was a university chancellor, and her father, chief treaty commissioner, provincial court judge and Lieutenant Governor. Thanks to Á’a:líya, the family can now add Opposition house leader to their collective public service resume.Á’a:líya sat down with me for a wide-ranging conversation about how she chose her name, what it felt like growing up “Indian,” the spooky experience singing in a former residential school, why she ran for the B.C. Conservatives and what she thinks of party leader John Rustad. On being a member of the Conservative caucus: “I don't want to sit with eight other people that agree with me, because where is the solution in that? We're all just saying, ‘Yeah. Good job. Awesome.’ “With some of the difficult things that have come up with this caucus, the old me would have ran and been like, ‘This is awful. I don't like these people. I don't like these conversations.’ Because we all want to progress past the difficult stuff, right? “But can we do it from opposite sides of an X post or from articles aimed at each other? No. I think we do it like this, sitting across from each other.” Click on the link above to listen to the whole podcast.Enjoy and let us know what you think!FranPodcast producer: Rob Shaw This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit northernbeatnews.substack.com/subscribe