Mike Smyth: NDP MLAs hope for seat at the cabinet table

There’s always a sense of intense curiosity and even mild historical significance when a rookie MLA gets up to ask their first question in the B.C. legislature.
Such was the case on June 28 when Bowinn Ma, the freshly elected NDP MLA from North Vancouver, stood up for the very first time and threw a devastating fastball at Premier Christy Clark.
“Countless parents in my riding have contacted me with concerns about overcrowded schools,” Ma confidently fired at Clark.
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