Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Nono Shen
Publication Date: July 6, 2025 - 13:31
B.C. cabinet minister says she won’t be intimidated after blast outside office
July 6, 2025
The British Columbia Infrastructure Minister says in her eight years as a member of the legislature, she can recall receiving about half a dozen death threats, and considers herself “pretty fortunate” as a provincial politician.
Bowinn Ma says she knows it’s strange to say, but she is aware of other elected officials who have been the subject of many more such threats.
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