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Joining Trudeau’s team

Election: Cindy Derkaz to run for federal Liberals.
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Looking to lead: Cindy Derkaz earned the riding’s nomination for the Liberal Party of Canada.

Cindy Derkaz will be speaking up for the Liberals in the Okanagan-Shuswap riding during the 2015 federal election.

Derkaz was recently selected as the riding’s Liberal candidate at two party meetings held Sept. 27 in Salmon Arm and Vernon. She is probably most well-known for her former role as president of the Shuswap Community Foundation, for which she helped to raise close to $7 million to support community projects.

“Many people here in the riding have become increasingly concerned about the direction Canada has been taking under the Harper Conservative government. I believe that another five years of this government will fundamentally and irreversibly change the Canada we think we live in,” said Derkaz in her nomination speech to enthusiastic audiences in both Salmon Arm and Vernon.

The Salmon Arm native has lived in the community for 55 years, working in her parents’ shoe stores in Vernon and Salmon Arm and then developing a law practice in Salmon Arm.

Since selling the practice, Derkaz has served on the Environmental Appeal Board of BC and the Forest Appeals Commission.

Derkaz says federal Liberal policies fit her own world view, as does Justin Trudeau’s leadership style – collegial and inclusive.