What the BC Liberals said

The questions:

1. In the last year, what non-fiction book have you read that most stands out for you?

2. What periodicals (aside from newspapers) have you been regularly reading this year?

3. What work of art (movie, novel, play, visual art, etc.) moved you the most in the last year?

4. What non-Canadian political leader would you most like to have over for dinner?

5. What nation's plight (excluding Canada's) concerns you the most?

Vanessa Sutton, Okanagan-Coquihalla

1. An Open Heart: Practicing Compassion in Everyday Life, by The Dalai Lama
2. Certified Management Accountant , Institute of Public Administrators in Canada, Mensa Canada Publications, The Economist
3. The Red Violin, a film
4. Nelson Mandela
5. Africa

John O'Fee, Kamloops – Thompson

1. A Short History of Nearly Everything, by Bill Bryson
2. National Geographic
3. local artists
4. Osama Bin Laden
5. Sub-Saharan Africa

Bill Cunningham, Burnaby Douglass

1. Fights of Our Lives, by John Duffy
2. Macleans, Canadian Business, The Hockey News, The Economist
3. Young Artists of the Future, a concert put on by the Burnaby Symphony Orchestra
4. Fidel Castro
5. Africa

Shelly Leonhardt, Delta – Richmond East

1. Discover your Destiny, by Robin Sharma
2. BC Business, McLeans
3. Lend me a Tenor, a play by Gateway Theatre
4. Hilary and Bill Clinton
5. Swaziland

Vern Neilsen, Kelowna

1. Monkey Business, by John Rolfe and Peter Troob
2. Runners World, Macleans, and a variety of financial newsletters
3. Memorial Cup in Kelowna
4. Dalai Lama
5. USA

Dr Keith Martin, Esquimalt – Juan de Fuca

1. Becoming Human, by Jean Vanier
2. Foreign Affairs Journal, Maclean's, National Geographic
3. Becoming Human, by Jean Vanier
4. Nelson Mandela
5. South Africa

David Emerson, Vancouver Kingsway

1. Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk by Peter Bernstein
2. The Economist
3. I am Sam, a film
4. Winston Churchill
5. Too many

Noor Ahmed, Vancouver Island North

1. The Ecology of Commerce, by Paul Hawken and A New World, by Lloyd Axworthy
2. The Verdict, Canadian Bar Review, Utne Reader, Harper's
3. The Pianist, a film
4. Sonja Ghandi
5. Bangladesh

Blanche Juneau, Dewdney – Alouette

1. The Art of the Deal, by Donald Trump
2. Saturday Night, Time Magazine, Newsweek,
3. The Candidate, film; art by Emily Carr
4. Nelson Mandela, Bill Clinton
5. Nigeria

Kim Richter, Langley

1. Water, by Marq de Villiers
2. Runners World
3. My son Sterling's Medieval Tile created in his Langley Fine Arts High School class
4. Hillary Clinton
5. USA

Shirley Chan, Vancouver East

1. Girl in the Picture: The Kim Phuc Story, by Denise Chong
2. National Geographic, population and public health journals
3. Fix: The story of an addicted city, documentary by Nettie Wild
4. Aung San Suu Kyi
5. Afghanistan

Kwangyul Peck, Port Moody – Westwood – Port Coquitlam

1. The New Financial Order: Risk in the 21 st Century, by Robert Shiller
2. The Economist
3. Spring, Autumn, Winter and Spring, a film
4. Rick Hansen
5. Palestine

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