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- Rafe_Mair abstract "Rafe Mair (born December 31, 1931), is a lawyer, political commentator and former radio personality and politician in British Columbia, Canada. Mair was born in Vancouver, British Columbia where he worked as a lawyer for many years.His political career began in 1975, when he was elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) of the British Columbia Social Credit Party representing the riding of Kamloops. He held that seat until retiring from politics in 1981; the seat was taken over by Claude Richmond. Mair served as a cabinet minister in the government of Premier Bill Bennett under a variety of portfolios including health and education. During the patriation of the Constitution of Canada, he was BC's chief delegate on constitutional matters. In 1981, he left government and has since served as a radio talk show host in Vancouver. In the early 1990s, he gained national notoriety and support alike for his role as an outspoken opponent of both the Meech Lake and Charlottetown constitutional accords. Despite high ratings, his show was cancelled by CKNW in 2003, and he was subsequently hired at CKBD (600 AM), an oldies station, to start a morning talk show. This job ended in late 2005. In the Fall of 2005 he became a regular commentary guest on Omni Television's prime time current affairs program, The Standard (seen in Vancouver on CHNU-TV). Mair contributed three commentaries a week until January 2006 when the Commentary segment of the program was axed. However, he has continued his relationship with The Standard, guest-hosting the program from time to time. He remains active as a regular columnist for a chain of community newspapers, the online magazine The Tyee and often appears nationally as a political commentator for several outlets including CBC Radio.He is an avid fisherman and he has become an outspoken critic of salmon farming in BC. This often puts him at odds with former political colleagues and makes him allies with former political enemies such as the New Democratic Party of British Columbia. Although he has traditionally been considered a political conservative, Mair's views have always been moderate on certain issues, notably the environment and social welfare. Disillusioned with the three mainstream federal parties, he has lately become a significant supporter of the Green Party urging people to vote for them in recent federal and provincial elections. Though he shies away from endorsing entire parties, he still supports individual candidates, most recently including New Democrat candidate Svend Robinson in Vancouver Centre.For the British Columbia general election of 2009, Rafe Mair publicly stated that he voted NDP. Though he has written about a great many reasons why he thinks BC Premier Gordon Campbell has failed British Columbians, his biggest concern is that the BC Liberals are destroying the publicly owned utility, BC Hydro, and is giving British Columbia's water rights to international corporate interests.Rafe Mair was the spokesperson for a group organized to fight private run of the river hydroelectric developments named Save Our Rivers.Mair has authored several books on Canadian politics, including his memoirs and a regular columnist at the online newsmagazine The Tyee.Mair is currently a principal contributor to The Common Sense Canadian, a news and opinion site with a British Columbia focus. He currently hosts a program called The Search with Rafe Mair on Joy TV.".
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