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Dave Wilson grew up in Winnipeg. He was influenced by his grandfather who was active in the Winnipeg General Strike. He apprenticed as a lineman with the Manitoba Telephone System and soon after starting there he became the shop steward for apprentices in his local of the IBEW. He eventually became president, and then assistant business manager of the local. In 1975, he left Manitoba to get a job at Okanagan Telephone (OK Tel) in Kelowna, which eventually merged with the B.C. Telephone…