It’s day nine of the transit strike here in Kelowna and there have still been no talks between First Canada and Local 1722 of the Amalgamated Transit Union.

The city has kept fairly quiet over the first week and a half of the strike, but one council member took to social media Friday morning to express his own thoughts.

Coun. Ryan Donn made a long post on Facebook, urging citizens to direct their concerns and complaints to First Canada instead of members of city council. Donn says that First Canada is feeling almost no pressure from the public right now, which certainly isn’t the case for the city or the union.

“Councilors honestly don’t have the power to get these two parties (Union and First Canada) back to the table,” the councilor wrote on Facebook.

“Let me empower you by giving you the names and contact information of those who are either leaders of the bus drivers union, local leadership of the company they’re striking against, or the person responsible for the contract at B.C. transit.”

One of the names he gave was Colin Whyte, who is the General Manager of First Canada’s Kelowna division. When reached for comment, however, Whyte wasn’t as open to discussion as Donn led on.

“Unfortunately I can’t really give a comment, it’s our company policy.”

On the union side, president Scott Lovell has responded to all of KelownaNow's inquiries over the past week and maintains the belief that the city needs to step in and to help get First Canada to the negotiating table.