The “NDP spin” as you call it was what a criminal court and the Conflict of Interest Commissioner essentially agreed with after a trial and hearing were held. You are stating things as facts that were found to be falsehoods. Also, Glen Clark’s career is political history and not that interesting, in contrast to next week’s provincial election which is ‘current events’.
where are the falsehoods? he admitted to lobbying for his friend, he admitted he didn’t tell the commision he was his friend, he admitted he got a deck worth several thousands dollars built for him for free, and he admitted he didn’t disclose that part. and yes he was let off even though the whiff of idiocy was left behind. Now ppl are accusing Campbell about being corrupt? no charges have been laid against him or any of his MLA’s so you are right it is different.
Let’s get the facts straight before ppl accuse someone of being corrupt.
Facts are the RCMP only charged the assisants to the Finance Minister for illegal lobbying and influence peddling for OMNITRAX and not CNRail, Ominitrax lost the bid so their influence peddling didn’t work, last I checked they are the only ones charged, those are the facts
… one interesting footnote about Glenn Clark is that the RCMP spokeman who tipped off the media when his house was raided apparently left the force to work for a rival group seeking the same casino licence. Clark’s idiocy was not the only bad smell around the story. Political historians will no doubt eventually put it all into perspective.
I do not think that raking through the ashes of the long gone Clark government does anything for the Liberal cause other than fuelling accusations of hypocracy. Incredible though it may sound some of us who do not put NDP signs on our lawns or apartment windows would actually like to leave all of the muck and slime of past political wars behind, and look to the future.
As for OMNITRAX there seem to be two stories; the possibility of influence peddling by them; the other that they were offered a “consolation prize” by the government to give the appearance that the award to CN was competitive. The role of Liberal party operative Patrick Kinsella also seems to be coming under increasing scrutiny.
I would not go so far as to say that Gordo is corrupt, but there seem to be some bad smells around his government. Whether the story starts and ends with the ministerial aides remains to be seen. According to the Vancouver Sun the court will soon be asked to order that Gordo and 16 of his MLAs turn over certain emails to the defence. This story does not appear to be going away anytime soon, and things are looking worse rather than better for the top guy.
theprovince.com/Premier+MLAs … story.html
He also seems to be stumbling in the polls in recent days compared to Ms James:
Truth be told he didn’t lobby for the casino license, which was why they didn’t convict him.
And the ‘benefit’ you’re mentioning was a new porch which the guy built as he was a next door neighbour, which Clark paid for.
Nice try though… not quite as good as claiming the rail line to Rupert was owned by BC Rail though. That was the line from Tumbler Ridge to Prince George.
actually yes he did lobby in cabinet for his friend and the deck was built from the persons company free of charge no labour.
but yes Kinsella is a legitimate target but again that does not mean that Campbell and company are corrupt as some are saying, was BCRail sold of course it was but again it helped Rupert so who cares, the workers were absorbed by CN rail and if any lost their jobs it wasn’t that many, and again OMintrax might have been given a consolation prize because of the influence peddling, the defense is putting up a smoke screen though when they ask to see all emails and documents of the mlas which is their right to do
… no, if there is evidence in the MLAs emails that supports the defence in that they acted under orders from their political masters the court will ensure that it comes out in accordance with the rules of evidence. It is too early to say how this will play out …
This is from a Vancouver Sun feature that ran in January of this year:
B.C. Supreme Court Justice Elizabeth Bennett concluded that Clark did not meddle in a casino application for Pilarinos.
However, Pilarinos was convicted of conspiring to influence Clark, who the judge deemed was unaware of the conspiracy.
The judge rejected prosecutors’ claims that Clark had illegally underpaid Pilarinos by $1,800. The total cost of the deck had been $15,000.