(UPDATED) ‘EXCLUSIVE’ BREAKING NEWS: DAVE BASI CONFIRMS CHRISTY CLARK COMMITTED A BREACH OF TRUST WHILE SHE WAS DEPUTY PREMIER AND THUS LIED TO THE MEDIA IN 2011 WHEN SHE CLAIMED TO HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THE SALE OF BC RAIL
Indulge me, if you will.
Let me take you down memory lane for just a brief moment. I want you to watch this clip below very, very carefully. Make extra careful note of the Premier’s words when she was running to secure the job for which she has now demonstrated an utterly breathtaking incompetence. Listen to how skillfully she lied to you–and Global News. Watch how she (feebly) deflected the pertinent questions asked by Global TV’s brave Marisa Thomas.
Now, remember, too, that at the same time she was also cornered on CKNW by The Province’s ‘Iron’ Mike Smyth about the same documents. In response to Mike reciting from the Basi-Virk court documents I released–that clearly showed how she was exchanging information with lobbyists and federal Liberal colleagues Jamie Elmhirst, Brian Kieran and admitted briber of public officials Erik Bornmann, she offered this:
“Alex Tsakumis has no credibility.” Words that I knew, immediately, she would one day have to eat.
Premier…..I hope you’ve brought an appetite.
Below, in a province-wide exclusive, you will read the words of David Basi from October 8th., 2003, not a month or so prior to the announcement of CN–a company still controlled by friend and supporter to both Gordon Campbell and Christy Clark, David McLean–as the winning bidder for the coveted, billion dollar BC Rail.
You will note the following:
• Basi confirms that various MLAs were asking for help in explaining the sale of BC Rail to constituents and the frustration inherent (parenthetically, this exonerates John vanDongen from Rich Coleman’s recent absurdities about vanDongen never asking questions about this matter, as vanDongen confirmed to me the sale never sat well with him at all, and one of the people he spoke to back then, was, in fact, David Basi, and later Bob Virk).
• Basi specifically refers to the various agendas at play, including one clearly promoted and facilitated by Christy Clark.
• Basi specifically NAMES Christy Clark, as a leaker of Cabinet information to admitted briber of public officials Erik Bornmann.
• That Christy Clark would often probe Bob Virk for information. Remember, Virk was Ministerial Assistant to Judith Reid and a key Minister in the sale of BC Rail.
• That Clark’s then Ministerial Assistant and CURRENT Deputy Chief of Staff, Kim Haakstad, facilitated what amounts to helping Clark commit a breach of her oath of office; what amounts to a BREACH OF TRUST.
• That Virk was betrayed by Kim Haakstad, but too, Christy Clark, and that Virk discovered that betrayal in a conversation with Erik Bormann–after Bornmann was leaked sensitive BC Rail material by Christy Clark and Kim Haakstad.
Clearly, Christy Clark was keeping all her options open. If McLean won, she was a winner, if Bornmann and company won, she was a winner again.
What a familiar pattern! No loyalty to anyone except herself.
But let’s get back to her denials that she had anything to do with the sale of BC Rail. If Basi’s admissions about his own conduct are to be believed, AFTER he was charged and dragged through court for years, then why is he not credible when he was suspicious, but had no clue he was under RCMP surveillance–because this is surely what the Premier will whine about.
She can’t have it both ways. He and Virk knew better than anyone what was really going on–AND WHO WAS DOING WHAT.
The ‘Memo-to-File’ is authenticated and witnessed by George Jones, QC, Basi’s lawyer.
And to ensure that when the Premier squeals about the authenticity anyway, I called Dave Basi and asked to meet him to show him this document.
He turned me down. Instead, he provided me a fax number, and asked that I send the document there.
I did. And here is Basi’s word-for-word response.
“Alex, I can confirm that I wrote that memo, it’s my writing. It’s exactly as I wrote it, it’s signed by me, that’s my signature and witnessed by my lawyer. I stand behind every word.” (David Basi, June 2012).
He stands behind every word.
Behold.
It is painfully obvious that Christy Clark has lied about her real involvement in the sale of BC Rail.
The big question, apart from many others, is: Why? Why is the Premier lying to the media and the public about what she really did? And if she has nothing to hide, call for a public inquiry, right here, right now.
Was it her close friendship with Erik Bornmann, a briber of public officials? Is she covering for someone else close to her? Why the obvious lies, Premier?
And with the Basi-Virk documents the RCMP had available, why was Christy Clark never questioned about what those documents showed?
In addition, wasn’t it ironic that she flubbed the line about Cabinet confidentiality when she took her oath as Premier? I wasn’t the only one to notice and wonder.
Oh, yes…her oath, THE SAME ONE SHE TOOK IN 2001.
Premier, you’d better keep up that Sunday morning church attendance.
God might show some mercy.
The people of British Columbia won’t.
At this point, I will leave ito you, my loyal readers to spread these stunning revelations across the province, and indeed, across the country.
The public has a right to know.
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Thanks in advance.
*****BREAKING NEWS*****
Tune in to CKNW 980AM TODAY at 3:30pm sharp. Jon McComb has a special guest on to talk about the above memo…..
Don’t forget!
Alex, The Sun is carrying your story of yesterday even mentioned your Name. The shit storm continues for CC and her lies. Great work Alex, Great work. Cheers
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Thank you. I appreciate it.
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342 comments and counting? Has your server melted yet?
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So far, so good.
59,000 BCers have read this story.
That’s a record.
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Seems like crusty and step-on are following the same play book, they both know about this and I believe are figuring on immense profits because of it, I’m disgusted, we have been sold out to global corporate governance, shit…. and its SECRET:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/97678261/Trans-Pacific-Partnership-ATIP
http://www.marketoracle.co.uk/Article35265.html?all=true
When they sell us out behind closed doors, BC rail, HST, TPP ETC as far as I’m concerned they are a treasonous tribe that co-tows to largesse and $, sorry not my cuppa tea.
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Good link Mogs!
Too bad these facts have been ignored, marginalized & smeared as conspiracy theory.
If voters with any comprehension skills compared the micro with the macro they’d soon discouver the whole game is one big crooked turd!
Instead, they get sucked into playing that dead-end left-right pointless political game; it keeps them busy on the road to nowhere, while they get financially raped and legislatively enslaved!
At least with the Basi/Virk memo, we are on the verge of exposing a CONSPIRACY FACT – all thanks to Alex’s honest tireless work.
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Canada is ranked 51st .Is BC101st.?sounds like PAB-FOIA – PMO privy office filter.
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/politics/article/1216231–canada-ranked-51st-in-access-to-information-list
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I guess that rating was arrived at AFTER, off-site computers were ordered (by whom only an inquiry will reveal),to be used for correspondence in relation to the BCR “bidding”…..”arranged” by the most open, and transparent crime family the province has ever seen.
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Looks like the rats are starting to leave the sinking ship: http://www.vancourier.com/Clark+Families+First+goes+rails+CLBC/6843047/story.html
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Interesting. The veteran pundit suddenly realized that the Liberals haven’t been truthful…
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The Sun didn’t rise this morning, so Christy told another lie instead:
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Christy+Clark+denies+involvement+Rail+leaks/6843612/story.html
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Interesting….the “criminals” want all the documents released so the public will see what really happened, but the lily white Christy and her govt, are stonewalling the Auditor General and the public from seeing anything.
So I ask you, who are the real criminals now?
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An avalanche is triggered either by a small snowball rolling down a slope or an airhead idiot upsetting the natural balance of the slope. Are we witnessing both cases working in sync?
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the real criminals, the real criminals are the jackals feasting on the corpse of democracy. would campbell have been re-elected if we knew he was in favor of the H.S.T. , his reward the order of b.c. and a posting in the U.K. and who profits financially , Pam martin for one. I’m sure the list is longer and I would elaborate, but right now Alex the simple truth is my chemo drugs confuse me, concentration is out of the question. But enough of the morbidity, my results are promising. I would simply like to congratulate you on a job well done ,and thank you for all the effort and hard work you’ve put into this, you truly are a blessing to this province, my wife and i both thank you. In particular the story on health care and the budget allotment of 1.4 billion for administrative cost. It would appear that there are many criminals at the feast. Once again thankyou .
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Never mind me.
I want to wish you God’s every blessing and a return to a healthy life, consumed by love and laughter.
Bless you.
Thank you for your always welcome contributions here.
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now thats funny.
CC says that the guy her government paid six million dolars to shut up should not be beleived?
HELLO CHRISTY, no one beleives you. in fact people have more faith in the word of two convicted criminals than you.
she claims that it has been proven that she had nothing to do with BC rail??? when? where? by who? did i miss the public inquiry???
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“It’s not true and it’s been proven not to be true,”
Read more: http://www.vancouversun.com/Christy+Clark+denies+involvement+Rail+leaks/6843612/story.html#ixzz1ywqQeHSD
Oh Please…….yes, that’s why they bought off Basi & Virk to stop the trial, that’s why they tied the hush money to a gag order, that’s why the Special Prosecutor is threatening Alex, that’s why the Auditor-General is having to go to court……..
I can’t wait for Wednesday.
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I think the precise description should be, the memo was written before the legislature raid instead of before being charged.
The 2 descriptions could give very different perceptions to readers. The latter may imply that Basi wrote the memo to blame others.
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Just picked up the Metro newspaper, and there it is on Page 2- top half page “Questions remain for premier in BC Rail scandal”- Allegations “Memo published by political blogger suggests Christy Clark allowed lobbyists access to confidential information.” It mentions you by name and John Van Dongen. The spread is getting wider.. I am supremely glad. Now, if it means something will actually be done, or the rot is stopped before all of BC is sold, even better.
Wonderful work, Alex
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Thank you. It’s been an altogether rewarding experience.
And revealing….Fowlie’s column today was extremely revealing and I’ll be skewering it tomorrow.
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I find it absolutely absurd that Brian Kieran is willing to publicly chastise the sale of BC RAIL, when his company profited as an integral part (albeit also the corrupt part) of that sale.
http://www.mondaymag.com/opinion/159793105.html
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Rats started running for dry land …
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I guess he came to Jesus when Omitrax lost out but he’s absolutely right. Coleman’s response reminds me of what a defence lawyer I knew described in his clients as ‘sociopathic indignation’.
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I don’t have a clue what its like for you personally to write articles like this. Every now and then you drop clues with remarks about the RCMP, lawyers, snide remarks from members in the MSM and of course losing your dear friend and supporter Tom.
So its nice to see this story getting traction where it should have been all along and its nice to see YOU getting credit for breaking it.
Well done!
Keep up the good work.
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Open challenge to Premier Clark. Things are getting heated around this. Call an inquiry, or sue Basi and perhaps also AGT. Those are your options.
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Wow. What an accomplishment Alex. The MSM have actually picked up this story. Thanks to your very hard work. I was the unfortunate target of a BC Liberal government SLAPP suit a few years back for doing a lot less than you are. It was dropped when my allegations were proven accurate. Do you think CC is going to go down that road with you?
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BRING IT ON!
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Alex did you listen to Baldry thismorning on Goods show ? He is disgusting,you’d think he would be ashamed of himself.
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Yes, I heard Keith and Bill.
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First off Alex, a sincere thank you for your dogged efforts on this issue. It is hugely appreciated by myself and many others.
While CC can try to question the validity of the memo, the fact of the matter is that by any reasonable or objective measure, there is more than enough smoke in that memo for people to question her conduct during that period. The optics are incredibly poor.
She should do the right thing that the public expects of politicians in a similar position to the one she currrently finds herself in; she should either resign and/or call an inquiry. After all, if she is as innocent as she professes to be, shouldn’t she welcome an inquiry to clear up any lingering questions about her role in the BC Rail affair? (I know, I know, there’s no chance of that happening.)
I am absolutely disgusted by the whole affair. The emerging LDB (soon to be) fiasco is just salt on the wounds.
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I watched the results on the cknw news poll, “would you support a public inquiry ino BC Rail..” Approximately stated: 10 am 48 yes, 52 no
2 pm 53 yes. 47 no….
Right now 530 PM ……..29 yes, 71 no.
Those swings don’t happen without organized vote stacking. In fact, the people who don’t care, don’t vote in these sorts of things.
Cast your vote at CKNW.com..
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Waste of time.
Any online poll can be gamed, and political media monitors are experts at it. The results are unreliable, regardless of what they actually are…
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The BC Liberals were in MASSIVE panic mode yesterday at the Pitt Meadows golf tourney.
Christy, before anyone else.
They worked the phones, emails and this poll.
But just you wait. I have something much bigger on the way.
Soon…
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Whorehouse, pardon me Pilothouse, or whatever Communications they want to call it today has been practising this kind of crap since the Chretien-Martin Civil War.
All you need to know about Liberals, all Liberals is . . . WE ONLY CHEAT WHEN WE CAN’T WIN!
And to paraphrase US Army General of Calvary (1876) Phil Sheriden . . . THE ONLY GOOD ONE IS A DEAD ONE!
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Look Satan, I’ll do whatever you want, but is the rumour true?
I’m rooming with Christy?
Can’t I room with Marilyn Monroe and be across the hall from Jim Beam?
Geezus man, considering all the work I’ve done down here on your behalf….have a heart you old bastard.
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I thought God kept Marilyn for himself………;)
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No AGT I’m rooming with Crusty, just in case:)
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Oh, thank God…
I mean, er, well, you know what I mean…
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The RCMP or at the least certain members are neck deep and want no part
helping this whole event get any public airing , too bad becuase it will only be worse when the truth surfaces .
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That’s absolutely correct.
In our two meetings I asked the RCMP members present why with all the evidence against Chrosty they didn’t at least interview her about a possible breach of trust.
“I don’t remember that,” said one.
Then I asked why when they heard Kelly Reichert CLEARLY offering Dave Basi a bribe he wasn’t charged.
“I don’t remember that either,” said the other.
For guys that went after the evidence so hard, they don’t remember much.
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The cops are sounding more and more like politicians every day.
Next thing we’ll be hearing from them for every answer will be, “It’s before the courts, so we can’t comment”.
Despicable events by the RCMP: 2 deaths contributed by one member and he’s still on the payroll.
Another death in the interior and suspiciously the cameras found to be not working. That member still working and never lost a paycheck.
Being a RCMP seems to be the best job in Canada, you’ll never get fired, no matter what you do, be it tasering people to death, plowing into them drunk, or shooting a prisoner in the back of the head (in self defense).
Welcome to the third world state of Canaduh, with a para-military run by neo-Cons (much like Syria).
‘The true north strong and free’….my ass!!!!!
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Hear Hear, Ron!
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Keep it coming Alex1
Here is today’s follow up!
http://politicalinsider.ca/bc-rail-christy-clark-should-order-a-fullimmediate-and-quick-inquiry/
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And thanks to you for your follow up.
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UNBELIEVABLE; Premier of BC – a certified liar – little MSM followup.
BCrail was not a sale – tax holiday for CN made it a giveaway – a $700Million crime. Go gettem Alex.
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Just watched Global where they interviewed Clark trying desperately to get votes going to the BC Conservatives (why do you suppose they are voting that way to begin with?) At the end when they said something that inferred that the NDP will win the next election did she ever get snotty. Laughed at that. The pressure is getting to her.
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Christy’s published denial is reported in the Sun:
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Christy+Clark+denies+involvement+Rail+leaks/6843612/story.html
It is CC vs. Basi, and maybe AGT. Sara McIntyre’s retort yesterday, and the Premier’s denial today, make that very clear.
Has the Premier chosen the right battle ground?
50/50 is not guilty by any standard, but in politics it is perception that counts. Can the public’s opinion of CC go down any further? On this ground, Clark is swimming in a sink hole of Public Opinion.
The questions for me are: What about the Courts? Where is the libel suit?”
“Truth” is the absolute defence. “Fair comment” is a qualified defence whose counterpunch for a plaintiff is “malice”.
We’ll just have to wait with bated breath to see how many battlegrounds are going to be occupied.
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Get ready for tomorrow.
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Have a close look at the Crash Test Dummy’s photo in her Vancouver Sun denial – the end is near!
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Christy+Clark+denies+involvement+Rail+leaks/6843612/story.html
Imagined Caption For The Photo:
“Basi/Virk Memo!!?? Doesn’t Exist! It’s A Fake! AGT? Who’s That?
Hey Hey Hey! Forget All That Stuff!
Free Political Hand Jobs For Everyone… Come And Get Them!
Three Stooges – You First! Who Says I Don’t Take Care Of My Friends & Family First?!
Look At The Striations In My Bulging Forearm – I’m The Best!
I Graduated From “Sore Bone!”
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I have recently discovered your reporting and am so relieved someone is making legitimate noise.
As a matter of interest Murray Langdon at CFAX sounds like he will have segment on this. He often says it like it is. I’m very curious as to his take on this.
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Looks like Christy is following the lie till you die and deny deny deny tact on this one.
It’s a shame though as with strong and morally sound leadership I think the Liberals could actually have a (slim) chance at surviving the next election …as opposition anyways. With Christy at the helm as it is now, they are facing political obliteration.
I would never vote for the NDP in a million years and the BC Conservatives are clearly not ready for prime time. But with Clark running the Liberals, they will not have my vote nor the vote of any of my friends or family members. She’s a total disaster. If the Liberals haven’t figured that out by now, then they deserve to their upcoming election destruction.
Hopefully come 2016/17 we will be talking about Premier Dianne Watts.
Great work Alex! It’s much appreciated.
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Stan what are you smoking? Without or with Clark, who will steer the sinking ship. There isn’t a qualified leader in the bunch. What would be more distressing to me is allowing this bunch under any leader to continue raping this province.
I will vote NDP because I am a supporter and I want this mess cleaned up and hopefully some of the current LIbERalS thrown in jail.
Where are the tough questions the MSM should be asking Crusty and the rest? If Falcon stopped the short line sale, what did he know about the sale of BC Rail? I’ll put my money on “he knew a lot about the sale of BC Rail” and knew if the Roberts Bank sale went ahead they were all going to land up in jail.
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Your problem, as with most heavily doctrinaire partisans, is that you make assumptions based on left and right.
Instead of right and wrong.
There is no guarantee that NDP will handle anything correctly as a) they’ve not said a word about how they will deliver, and; b) look at how idiotic Krog has been on the BC Rail file! This will backfire on them for certain.
Falcon, for your information, knew very little about the BC Rail deal, much like many Cabinet members. Except for three: Collins, Clark and Coleman. They had more information than anyone in Cabinet and Campbell relied on all three, in various capacities. Falcon was told by the RCMP that Christy’s brother Bruce had the draft RFP given to him by Basi at the order of Collins (I’ve shown those documents here, feel free to search ‘Bruce Clark’ in my search bar).
Falcon immediately marched over to Campbell’s office and explained the situation–which Campbell already knew of, and while Falcon insisted the spur offering be shut down forthwith, Campbell was waffling–which frustrated Falcon to no end. Despite his premier’s simmering objection, Falcon shut it down on his own. It remains his finest moment in government as he’s had much less successful moments and thunderous brainfarts (like calling those of us who voted to extinguish the HST, “Stupid”) along the the way.
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I’m not a bit surprised that people are hoping for a, sooner than later, departure of Christy, but I’m a bit surprised that some think a new Liberal leader can save the party. The entire Liberal crew are up to their necks in this mess, and they know it, or their to darned dumb to be representing us. We need a change fast. I sense they are busy stealing as we type.I only hope Gordo is freaking as much as Christy should be.
Thanks Alex…you’ve sure awakened a bunch.
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Only Dianne could lead a party to victory and she’s not interested right now.
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Of course she’s not.
As you can attest to, leading during difficult times requires immense courage, real work and true leadership abilities.
John Horgan comes across to me as the only politician in BC worthy of the title, Right Honourable Premier of BC.
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I would include Mike Farnworth in that mix, although his Vision Vancouver backers make me very leery.
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As they of course should.
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400 plus replies as at 10pm.
Very good, very good, a record no doubt.
Have been sitting back and taking it all in and I have to say, how can anyone with a brain not see what has transpired here?
And yet they hide behind media spokespeople (Sara the Gum, ahahahaha), and carry on at Golf Tourneys like nothing has happened.
Idiots.
So she has lost the woman’s vote, the working person’s vote, the sane person’s vote, who the hell is left?
No one, and it looks good on her.
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Yes. CC has become BC’s Cleopatra, the queen of denial. Let’s have a fresh government that will give us a public enquiry and get to the bottom of this mess. And no, Dianne Watts could not lead the BC Liberals to election victory. They are too far gone for that.
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I said a party, not the BC Libs.
Pay attention.
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Great post by Norm Farrell..
http://northerninsights.blogspot.ca/2012/06/friends-caring-for-friends.html
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Interview:
CC ” I hereby tender my resignation, cause my Temerity toward Families First, and my other initiatives have been undermined by the NDP”
BG ” Yes it’s been unfair… Are you sure you didn’t mean Tenacity? WE know you’ve given you’re even best, and you had a heck of a challenge”
CC ” wWell B, Tenacity / Temerity, UHM , It’s all semantics, isn;t it B???
Commercial break
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We shall remember your sacrifices and determination Alex to bring this wide scale corruption to the citizens of B.C. who have been hoodwinked and blatantly lied to by our former Premier, present Premier Elect and each and every Liberal MLA for a decade. “It’s before the Courts” touted Gordon Campbell. “It’s before the Courts” croaked Wallace Opal. “It’s before the Courts” opined MLA Don McCrae. “It’s before the Courts” hacked and wheezed Bill Good. “It’s before the Courts” flounced Premier ELECT Clark. “It’s before the Courts” bellowed Rich Coleman……………..
Well folks, it’s before US now, thanks to Alex G. Tsukumis, and you ain’t seen nothing yet.
Cheers
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Well put,G.L!!
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Krusties big money friends are getting testy…..
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A veteran B.C. political cartoonist says his newspaper has backed down in a fight with one of Canada’s largest energy companies over a spoof of an advertisement.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2012/06/26/bc-cartoonist-enbridge-spoof.html
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The BC government, either directly or through crown corps, is a huge advertiser. Think the Crusty Libs have similar editorial leverage?
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Yes.
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which reminds me – why am I hearing ads for a bridge that isn’t going to open for another 6 months or so – and what’s that costing?
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What? The politicos and cororations have no sense of ha ha?
It’s a very sad state of affairs in the newspaper racket when the politicos and corporations determine who and what the editorial cartoonists can lapoon, or even who the editorial cartoonists will be.
It wasn’t that long ago that Moriarty relegated Bob Krieger to the sports pages. Where’s he going to put Murphy?
Just imagine how much sway they must have when things get serious.
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So there is a teachers deal?
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Apparently.
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The Lieberals had to have some sort of GOOD news after what has just transpired. Typical thieves throwing money at it to deflect. Absolutely bottom barrel politics and it’s so-o-o transparent.
Abbott is on the tube right now praising his side for the hard work THEY did to bring about this settlement. What a croc.
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“The tentative agreement expires June 30, 2013″
LOL, thats not a deal, its a one year delay until the next government is in.
for the liberals it is good optics, they got their “net zero” (for those that dont realize its a one year deal)
for the teachers it delays the liberals imposing a deal by legislation if the deal is voted down. if it pass’ they get to deal witha new government next year and will no longer have net zero on the table most likely (i would guess it will pass).
its a decent move for 2 of the 3 parties involved. the teachers and current government. the third party is the taxpayer… i dont see how we got much of value from this, the net zero is now one year and the class size issue that the teachers are angry about and hurts education is not addressed.
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Total agreement. It’s a farce.
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Yes, it’s pathetic. The BCTF has folded again with NOTHING for students and next to nothing for those who pay union dues, lost wages in protest, and still don’t get any cost of living increase in this expensive province.
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Absolutely, epic…fail.
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George Abbott has gone from one of the brighter people in that party to a bumbling curmudgeon under the education ministry. Is it something native to that particular job that ends up making you a heartless asshole? Or is it the koolaid that they’re forced to drink that slowly turns you mad?
No one with half a wit will accept this contract as anything other then a one year reprieve of having to deal with a morally corrupt government. Given all that has gone on it was probably the smartest thing the teachers have done in the past year, as they’ve certainly shot themselves in the foot over and over again with the delivery of their issues. Making wages the initial focus was the dumbest thing they could have possibly said.
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Hearing the rumblings this morning from many teachers, sounds like many will choose to vote it down.
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Agree, so now it becomes far more interesting.
It will be interesting to see how the NDP handles it, since the BC Liberals are essentially out of the equation.
So Abott and the BC Liberals can turn to look at Premier Dix and Attorney General Kathy Corrigan and say “yours to handle”.
It wasn’t only wages it was that infuriating “bereavement leave for friends” that started the slide.
So it’s over to Premier Dix to fix.
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Agreed there are interesting optics to this.
The ones most vulnerable are the NDP as this essentially says the teachers don’t think they will get too far with the current government and want to be the first to be able to raid the cookie jar when Dix and the NDP get in in a year, after all they wont realize there isn’t much money in the kitty for 2-3 years.
If Clark wasn’t busy playing dodge-ball with the grenades being launched by Alex she could use this to gain a few brownie points but the reality is that she is so tainted with BC Rail right now that it has diminished any effectiveness she might have been able to garner.
Another reason why she shouldn’t be allowed to continue. BC Rail has made her a lame duck where she does more harm than good.
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no offence seymour… but no one in their right mind thinks the teachers expected to get the things they asked for.
its a bargaining ploy… ask for a lot then settle for what you actually think is fair an reasonable.
as to kelln… was it the teachers that made wages the focus? or was it the liberals and MSM?
teachers had a massive array of demands on the table, wages and other compensation was what made catchy headlines…. and hey lets face it, the two local msm papers are tabloids… they are not about informing people of the facts. it is a lot easier to write a big flashy headline about contract demands that someone put a copy of in your hands, than it is to do some foot work and actually report on what is wrong and needs to be fixed.
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Okay, no more on the teachers, please. That’s for another time.
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Alex, please forgive my naive question.
I think your ultimate goal with the work that you have done is to have a public inquiry held. This exchange between Palmer and Krog, published an hour ago, suggest that witnesses called to the inquiry would have their legal representation paid for from the public purse.
That doesn’t seem right to me. Why would a mere witness need legal representation in the first place?
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Palmer+Inquiry+still+menu/6845314/story.html
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Kroger is a trainwreck as critic on this file.
He doesn’t know what he’s doing.
And his description of the memo defies logic. Basi (like Virk) is not a “convicted” criminal. They pled guilty (after a sweetheart deal). HUGE DIFFERENCE.
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Total agreement on Krog. We’ve put guys a lot worse than Dave Basi on the stand and convicted people. Krog sounds like some of the weak-kneed prosecutors who never thought we could win.
In answer to Sparky’s question the usual practice is that any witness would could face any peril (criminal or civil) is entitled to be represented. This would obviously include Clark, Collins, Campbell, et al and the government would likely pick up their legal bills.
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The knives are out now. Let’s hope the blood-bath reaches the U.K. !!
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I should have added that had Palmer, Good, & Baldrey done their jobs 10 years ago, there would be no need for an Inquiry.
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Correct.
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Thanks Bob
My mind was realing around the fact that an inquiry was not a court case against an individual who had been charged.
Perhaps when there is an inquiry, we would look to those dragging council behind them in a somewhat different light than those who attend happily to provide information.
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Alex, I to read palmers column this morning, and I too was very disappointed in his remarks. Maybe he was just being cautious to give him some slack. But I was not impressed. sounded weak to me. And I’m a dipper. Cheers
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That would be Krogs remarks
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I agree, Vaughn’s column was very weak.
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kudos alex.
i would not want to be a crow in victoria or around msm right now because i would end up on a dinner plate.
i told a young guy all it takes is one person to make a change and gave him your website,
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Thank you, Harry. Much appreciated.
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It would appear that despite your best efforts, Clark has dodged another bullet. The news of a tentative agreement with the BCTF was displaced the BCRail debacle in the headlines. Denial tactics by Good and Baldrey seem to have been effective for the Liberals.
Pathetic.
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That’s what you think. And your entitled to that opinion.
Nothing they have done has worked. Nothing.
But you keep sitting there and sulking.
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Jay, don’t give up…fight for the people of this province and this country because there is absolutely no such thing as entitlement. What we have must be earned by sweat, toil and sometimes blood. You have the power to influence people. It took one plus one plus one to make civil rights history in the United States. It will take the same herculean effort to drive a stake through these vampire’s hearts.
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By that I meant the Liberal party.
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I get it.
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I am no longer a BC Liberal supporter. I am disgusted that they have gotten away with what they have so far. What is pathetic is that you have handed the MSM more than enough ammunition to spark a serious follow up, yet they do nothing and Clark gets away with.
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No argument there.
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Willi Muenzenberg and Goebbels implemented that strategy before. Most of us know how at least Goebbels ended up. In this link you’ll find out how Goebbels’s implicit guru Muenzenberg met his maker in 1940 http://www.libertarian.co.uk/lapubs/histn/histn049.htm
BTW, Christy’s band cannot even properly implement some real propaganda projects. Whatever she touches turns into crap.
Who and what he was: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willi_M%C3%BCnzenberg
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I respectfully disagree with you Jay. Clark and her band of unethical pals are clearly on the defensive. Say what you like but the only way Clark can crawl out of this deep pit is to agree to a full independent inquiry into the whole BC Rail mess.
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She’s cowering, trust me.
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I really question whether a one year deal is in the best interests of the province.
Clark is hard up to point to any success and it would seem the teachers probably tried this one thinking it would be thrown back and the government actually went for it.
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Either way, the result it the same.
But I suspect under the NDP, we will see less stringent requirements of teachers and the whole education system will become less about results and more about process. And that’s after they specifically target private schools as the enemy. Shameful, I know, but that’s what’s coming.
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just a quick note. kevin kruger has just announced he won’nt be running again
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Kreuger won’t be missed. In my opinion he is a complete and utter Ahole.
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Inspite of the smoking gun that was revealed by your work (good job) there still seems to be too much resistance from msm to properly investigate and ask the hard questions. Do you have a follow up that could turn up the heat a bit? I will say that Michael Smyth at least responded and followed up to verify the memo.
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Go to the next post.
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Just hearing on the 10AM news that Kevin Kruger is not running for re-election.
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THUD!
That was Foghorn taking a seat in the outhouse, where he gets most of his inspiration. Moron. I can’t believe anyone would take anything seriously that that man has to say.
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Alex, could you provide a few thoughts on the BCTF deal?
I’m sure many teachers that follow you (including myself) would love to gain some non-union/non-political insight before going out to cast our vote.
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Happy to do that next week. I want to have a look at just how “successful” Charles Jago really was.
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Obviously Jay Cobb is staunch Krusty supporter, which is fine.
Problem is with her followers their are reminiscent of people when their cold think pissing their pants will make warm and cozy, but like everything Krustys says that feeling only lasts for a few moments then your left cold again.
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Big surprise…Big Blowhard Krueger won’t be running in the next election…
I guess that explains his instability and unparliamentary conduct.
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Former+Liberal+cabinet+minister+Kevin+Krueger+next+election/6849089/story.html
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Even Christy Clark has finally realized she doesnt need public support from the inbred cousin of the Sasquatch of politics.
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The fact that the trial was brought to a screeching halt by the illegal and morally indefensible six million dollar payoff to Virk and Basi, just before major testimony was to take place, is reason enough to hold the liberals accountable for any further costs and created a need for an inquiry. If the process of the trial was allowed to take it’s course, the question of an inquiry would be a mute point since many questions would have been answered and major players exposed. In fact the payoff deal only served to complicate and add fuel to the whole sordid affair from beginning to end.
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Christy Clark in my opinion is doing a very good job ?
People in B C have hated every premier they ever voted for
Look at the N D P the one that was not voted in He spent his short time as B C priemer in His Homeland India
the next N D P primer is now Working For Jimmy paterson
Christy clark and Sarah Palin is the people i want to fuck me if i will get fucked be any primer
They both are Hot and respect them Both
You vote but The chinese want to get a Chinese dictator to be premier in B C
Watch Who You vote for the East indian wanted to ruin B C
Packanisten only has their nuclair bome because of that persom from B c
If you vote for east Indians or chinese You will become part of their country
The Chinese Goverment wants to controal the world soon it will be by force
The Muslims want to controal bt birth rate
they did that in lebanon
look at syra they hate the jews but now they want the jews to look after them
Vote for Christy Clark or no one
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I allowed this comment to pass, because I approve jokes from time to time.
Even pathetic, misogynistic, racist, idiotic ones…..written by morons.
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I just want to push this epic post past 500 comments. The people of this Province are listening…and soon the stooges in Victoria will hear them loud and clear!!!
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Well BK’s Diary, you just about made it! This one will.
By the way Alex, you said at 9:48 on June 26th that “I have something much bigger on the way.”
Has that shoe dropped yet?
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No, not yet.
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