(UPDATED) The BC Liberals and Friends Scheme to Privatize Liquor Distribution: Another BC Rail Scandal in the Making
How many times can I begin with the same line when writing about the beleaguered provincial government and its hapless leader Christy Clark?
My darlings, ‘you just can’t make this stuff up’.
The BC NDP, fresh from a months long nap (rather shameful, really) disclosed internal documents showing that until Pat Kinsella–the Premier’s close pal and advisor, lobbied along with Excel to privatize the LDB in BC, the government had no business case to do it!
Well, where is that business case, Pat? Show it to us! Because the rest of the province hasn’t seen a goddanmed thing to support something like that!
In fact, it was apparently all a neon light idea after the Exel geniuses bumped into Shirley the Dim at a golf tourney in the north.
Quick, queue the blessed David Berner laugh track please…
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What a bunch of IDIOTS, the lot of them!!! How can they think that the process to privatize liquor distribution in this province is ANYTHING but tainted, after CKNW’s Bob Mackin MONTHS ago revealed how Exel wrote a memo that included the lavish bragging of how they could influence the process by speaking to their pal, Minister Rich Coleman???
It remains a clearly corrupt process that should have been halted MONTHS AGO–the second Mackin’s FOI intel was released.
Here are my observations:
(1) While I laud the BCNDP for their awakening to a crumbling and corrupt government, their information, explosive as it is, only serves to demonstrate that they should have been demanding the government halt the RFP MONTHS AGO. WHERE WERE THE NDP??? Bob Mackin’s info was enough for ANY fair-minded person to attack the process and declare it thoroughly corrupt. Kudos to my pal Shane Simpson, though: An exceedingly professional, informative and pointed presentation of the government’s corruption on this file. Well done, Shane. Truly marvelous work by you and your NDP colleagues.
(2) I’m thrilled to death Vaughn Palmer took to task the new Minister responsible, Margaret McDiarmid. But where is Vaughn’s leaping, snarling inner pit bull when he’s interviewing the Premier? Kenneled and muzzled, apparently. All softballs and lots of latitude for deflection. Let’s see what he does tomorrow, if she has the courage to show up anywhere. It didn’t occur to the Dean of BC’s MSM that after Mackin’s intel months ago, this is a process shot to hell with insider privilege and corruption??? Really?! It took the NDP’s information to do this? And I couldn’t believe how delusional and confused Margaret McDiarmid sounded while Palmer was bashing her ridiculous excuses black and blue. What a PATHETIC public servant!
Honestly…
(3) Is this whole thing not reminiscent of the sale of BCRail? Pat Kinsella playing both sides of the deal. And a government insider with direct connections to the Premier, who will gain immensely. Oh, yes, the Premier…the one who couldn’t be reached for comment today because, AS USUAL, she’s busy hiding during the first day of any scandal, to measure the fall out, and see what the reaction will be, while her minions script answers she’ll provide tomorrow or the next day. This is leadership of a province? What a pitiful dunce!
(4) CKNW should be heartily congratulated for covering this story so completely. Simi Sara, Bob Mackin, Sean Leslie and their entire newsroom led the way, with exceptional reporting and commentary–better than any other news venue. Kudos to Sara, Mackin and Leslie in particular!
(5) What if this is all a bait and switch? It wouldn’t be the first time this government played us. So…Exel is now thoroughly tainted in this process. They become the stalking horse. And then what’s a responsible and prudent government to do??? Why, of course, they hand the contract to (here comes the swtich) ContainerWorld, owned by BC Liberal backer Dennis Chrismas. And thanks to Kinsella’s brokering, Exel buys ContainerWorld at some point later, down the road. Get it?
After I published it, I received a phone call from a friend of Pat Kinsella’s–a mutual friend…a very good friend.
“Pat denies your story. He never, ever got involved in making the government wanna sell this distribution channel. No way. And Dennis Chrismas is going to come out and publicly deny your story. I’m telling you, there is a business case that makes sense…”
Oops… Pat never led the parade to privatize? Really? And where is his close friend Rich Coleman in all of this? Tell me again, please. Because the NDP documents released bare more than a passing resemblance to specific documents ocllected previously by Bob Mackin. Documents that look eerily similar to GOVERNMENT documents to make the case to privatize.
You betcha, Pat had nothing to do with it…sure thing, pal. And I’m still waiting for Chrismas’ denial.
What a woeful, laughable government. Led by the most unqualified Premier in the history of this country.
I tell you, Boessenkool’s plan of having Christy hide for the summer maybe wasn’t such a bright idea after all.
Out of honour and duty, shouldn’t the Captain be on the bridge when the Titanic II sinks into the darkest depths of the abyss?
Oh, yes, of course. What honour and duty? We’re dealing with Christy…how could I have forgotten???
And did anyone hear Murray Coell on Simi’s show this afternoon??? “We listened to the people…they rejected the HST and we got rid of it, all of it…”
NO YOU DIDN’T YOU FOOL! It’s still with us, making the most needy in the province suffer! Are all these people this stupid? Can it be???
And the hits will keep on coming…there will be no government left unless she’s pushed out or leaves. It’s done. It’ll only get uglier. But she doesn’t care. She got what she wanted, the title (she stole it), and she’s going to milk that forever.
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The NDP’s documents will squeeze everything else off the media radar, so I’m going to wait til Monday to release the Gordon Campbell ‘Basi-Virk’ docs. Sorry about that, but Bob Mackin is also coming out with more as well–I did an exclusive hour long interview with him for CKNW on the BC Rail file. I understand it could be released as soon as tomorrow (or Monday). So, Monday seems a better time for a document dump.
I’m off tomorrow dealing with family matters.
Please enjoy the summer responsibly.
I’ll be back Monday.
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UPDATE:
CKNW’s Bob ‘The Hammer’ Mackin, BC’s top investigative journalist, advises the his NW piece on BC Rail/’Basi-Virk’ is in the production room, so listen for it early next week–likely Monday!
I’ll be doing a separate post on this for Sunday with some exclusive details about Mackin’s documentary.
He landed some very special guests…and I don’t mean just Tieleman and Tsakumis…
STAY TUNED!!!
Animation: Christy Clark’s take on tankers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxUKavQm6yU&feature=related
“A well-placed sconce!”
LOL!
Don’t miss the comments section – the ones about “Christy’s” raspy voice and corporate meat – LMAO!
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Checkout this story from the landslide tragedy in the Kootenays. Why is Christy Clark offering condolences when they are still looking for the people stuck in the house.
http://www.theprovince.com/news/landslide+Desperate+warning+emailed+government+prior+slide/6930450/story.html
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Because that’s what an idiot does.
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Alex there should be a “Like” button under your comment,it’s priceless!
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Thanks Jeff!
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Hey! Hey! I am no fan of Christy or the BC Christy Party — but I say don’t let blind hatred lead you into making unjustified statements. The above is a punch in the nards and it cheapens the impact of the justified shots to the (rotten) Liberal core.
Firstly, it was the Province writer who used the word “condolences,” not Christy.
Secondly, there doesn’t have to be a death, to offer ‘condolences.’ From the Free Encyclopedia (and other sources): “Sympathy with a person who has experienced pain, grief, or misfortune.” So, the Province writer was technically correct.
Christy’s actual statement is at the Boundary Sentinel (and others). I don’t see the word ‘condolences’ in there — and no hint of loss of life at that point:
“Our thoughts and prayers go out to the families and the loved ones of the individuals still missing due to yesterday’s devastating land slide at Johnsons Landing on Kootenay Lake.
“On behalf of all British Columbians, I want to express my deepest sympathy to the families and loved ones of the individuals who are missing as a result of this sudden and tragic natural disaster….”
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What an asinine comment.
Condolences are delivered in the case of death–period. The word hasn’t been used otherwise since Shakespeare was in short pants.
And it wasn’t the Province writer that used the word. I spoke to several reporters who heard her. Idiotic.
You don’t see it in one paper but that means she didn’t use it with another? Are you for real? Seriously.
And don’t come around here pretending to know what I, or anyone else, thinks about Christy.
My only hatred is for people who pretend to know what I think and get the story wrong in explanation.
Yes, I hate that immensely…
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Check the Province link, Alex. The Province writer and writers on the CBC, Global and Castanet sites all said that Clark “offered condolences.” And yes, many on-line dictionaries allow its use in non-death situations.
None quoted her as using the word. Those who did quote her, used the above quote that I presented.
The bigger problem for me is that I can’t offer a fair comment (that goes against your grain) without getting blasted with vitriol.
Harvey and Norm, for example, are much more respectful.
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And you STILL don’t get it!
She actually used the words! DO YOU NOT GET THAT? I heard from two people standing right there.
Norm and Harv are obviously more tolerant of your stubbornness. I’m not. It’s not because you went against something I wrote–BUT BECAUSE YOU’RE BLOODY WRONG and still insist on playing the role.
This is your last comment on this issue.
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“Doctors pronounce people dead, not the news networks.”
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The insidious use of lobbyists, with limited rules and restrictions, corrupts our democratic form of government. The rule of law should be for the benefit of us all, not for special interests. People like Patrick Kinsella, lurking in the hallways of the Legislature, are not there on our behalf and do not answer to the voters. Lobbyists exist to further their clients interests – the privationation/sale of LDB operations should be halted immediately until a convincing case for privation can be made. The following CBS 60 Minute espiode on lobbyists is an eye opener. Can it be happening here? You decide:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=CHiicN0Kg10
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I would think so. Kinsella being the top dog.
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I certainly can’t think of one politician in BC that comes across to me as anything more than a glorified order-taker. Well, except for maybe John Horgan. I’m not even sure of him though, politicians can of course be very deceptive.
“Would you like to add a prized BC asset to your order, Mrs. Corporation? We’re currently offering many of them at a special discounted rate! However, we can only guarantee the discounted price until May 2013. So acting quickly, if interested, is encouraged!”
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Having known John since grade 2, you can take whatever he says to the bank. He speaks his mind, and does not mince words. He should have been elected leader. He also values others opinions.
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Horgan is one of the most first class human beings I’ve ever met.
Truly, top drawer.
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The level of corruption is so astounding I wonder how can we trigger an election or have some kind of caretaker government put in place until an election?
The liquor distribution deal should bring criminal charges if they implement it.
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The Liberals are too afraid to call an election; the NDP want the Libs the deteriorate further; and the Conservatives don’t have enough seats.
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I think everything you are saying Alex is true. I just wish someone, somewhere would have the balls to stand up for the people of British Columbia and get Christy outta here. I know you are, by making these documents public and blogging. But I want to see someone who would take the reins do it. Before this gets (if possible) anymore out of control. And some inquiries into BC Rail that is a true one, unlike the Missing Women joke of an inquiry (in my own opinion.)
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Christy is likely afraid that she won’t even be able to win her own riding, whichever riding she decides to run in. And the Liberals would look like even greater fools if they booted her now and tried to find another leader, as the acceptable ones (Watt & Taylor) have both declined. Any way you look at it, the Liberals are done, its just a question of whether they can hang on until May 2013.
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I like the idea of a caretaker Premier until this secret candidate can save BC… and by caretaker i do not mean Kevin Falcon whose idea of caretaking would be to throw a firepower demonstration… staring his vocal chords in defense of capitalism.
After all, when this secret candidate appears to be BC’s saviour, that caretaker better get to writing her memoirs.
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I’m confused. Were you talking about the other guy with the thing? Because we can’t deal with that thing unless the first guy with the other thing is looked after.
As for the second guy with the third thing, I dunno pal…maybe next time we should count to tree? Like: One, toooo, tree…get it?
Ah, fuggetaboudit…
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Who’s on first?
Marty
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That’s right, who’s on first. I said that.
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Who’s on second?
Marty
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No! Who’s on first, what’s on second and it’s on third.
Get it straight.
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LOLZ.
Caretaker Premier Polak who can’t do any damage except to the BCNDP and herself until super secret, super heroic, supernatural candidate for Premier is punded into running.
Clear?
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Clear, no go read my new post.
Be quite preapared to laugh your ass off!
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AGT,
You are doing good work but………….
You really need to get your head around the idea that the mainstream press which you rail against is also the same press that won’t give the NDP the time of day. You insinuate that the Opposition is out to lunch on many issues. Nonsense.
I respectfully suggest that you have a go at how hard it is for the Opposition
to be heard.
Bill Darling
Bill
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I respectfully suggest that before you proffer such advice, you read this blog more carefully.
(1) I have written extensively about the NDP being shut out by the bias MSM.
(2) I have also made it clear that this is a failing not just of biased newsrooms, but reporters themselves, who are supposed to be driving the stories that matter.
(3) But this phenomenon DOES NOT excuse the BC NDP for sitting on the sidelines, largely in silence, and pretending that coasting to victory is at all acceptable.
Your comment, with respect, sounds like an excuse for a non-commitment from the presumptive government-in-waiting.
Is this the LEADERSHIP we crave? Is this the RESPONSIBLE DIRECTION we can expect?
More than fair questions, considering their all but silence until the LDB story I reference above.
What about on BC Rail? They’ve essentially abdicated responsibility to keep it alive, to me, Mike Smyth, John vanDongen, Simi Sara, Jon McComb and Bob Mackin. How is this responsible? They put Leonard Krog up front on that file, and he expressed himself like a first class fool.
Try me again on how they aren’t getting many breaks.
Because the ones they’ve had, except for this last one, they’ve royally screwed.
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I am not & never have been a NDP supporter. That being said, Victory is the ultimate goal in politics. With CC & Co. crashing and burning as they are, coasting may be the safest play. Dix doesn’t need some idiot saying something stupid to disrupt his day. I agree with you that the NDP should be out there swinging & hollering. If the current government had a chance at winning the next election they probably would be. This is not the case. It comes down to winning the election by any means. Just wait, the Liberals will fight a dirty campaign. Coasting will appear more honorable. “Honorable” is a word that the people of BC haven’t witnessed in years in BC politics. So if I was in Dix’s position, I would probably choose coasting as the safest play under the current circumstances. Because just like the Liberals, the party comes first, the people second.
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Playing safe isn’t leadership, though, that’s the bloody point.
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I have to agree with AGT on this. To be effective in the position as the Official Opposition, and more importantly as a credible and creditable “government in waiting”, the NDP needs to be able to juggle more than just three balls i.e. the BC Rail ball, the HST ball, Northern Gateway ball.
To their credit the NDP have recently added a fourth, the LDB ball, but what happens when the Gold Plated Pension ball, the exorbitant severance package ball, the FOI reform ball, the PPP, IPP and RFP balls and three chainsaws, Education, Health Care & Taxes are tossed in???
The BC NDP have been practicing their juggling and other performance skills as a sideshow for over a decade now, but are they ready for the three rings under the big top in the circus of BC politics?
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AGT,
Thanks for taking the time to respond.
I have spoken to Leonard Krog on the BC Rail file and he certainly did not come across as a first class fool.
I have been assured by Krog and other MLA’s that an inquiry will be forthcoming should the NDP form government.
If the MSM will not cover the opposition’s position what would you suggest the Dix and the leadership of the NDP do to get out the message?
Will you be commenting on the pipeline that Enbridge has proposed and
the positions taken by the Liberals and NDP?
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YOU STILL DON’T GET IT!!!!!!!
I don’t give a flying damn what Krog promised you. HE shows a breathtaking ignorance on the issues he’s been tasked with. Particularly with respect to BC Rail, his positions have been milque-toast at best.
Stop looking for the excuse. They found documents on the LDB and rolled out a presser properly for once. The media covered it. They should be doing that with everything.
Are you for real??? I did a major piece against Enbridge. Go to my search bar and look it up.
Geezus…
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That is 100% right Alex. If John and Adrian want to be taken seriously then they should stand up and show some leadership. It really wouldn’t have been hard for either man to show up and shovel some dirt in sandbags in Sicamous or show up at the slide to hand a drink and some food to the exhausted rescue workers. This is completely ludicrous. Who are their political advisers and why aren’t they doing their jobs?
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PS if they appoint Leonard Kroeg to do anything more than warm a seat at the back of caucus I am going to dismiss the NDP as anything more than a pale copy of the outgoing party.
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I’ll be following his ever step, if only to hammer home why he shouldn’t be in Cabinet. The man has no handle on any major issue he’s touched.
He should be a BC Liberal.
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Says it for me.
Plus, I don’t consider the BC NDP to be helping its cause via its website (something it has 100% control over). It comes across to me as very amateurish: highschool annual like. It doesn’t clearly state their plan. How they will help improve BC and things for me. Instead, their platform comes across as, “Vote for us! Why? Because we’re not the BC Liberals!”. Uh yeah, okey dokey then.
In todays world, the first place a person looks to learn about an organization is its website.
With their website as is, it certainly doesn’t surprise they struggle mightily to benefit from positive MSM publicity.
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im curious alex, what issues do you think the NDP are sitting on the sidelines on?
BC Rail- promised inquiry
BC hydro ipp’s- have said they will see if they can legally break deals
enbridge pipeline- opposed, and have said they will stop it even if the liberals pass it before they are thrown out
LDB- have said it does not make sense without a business case for it, have asked the liberals to halt process… and strangley the liberals are not showing us a business case… i wonder why?
i disagree with your sentiment that they need to be more vocal (allthough at times it would be nice). the liberals are their own worst enemy at the moment. this will most likely lead to the liberal party of BC not existing by 2017, and in this case i would say the ends justify the means.
to be blunt alex, this is our own fault (the voters of BC) for electing the liberals past their first term. people did not seem to care when they tore up legal contracts and sold BC rail against campaign promises. they showed they could not be trusted with power VERY early on.
you know far better than anyone else that the ndp have no real power with the exception of feeding the media stories… and at this point they have to be cautious to make sure the liberals are gone next year.
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You missed the point.
I didn’t say they were completely silent, but let’s take your issues one by one.
(1) BC Rail – They promised an inquiry and little detail or major comment on MAJOR items, like the Basi memo fingering Christy as a Cabinet conduit, except to send in that dimwit Krog, who even as a lawyer made a complete mess of his public comments. A few of his own colleagues COMPLETELY agree…
(2) BC Hydro and IPPs is old news. What are you talking about??? Of course they should break those contracts–but the payouts will be hefty. What’s the general plan for revamping Hydro? What would they do if handed the reins now?
(3) LDB – late off the mark, very, and confusing narrative until they, ahem, acquired their own documents. This is leadership?
I don’t care if you disagree with my comments–you’re dead wrong. I want to know the public’s goddamned tax buck is sitting idle. We’ve got enough of that on the govt side, as you quite astutely pointed out.
If you don’t care that that’s happening on the opposition side, we’ll good for you.
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alex its not that i dont care whats happening on the opposition benchs, i just see the removal of the liberal party of bc from our society as more important at this point. the amount of damage the liberals has done is astounding. we are currently obligated by contract to pay for their mistakes for the next 20 years as it is.
im happy with the way the opposition is playing this, they are playing the long game, only making accusations they can back up… not looking for photo ops.
long story short, if you fully beleive the current government is completely corrupt and without morals… the best thing the NDP can do to help our society is win the next election.
prime example- you talk about a plan for hydro….
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HOW THE HELL IS ANYONE, let alone the NDP supposed to come up with a plan when the auditor general has said the liberals are hiding debt?
no one has any idea what the province’s finances actually are because the liberals have legislated their own accounting practices.
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More copout lingo. No one is looking for details. Just a few general ones to show direction. Get a grip, pal, you’re coming unglued.
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But I’m not convinced that’s the “best” option at all.
I want them to earn it on their laurels, not by default.
You feel differently, good for you. I’m tired of giving any of them a free ride and then being screwed in the end. That’s precisely the system you want, because you support the NDP.
I support no one, except the common man and woman. The worker. The needy. The most disadvantaged. They will also get screwed if the unions are to be pandered to. That’s what’s coming–you can bet on it.
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The NDP fave been pretty quiet generally on some key Liberal decisions with only an occasional comment, some good, some weak,.,,,,, BC Rail, CLBC, BC Ferries, LCB……
They are the official opposition.
They should “OPPOSE” something,…………. anything
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When necessary. Agreed.
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(EDITED FOR LEGAL REASONS BY AGT: You cannot make three separate statements attaching serious criminal acts to currently elected members of this govt. The reasons for this should be abundantly clear and completely obvious).
When other nations citizens agendas super seed our own communities there is a serious problem. Corruption is the result and that my dear friend we have by the train load in BC.
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“super seed our own communities”
literacy problem, or weed/grass production reference intended?
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We agree on one thing (that is most of us do here). Premier Snookie needs to be turfed and quickly. There may be different opinions on the direction BC needs to go. In this vein let’s keep our goals clear. We may not enjoy each others comments but we must stay our course to defeat Christy and crush any attempt to retain any seats that the Liberals currently hold. This must be done through legal and ethical means. This has been made clear I hope because getting upset will only serve the Liberals purpose and may help undermine legitimacy here. I believe that Alex keeps an open mind and a firm hand on editorializing what some would perceive as extreme opinion. That being said, it may have been a glitch in communication by “real estate” . I do not believe that attacking his expression does any favours, but he must be aware that there was a thinly veiled attack by one of Christy’s stooges (or by a misguided supporter) at this blog. I would caution against any thing that may be misread.
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Harvey Oberfeld has a great comment on the BC Liquor distribution sale.
The NDP need to come out NOW, and warn Christy Clark, Rich Coleman, Shirley Bond, that if they proceed with this sale, criminal charges will be laid against them.
Something has to be done to stop this firesale Liquidation of OUR assets
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Yes, Harv’s link was posted here several days ago. It was indeed a great piece.
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CC on LDB from CKNW:
Premier Christy Clark has offered her first comments in the wake of NDP claims that the proposed privatization of the Liquor Distribution Branch is being driven by lobbyists with strong Liberal ties.
Thursday it was revealed the government seems to have only decided to privatize the LDB after meeting the Vice-President of Exel Logistics last summer.
Today, Clark is sticking to her talking points on the issue.
Reporter: “Premier, in regards to the Liquor Distribution Branch, where is the business plan for that?”
Clark: “Well what we’ve done is we’re going to get the best deal for taxpayers in this and that’s what we’re focused on, we won’t do it if we can’t get a good deal.”
Reporter: “Did you know Patrick Kinsella was working on behalf of Exel?”
Clark: “That has been raised in the past.”
Reporter: “So you knew that?”
Clark: “It’s been a matter in Question Period.”
Kinsella served as an advisor to Christy Clark during her leadership bid, and co-chaired Liberal election campaigns in 2001 and 2005.
He was also working for BC Rail before it was sold by the government, and faced allegations he also worked for the buyer — CN… allegations which were never prove
http://www.cknw.com/Channels/Reg/NewsLocal/Story.aspx?ID=1739007
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She’s delusional.
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Have fun on CKNW… I’m sure Cute Canute really loves her beloved radio station toy being borrowed by a much greater communicator.
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Alex,
I have always followed provincial politics and have been utterly disappointed with how the MSM has blatantly favoured the BC Liberals over the past decade.
The media made a big deal when it felt that Glen Clark had help from his neighbour to build a deck on his house … and had cameras rolling when he was arrested (shameful!). But when the BC Liberals have two close associates convicted of taking bribes and the court case is called off with $6 million worth of legal fees covered, it doesn’t get the play it deserves.
The trial was stopped before Gary Collins was to take the stand. Why didn’t reporters track him down or show up at his home like they did for Glen Clark to ask him for a comment? Judith Reid?
Gary Collins was Campbell’s right hand man and likely successor and he completely disappeared from the political scene. You might want to ask why this is so? What did he know? Was he willing to point the finger at Christy as being the ‘cabinet leaker’ of info on the stand? And then there is Kinsella, the insider of all insiders, working for both BC Rail and CN and the man responsible for Christy and Gordo’s campaigns in the past…and this is not a problem? Why isn’t there a camera in his face asking tough questions?
The MSM let the BC Liberals off the hook and the RCMP let us all down with their shoddy work on this file. The BC Liberals are so confident of having gotten away with BC Rail that they are doing the same thing with the LDB…a sell-off to their closest friends. The only problem is that you have done such a fantastic job of ‘uncovering’ the BC Rail documents (in part to shame the MSM) that the media is, in my opinion, not going to be fooled a second time.
The NDP should publicly state that they will not honour any privatization deal signed by this BC Liberal government if they win the next election AND that they will bring about charges against anyone suspected of fraud/breach of trust in this suspicious sell-off….this time, no last minute payouts of legal fees! I cannot wait until the next election.
Keep up the great work Alex, you are doing a great service to the public of B.C. If the MSM won’t provide unbiased media coverage, at least I know you will.
PS Also, as a dedicated teacher, I am hoping you will find the time to do a story on how Christy Clark has waged a decade-long war against teachers, to the detriment of the public education system. What this woman knows about education could be written on a grain of rice. Unfortunately, her ignorance of all issues ‘education’ is coupled with a true dislike for teachers.
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All good questions.
You need to go to my search bar and type in ‘Teachers’. You’ll immediately find the story I did that was read and appreciated by tens of thousands of BC teachers.
Bonne chance!
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Huh?
It’s the speech from Saturday. Nothing to do with tankers.
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Somewhere, secreted within a hiding place, Gary Collins must have some important info hidden, just in case Campbell tried to take him down. He threatened that info when about to testify and Gordo had the trial stopped, made the perps suddenly plead guilty, and gave them six million of OUR money to get out of it all.
Let’s hope it is not over yet and someday we’ll extradite him to BC to face charges!
Just my opinion.
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How do you know Collins committed to such an act?
Please contact me privately at agtsakumis@gmail.com
Thank you.
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http://www.theprovince.com/news/bc/Gordon+Campbell+hospitality+clarified+still+tops+other+diplomats/6948737/story.html
Lovely pic of Stephen “greeting” Gordo in London.
Steve: “Gord, I’ve come to take you back to B.C., to face the music on BC Rail.”
Gord: “I can’t go! I’ve got parties to plan!”
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