‘EXCLUSIVE’ BREAKING NEWS: Christy Clark Lied About Her Involvement in Cabinet Discussions Regarding the Direction of BC Rail
Recall, if you will, some weeks ago, when I released a memo-to-file written by David Basi, and authenticated by his Victoria-based lawyer George Jones, QC.
In it, Basi noted–at a time when he didn’t know an investigation and subsequent charges would ensue, that Christy Clark was a serial leaker of Cabinet intel to Erik Bonrmann, a man who at the time was bribing Basi for any kind of information. Bornmann was the closest lobbyist to Clark and Clark was the closest government member to Bornmann–no one was closer. Basi contended that the then Deputy Premier had essentially committed a breach of trust.
The Premier went ballistic. “Consider the source!” she exclaimed. Basi is “a convicted criminal.” And he “admitted to doing the very same thing” he was accusing the Premier of doing when she was the Deputy Premier. She didn’t happen to mention that, during that time, Basi and Virk were her two top political lieutenants, but we know it’s true. Don’t we? Basi, Virk and several top local federal Liberal and BC Liberal lieutenants have confirmed this for me.
Then, after Christy’s tirade, the Premier’s Ottawa-trained terrier-poodle cross, Sara MacIntyre, let loose on me. She actually sent out a (defamatory) email (interrupted only to switch the gum from one side of her mouth to the other) to various members of the media, trying to discredit me because I used hard (and entirely accurate) words with which to describe the political insanity of her boss. I was reminded of the objections by Henry Kissenger staffers and loyalists, when the late Christopher Hitchens once referred to a specific part of Kissenger’s tenure as Secretary of State, as “demonstrable, utterly obvious war crimes.” But I digress.
The main thrust of the Team Christy was to discredit the source(s) with contrived slanders and lies. That Basi wrote of how she was leaking Cabinet intel to Bornmann and Kieran and how she was intimately involved in working inside government to move the bid into OmniTRAX’s lap, was just the ravings of a criminal loon. Nothing here folks, please move along.
Clark herself, told Mike Smyth on CKNW in January of 2011, that she never had anything to do with “the direction of the sale of BC Rail, ever, those are just accusations on the Internet”. She chided Mike Smyth for “character assassination” and when he confronted her with other court documents I released at that time–clearly showing that she was not only involved, but even receiving briefing notes to take into Cabinet, she said, “(Alex Tsakumis) has no credibility.”
At the same time, she repeated those denials to Marisa Thomas of Global Television as well.
So, for the kids in class keeping score: I have no credibility, because the court documents are fakes and I’m mean to her; Basi is a liar and Mike Smyth, bless him, was on a witch hunt to sully her good name.
What good name???
Christy never had anything to do do with manipulating the sale of BC Rail inside government. Did you all get that? Never, ever.
Well, what if those very same accusations are revealed in a document written by her close friend Brian Kieran and admitted briber of public officials, Erik Bornmann? Are they liars, too? Because the RCMP considered them so credible, they staked their entire case against Dave Basi and Bob Virk on the word of Kieran and particularly Bornmann.
In a province-wide exclusive, I’ve obtained just that. Below, please find a document authored by Brian Kieran and Erik Bornmann when they were still partners at Pilothouse Public Affairs. It is stamped by the RCMP investigation unit and was part of the 17,000 pages of evidence collected during the preliminary investigation phase of the Basi-Virk trial.
No one, outside of the two sides involved in the trial and the RCMP have ever seen this document. You, the public, are viewing it for the very first time.
Please click on the link, here and have a look at what Christy Clark doesn’t want you to see.
Now, tell us again, Christy, how you weren’t ever involved in any Cabinet discussion regarding the sale of BC Rail. Someone please tell me how Gary Collins in his interview with the RCMP repeated this claim, but with this document staring them straight in the face, the police did NOTHING to interview the then Deputy Premier Christy Clark.
She was clearly wanting the bid to go to her friends with OmniTRAX, Brian Kieran, Erik Bornmann and later Jamie Elmhirst. One OmniTRAX executive, Gary Rennick, told Brian Kieran (this is in his first interview with the RCMP) that they’d be receiving a $250,000 bonus for the winning bid landing with OmniTRAX. Did they tell their pal Christy?
What was Christy doing going after Judith Reid in that presentation?
Christy has been telling us, forever and a day, that she exercised her duties “spotlessly” and never once committed to anything close to speaking about the sale in Cabinet. She never did anything offside, she claims.
Then why so brazenly LIE about her Cabinet involvement in trying to direct the sale away from CN, and, logically, to the only other qualified budder–OmniTRAX?
And why on earth would she be shilling for OmniTRAX? Basi and Virk were THOROUGHLY investigated in the beginning for doing PRECISELY THAT. The mountain of evidence I’ve presented just on this blog, against Clark, should have had the RCMP falling all over themselves to, at least, investigate her actions.
Of course, the Premier’s team of deflectors will tell you that she was simply trying to level the playing field for all bidders and was favouring no one. So are they then admitting the fix was in for CN? Why else would she object? It can’t be both!
Whatever the spin, it’ll all be pure, unadulterated Mike Morton-crafted bunk. This Kieran-Bronmann memo is completely in line with Basi’s accusations that Clark was an instrument of Pilothouse and the information highway of Cabinet and government level intel, was endless. Clark went after Reid in the hopes of bolstering the chances of her pals, who were the PR hacks for OmniTRAX. That’s exactly why she intervened.
Here is Basi’s memo again.
And the link for those needing it, here.
I guess the Premier’s going to have to apologize for lying to Mike Smyth and CKNW. She did indeed intervene in Cabinet. Why did she say she didn’t? Only Christy knows why she would commit to such a lie. And she did so in the Legislature as well! Vaughn Palmer covered her statement. She stood in the Legislature and said she was an arm’s length from it all. Really Christy? I guess Brian and Erik, your buddy, are liars, too? You’re the only one telling the truth? Of course…
But notice a few other interesting items in the Kieran-Bornmann memo? Geoff Plant, then Attorney-General, committed to an unusual display of partisanship and editorializing in a Cabinet meeting (if he really understood the independence of the job he then held, he would have kept his mouth shut in Cabinet and spoken to the Premier, then Gordon Campbell, privately). Why would Plant go after Reid like that?
Did you also notice in the Kieran-Bornmann memo the dedication to the discussion of tax pools? That’s the topic Christy cornered Bob Virk about, many times, in the hallways of the Legislature and in his office. Don’t know about that? Well, you will–if a public inquiry takes place, because you’re going to hear Virk on the stand telling you EXACTLY THAT–that Clark was constantly offering “inside” advice and exchanging intel, plus clearly biased, in favour of OmniTRAX.
In addition, and perhaps most tellingly, Kieran and Bornmann have INSIDE THE CABINET ROOM knowledge of issue-specific discussions–their entire memo makes that crystal clear. Astounding access! Also, they know intimate details of what was happening inside the bid committee room!
Unfettered access to the highest level in the BC Liberal government. That could have only come from someone at the top.
Who was their closest Cabinet friend? Who did Bornman and Elmhirst answer to politically–both federally and provincially? To whose federal Liberal political machine did Bornmann belong? Who did Kieran write to or call to get inside Cabinet intel, when his buddy Erik wasn’t calling her, meeting with her, or coincidentally bumping into her at the Helijet?
Why, the same woman wearing the red scarf in the video below. The very same woman who clearly lied to you, as well as CKNW and Global Television.
And after cheating to win the leadership, she’s now the Premier.
Aren’t you proud, British Columbia?
Watch the now painfully obvious Clark lies, once more, and then go back and read both Basi’s memo and the one authored by Kieran and Bornmann.
Christy never took part in Cabinet discussions, ever. Nope, no way, not her. Lily white, our Prom Queen.
What a contemptible fool she is.
What’s Christy going to do now? Call Kieran and Bornmann liars, too?
Because the RCMP hung the entire case against Basi and Virk on the testimony of Kieran and Bornmann. So, if they’re liars, I guess Basi and Virk were wrongly “convicted,” eh, Christy? That can’t be both ways,either.
The Christy Clark motto: If at first you don’t succeed, lie and lie again.
What a disgrace!
This is like one of those movies where the monster just won’t die. Figurative silver bullets, bushels of garlic, industrial-sized crucifix, a stake to the heart; NOTHING WORKS! You have check-mated them a dozen times or more, AGT, and yet the game will not cease. I admire your profound tenacity, and I know that it will eventually prevail. The sheer physics of reason demand it. What a nightmare…
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I’m here, pal. I’m here…
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At the very least, Alex .. you have given us the facts for when it comes to election time and it becomes most important to cast an educated ballot. I am yearning for the first all-candidates debate .. no party will be immune to my displeasure .. I promise, no Baldrey-sized softballs here!!
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Waiting to hear Christy’s response!!!! She is still in hiding. Come on Christy face the wrath of the electorate. The very people you claim to have in your best interests. Still waiting…….. Given this lastest information, the sale of any further public assets by this party should immediately cease until a judicial inquiry is held. These are public assets, not assets of the Liberal Party.
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August 22 crissy was holding one of her famous ladies only meetings in Parksville when the photo ops bug hit while she was patting herself on the back over the glorified walk in clinic in Parksville .
She was asked a direct question by a reporter about the Pilothouse memo and BC Rail memo. Her only response was “That’s not New new’s” and when pushed that it was indeed new she proceeded to end the media scrum refusing to acknowledge the memo further.Oceanside Star article also gives Alex credit for the info.
Hope that helps.
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http://www2.canada.com/oceansidestar/news/story.html?id=16fb3378-e90b-454f-ae3f-73d354ca6ba5
I’ll be doing a column on this later today.
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An Early Election Theory:
If Christy, and the people who pull her strings, want to keep her & her industry friendly government in power they need to find a winable cause for her. How about this? David Black, majority owner of Black Press (former Chair of the Progress Board) and a very wealthy man, has proposed building a refinery outside Kitimat to process Bitumen from the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline. This proposal came “out of the blue” and, although he is wealthy, $13 Billion is beyond his reach. He seems to have no support from the Oil Industry or China (who can refine bitumen cheaper in China) and he doesn’t seem to have the support of Enbridge. The concept of a refinery at Kitimat, although lacking industry support, is getting some positive press (MSM). The NDP have already come out opposed to this idea. Christy, so far, remains in hiding and has said nothing. Perhaps this refinery proposal is nothing more than a ruse to draw out the NDP against the idea while Clark and her backers wait and hope that the press spin it positively (a gamble, but they have to do something to keep their government in power). Now, suppose the idea gets traction, Christy could use it as an excuse to set back the election date, saying that Black ‘et al’ need time to find possible customers for the refined products, to bring investors on board,start an environmental review process and try to get Enbridge to buy into the idea. She could say that the NDP would kill the refinery as soon as they were elected, therefore she needs to set the election date back to give Black more time to put his refinery case together. I believe Clark and her backers will do anything and everything to stay in power and the refinery idea, coming out of nowhere, might be just the ticket. Just thinking!
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I actually think there may be some merit to Mr. Black’s thinking.
Although, I’m still working through it.
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the refineery is a good idea imho, the location is not.
it makes sense to only have one pipeline built to bc and have it refined here if you are going to turn it into multiple products for shipment overseas, as opposed to a refinery in alberta.
however there is allready existing pipelines coming to southern bc, so why not run this project along the same route? why not have the potential for damage to the environment all in one spot that is allready existing?
as to where to build a refinery in southern bc, i have no idea, but it just makes more sense than creating 1000km long route of potential disaster and that without going into the added problem of navigation at sea to reach kitimat.
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The refinery makes sense HOWEVER.. it doesn’t make much sense in Kitimat. Why would we want to pump the nasty bitumen through our pristine wilderness/waterways and risk a spill when the bitumen could be refined much closer to the source and pump refined (less dangerous) product for shipping to china.
It’s not just the tankers off the coast that pose the massive environmental risk its the risk of a spill in one of our major waterways which would be equally if not more devastating. I live 50km from kitimat and financially I stand to benefit greatly from either of these projects going ahead but neither makes very much sense in its current form.
That said if our recluse premier/harper and his henchmen force the pipeline through then I hope the refinery gets built as we’d at least have some economic benefit for the risk we are taking.
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I agree with much of what you’ve said here. How do we mitigate the possible environmental degradation?
That, to me, is key to this whole thing.
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The short answer is we don’t. When diluted bitumen spills, the diluent evaporates quite quickly. If the spill is on water, the diluent evaporates leaving behind bitumen which, being heavier than water, sinks to the bottom.
The technology does not currently exist to retrieve the bitumen without destroying the riverbed or the ocean floor in the process. In other words, we don’t know how to “fix” a dil-bit spill on water.
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And therein lies the answer.
It’s a problem–and remains so.
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agreed 100%. the risk can not be eliminated. it can only be managed to what location it happens, as there is no possibility of having a 100% reliable pipeline with our current technology.
so given that eventually there will be a spill, the question is where do you want it to happen, in an area that currently has no pipelines or tankers, or in an area allready being used for these activities.
sure a company can invest money to make sure oil spills happen less frequently… but they still will happen.
so as i see it we have two realistic options…a- move the pipeline and tankers to an area where this business is allready taking place or b- cancel the project completely.
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I wont echo too much of what has been said above other then to say I support a refinery (much like Thomas Mulcair does) but any pipelines through that area of BC, and through the mountains where cleanup is a near impossibility, is just a bad idea.
Here’s a thought: what about refining at the source, Fort Mac or near Calgary, routing it to Vancouver. The concerns of piping bitumen would be resolved because there wouldn’t be any (it would be refined oil) and there are already pipelines going to Vancouver so I cannot see how connecting would be a bad idea. Just a thought.
I want to say finally that, as an NDP member, I am for getting off the use of oil as a fuel. Governments and research hasn’t caught up to that dream yet and until it does, pragmatism must take the place of ideology. Far too often many of us on the left blame those on the right for being too ideological. We are just as much to blame for gridlock.
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Bless you. I quite agree.
But be quite sure–movying away from oil is a dream–a pipedream.
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The economic reason why it does not make sense to refine at the source is given in an article in Tuesday’s Sun (link below). In short, the specifications for petroleum products are tailored to such factors as the temperature in the region where they are to be consumed, and thus refining should take place close to the consumer’s location. This is seen as a shortcoming in Black’s proposal to refine in northern B.C. when the product is destined for a single overseas market in Asia.
[http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Proposed+refinery+challenges+economics+crude+exports/7120870/story.html]
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It was in “The Sun” – it must be true – no hidden agendas here.
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I think it was a Saudi oil minister who warned his fellow OPEC members that the Stone Age didn’t end because they ran out of stones…as time goes by we will be less reliant on oil due to better fuel economy in cars, etc. As the price of something goes up, it forces us to find ways to use less of it. However, it will be a very long time before we can stop using oil completely. It will have to be because we have discovered a substitute that is cheaper and/or more convenient/more abundant than petroleum. Never say never, but there’s nothing now that quite replaces oil, unless solar gets cheaper.
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“Pipe”dream…well struck sir! It could happen if government were willing to invest can companies were willing to take the risk. Unfortunately, especially in our current economic climate, many private companies (even given the massive tax breaks and handouts they’ve been given) seem to be risk averse.
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Listen, I own several classic cars and I’m thankful for bike lanes, wherever I can find them.
No one’s ever in them and I get around traffic in a jiffy.
The odd cyclist asshole (I know, this is redundant) occasionally appears, but I treat them as one should.
Like gum on my shoe.
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hey alex, whats your license plate number… i will have to remember to kick your car as i ride by in the bicycle lane.
just kidding.
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It’s a personalized plate just in honour of the cycling Nazis.
FAAAAQ
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Critical Massholes!
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Refine oil in Canada is a good thing. Building a pipeline through pristine wilderness with a bad track record still not so good.
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The MSM never seems to ask: Why the hell go to the risk and huge energy waste of pumping bitumen thousands of miles? Why not refine it in Alberta, near as possible to the source, then send much less difficult and risky to move OIL and lighter fractions wherever they need to go (especially east to displace foreign oil).
Alberta loves the oil industry so there shouldn’t be any problem with getting approval for as many refineries as needed, wherever they want to put them. Fort Mac is already a wasteland, why not there?
The absolute waste of energy used to move the sludge around (vs crude oil or lighter) is mind-boggling. Also, the fact that Canadian oil has to go south to be refined then shipped back to us as gasoline and diesel etc is insane.
Of course, the oil industry and their MSM stenographers always bemoan the “fact” that enviro regulations make building a new refinery in North America “impossible”. They somehow never square that with the fact that refining operations have actually been consolidated between the various major oil companies (collusion?), making their refining operations ever more profitable even as (or because) supply shortages and resulting price spikes have become more common (Cherry Point fire, anyone?). Notice how gasoline doesn’t track oil pricing and always “sticks” relatively higher, even with taxes taken into account?
I have a feeling that Alberta and the Feds would certainly bend over backwards to allow a refinery, if that is what their masters in the industry wanted. After all, they don’t seem to worry too much about the environment when it comes to fracking, pipelines, and tankers, now, do they?
Seems to me that the oligopolists (economics-speak for co-operating aspiring monopolists) simply like having as few refineries as possible since it keeps them running at close to 100% capacity and max profits. They don’t really have to compete with each other and have set it up so that one refinery in an area will produce every other brand of gas etc.
Last thought: They also don’t have to care about having any excess capacity or redundancy for the sake of domestic energy security be cause the government doesn’t force them to.
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Hear hear!
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you have made the best points on this issue
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I wrote this a few days back for another of Alex’s threads but didn’t post it not wanting to thread-jack on an unrelated topic. Ater having read all the above, I see that there are many other great minds thinking along the same lines.
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If Alberta doesn’t want to build a refinery, then there needs to be one at the first open space that the pipeline hits BC. Further, we need to maximize the value of the product by allowing as many as possible BC workers hands to produce it.
The world is oil-addicted and if the Chinese are not prepared to buy it by the pint, then screw them. The jobs that would be lost if we are to send it to them bulk are OUR jobs as it is OUR resource. It is money in the bank .. if we don’t sell it now, it will be more valuable in the future especially as world supply dwindles.
One huge plus to a Canadian refinery is that once processed if a cargo ship ran aground off the BC Coast, there would be tonnes of boxed oil floating in the water that would make for a much easier clean-up.
Bottom line .. AGAIN, it is OUR resource and if you wanna buy it, then the deal is on OUR terms!! You F***ing politicians really need to stop giving away our future for such short term MINIMAL gains!!
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Somebody’s been reading Rolf Wiborg in the Tyee. If not, then well done. I’m of the same mind.
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nope .. just my own deluded mind thinking. It is an amazing thing how clear a person’s thoughts can be when you are concerned about everyone’s well-being and not just your own selfish agenda(s).
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Off topic, but the recently announced limitations of online access to The Province and Sun newspapers should result in a tidal wave of readership to your blog. Concerned and thoughtful citizens hungry for behind the scenes analysis of what is actually happening politically in our province without being clouded, manipulated, and in most cases ignored by the MSM will have somewhere to gain information and clarity. Your proposed new web site could not come at a better time.
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Off Topic – I read the editor’s note from the Province newspaper and the claim is the Province provides “Good journalism” and this is restated again and again – too bad it is not true. They have maybe one or two articles a week that can be considered somewhat good. Bye bye province. Major shift in news reporting about to enter stage right.
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I actually quite enjoy the Province. Wayne Moriarty does a very good job. and runs a tight ship.
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the cabinet document raises more question than answers such as.
1/ why try to throw judith reid under the bus?
2 / if cn was intimidating or other wise discouraging other bidders why were they not removed from the bidding process?
3/ what is a tax pool ? and how can it be taken advantage by another company with out purchasing the asset?
3/ why is msm avoiding this like the plague
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This statement that Fowlie quoted on June 26 2012 has always bothered me.
“It’s not true and it’s been proven not to be true,” Clark said, responding to allegations in a memo that was made public Monday by political blogger Alex Tsakumis.
Please Ms. Clark, tell us what court that was proven in?
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Christy Clark is a proven political fraud.
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I would like to see Clark, Plant, Campbell, Reid, and Collins in a courtroom….answering questions put forth by that delightful lawyer that juggles hand grenades for fun.
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To be brutally frank, I’d honestly donate an entire year’s salary to an RCMP overhaul, to see Kevin McCullough cross-examine Geoff Plant, Rich Coleman, Gary Collins, Mike Morton, Ken Dobell, Lara Dauphnee, Christy Clark, Bruce Clark, Mark Marrisen, Erik Bornmann, Brian Kieran, Patrick Kinsella, Gordon Campbell and David McLean–in that exact order.
And then in order: Kelly Reichert, RCMP Supt. Kevin deBruykere, Kim Haakstad, Erik Bornmann’s former secretary, Aneal Basi, Bob Virk and Dave Basi.
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Why is Judith Reid not on your list?
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Because she’s an innocent. She knew nothing. of what was going on.
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If Judith Reid was that unaware….why did she have her hand on the portfolio?
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The two are exclusive issues. I was referring to the fact that she hadn’t a clue as to the machinations and agendas at play around her. In a sense, Virk was very skilled at keeping her out of it. That was his job, even if he wasn’t personally invested in those matters. In this case he was, however, how much and to what extent will only be determined at a judicial inquiry.
I think both Basi and Virk will be found to have been a) nowhere as involved in directing traffic as some much more senior govt officials, and; b) were completely and totally bought off. Otherwise, they would have won had this gone to trial.
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o.k. I’ll toss in my yr worth of pension cheques! After an investigation/inquiry like that, I could die a happy person.
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I’m in…one year’s salary…$175K….where do I SIGN
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I’m nit kidding. That line uo, in that order because I know how McCullough thinks.
Tbey’d all need wheelchairs and respirators.
He’s Braidwood on steroids.
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Shouldn’t they give Martyn Brown another go around, seeing how he was a hostile and uncooperative (and very forgetful) witness on the stand?
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Not really. Both Bolton and McCullough made mincemeat out of him.
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Christ Alex…this just came to me…couldn’t Basi or Virk be able to file a civil suit in a few months if they wanted to?
I would donate to their legal fund….probably along with many others.
Expensive…yes….worth it….absolutely.
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No. They signed a mutual release. The government can no longer go after them and they can’t go after the government.
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….and that little arrangement is exactly what you and I spent $6M to obtain…..just so that wouldn’t happen.
…..Geezus…
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Hi Alex,
I have a Q: you might be able to help with. When I read the letter from the Pilot House guy’s they had at the top of their memo-letter a line that reads prepared on June 24, but down further on the page they are talking about a future cabinet meeting that will take place on June 23. They are talking in future tense, but it should have been in past tense right?
Anyway those guy’s spoke like they were sitting in those meeting’s WOW info from meetings held June 19 re-sent to OMNI on the 24th. News travels fast with loose lips.
What is the official explanation on how the PH guy’s had that type of info from that meeting if Basi and Virk weren’t allowed in to those meeting’s?
You should ask Basi and Virk if they were on vacation at the end of June. Wouldn’t that be funny!!
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Basi and Virk had absolutely NOTHING to do with this information. Collins confirmed that to the RCMP during his interview. Same for Judith Reid.
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Alex, looking way back down the track, what did the drug investigation find? who was supplying the drugs? to whom? what happened to the investigation? was it dumped? seeing as organized crime had “reached the highest levels of the provincial government”, is it still there? were people caught on wiretap regarding specifically this drug investigation? are there some major embarrassments, not to mention the possibility of criminality?
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On an entirely different matter, concerning the document mentioning the tax pool, one needs to read it very carefully, right to the end.
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Yes, correct. That’s important.
On the drug matter, the investigation morphed in the early stages from a drug sting to a corruption investigation, and the former was never again pursued. All issues related to drugs were dumped. I asked the RCMP investigators I met with, about why they did that, and they simply said it was a dead end, and wouldn’t elaborate.
The were originally looking at Basi as some sort of drug kingpin because he was on the phone speaking to a cousin, who was indeed involved in the drug business. Very quickly, they discovered that Basi had nothing to do with drugs and it was all about the BC Rail matter.
Regardless, there is no question in my mind that the RCMP mishandled this investigation. Too many inconsistencies and problems with a clearly flawed process.
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The RCMP at the time of the Basi/Virk pleas, were dealing with the Missing Women’s Inquiry. Too much icing for the cake?
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Here are some interesting links relating to the drug charges, ** read all the links** . I found it very interesting how many charges were dropped .
Here is the Basi search I did on this site, all the posts in this link are interesting.
http://gangstersout.blogspot.ca/search?q=a+basi
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I found it very interesting how many times I used the word interesting in my last comment.. good grief, we need a preview button
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I’m interested in your interest.
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Wow! The links are a wealth of information. Must read.
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If “deluge” were a number – would it be bigger than 7 ?
http://www.bcconservative.ca/news/bc-conservatives-name-special-committee-to-handle-nomination-deluge/
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The spin they are providing is utterly embarrassing.
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Breaking news….. Christy asked by reporter about these documents in Parksville. “That’s not news” she said.
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ROTFLMAO
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Media, with a few exceptions, seem to treat news as that which comes in Press Releases from Authourized Sources. That makes them messengers and not responsible for errors or opinions conveyed therein, and relieves them of the work of verifying the information.
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Not to mention people that should have been nowhere near the investigation.
Thanks for the clarification.
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Have things ever been this screwy in BC politics? An NDP provincial review of Enbridge? WTF are you doing, Dix? Way to shoot yourself in the foot. And NW is making you guys look like idiots. My, my, my things keep getting curiouser and curiouser.
But hey, Christy’s back from holidays so I guess the last person with extremities standing wins?
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It makes sense in a round about way sort of (and im probably wrong). I don’t think if the federal review were to allow the pipeline that the province would be able to block it in fact that was the legal opinion in that article.
By doing our own review we at least legitimize our position that the pipeline is not in BC’s best interest in spite of the federal review and if harper overrides our decision as a province based on our own review it looks REALLY bad on him and will cost him dearly.
Is it playing politics? you bet but given the fact the federal government (apparently)can legally override our provincial decision on the pipeline “politics” is the only option on the table.
At least Dix is taking a position on it and stating what he’d do. Ms clark still appears to be admiring the view with a fence post stuck up her ass.
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Fer sure!!! The “independent” Tides study would give Dix the ability to “strenuously object”, instead of just object, to the pipeline. Big, big, difference … worth millions.
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she’s back! unfortunately and already spewing garbage. is she saying that she IS principled? and that she dosen’t wanna play politics? and that she IS interested in serving the “interests of british columbians? like she is doing that now!!!! too bad she didn’t stay wherever the heck she was, but maybe they didn’t want her either….
Clark says the NDP leader’s call to abandon the federal review of the Enbridge Northern Gateway and launch a BC review is nothing but politics, since dix has already said he opposes the project.
“It make absolutely no sense and you know it’s another example of how those guys just wanna play politics all the time, they don’t care about being consistent, they don’t care about being principled, they care about playing politics, and that is not going to serve British Columbians’ interests well enough.”
Clark insists the pipeline must meet the five conditions she has laid out including a fair share of the benefits for BC, or it will not happen, but the NDP says the premier has no way of enforcing those conditions.
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Fantastic. She’s come back with the same dimwitted rhetorical bafflegab that she left us with before the Boessenkool imposed vacation.
Now get ready for the inexorable bullshit that cometh.
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Out of Christy’s mouth: “British Columbians elected me”
No they did not, you liar.
The same as the lies you tell about not being involved in BC Rail.
You are a lying, corrupt, low-life.You are a disgrace to this province and most everyone who lives in it, your corrupt government members and other fellow low-lives being the exceptions.
A disgrace.
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COMMENT OF THE YEAR.
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There were five of us watching the news when the clip of Christy Clark saying “British Columbians elected me…” came on. In unison and instantly the room was filled with shouts of “WTF?”, “No!”, “She’s lying!”, etc. Then we all broke into derisive laughter.
This woman needs a shrink…
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Her shrink would commit suicide.
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That’s funny, the same outrage happened at my house after her dumb comment.
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doubt it alex… he could get very very rich treating CC.
and its not like you get emotionaly involved with someone you think is a lowlife scumbag.
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Now I want to help Christy Clark get elected in the May or whatever date the election is on.
Let us all make T-shirts with her image in that photo-op in India praying, with captions underneath.
First…B.C. Rail…..Ummmm, I had nothing to do with that.
Second…I am Filipino at Heart.
Third…..”British Columbians Elected Me”.
And last……I am the Premier Bitches!!!!!!! Ha!
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I heard the same remark and thought, that even though the voters/lemmings of PT.Grey elected her as an MLA she doesnt deserve, not did she earn the right, to say the people of British Columia elected her Premier…………
She’s delusional at best or a pathalogical liar at worst
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A look into Christy’s soulless core – this is who she really is!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxrd_jZJxkg
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With all due respect to my fellow readers and commentors..
Out of respect for the effort that Alex has put into this post & the BC Rail investigation… can we please stay on topic and discuss this information that Alex has obviously worked his ass off trying to bring to us..
I can’t help but feel it must be most offensive to our host to have the thread hijacked to discuss the pipelines which are getting plenty of ink on other sites..
Rant over…
Could someone explain to me what the significance of the last line of the document is.. Anyone ??
What does the reference to taxes mean?
Is it the relationship to Glen Clark or Pattison Group? or am I missing it altogether.
Please…somebody!!
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You’ve missed it altogether.
There was never any mention Glen or Jimmy, you’ve lost us completely.
What are you referring to?
The entire last paragraph is dedicated to crafting a strong narrative and getting it out there by also leaking to the media.
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Sorry Alex,
second page second paragraph last line…
I just don;t understand the possible use of the tax pools by Pattison Group, I didn’t reference Jimmy personally in my comment.
Perhaps I was better off with the pipeline conversation….
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Tax pools are the value of tax deductible costs against taxable income, that a person or corporation have yet to have the opportunity to apply.
There was some peripheral discussion about Pattison possibly entering the deal and taking advantage of the deductions, but this was short-lived.
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As always, great work Alex. We all knew this memo existed. You got it.
The tax pools were critical to the deal. As the negotiations wound down, the province and CN spent months negotiating with the federal government to get approval for the tax pool structure.
This cabinet meeting that is the subject of the memo was critical in establishing a provincial position on the way they would treat the tax pools, which were worth upwards of a quarter of a billion dollars.
The thrust of Clark’s intervention was to argue against the proposed treatment which aligned with CN’s bid. That line of argument, of course, was in the interest of Kieran’s employer Omnitrax.
So Clark’s intervention was not trivial.
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Precisely. And thanks Ian. Always great to hear from you.
Let me know when you want to get together.
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alex i think george is refering to the mention of the pattison group on page 2 regarding that they could take advantage of the tax pool..
i know that the documents clearly proves that ms clark is a liar , however i think that the tax pool questions needs needs to be answered
what is a tax pool and who benefited from the pool if they can be transfered with out purchasing an asset ?
great work alex and george
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and what is to be made of Martyn Brown’s e-bombshell detonated what, 2 months before the Lib annual convention that is said not to be about leadership?
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His amnesia is on the mend?
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Well at least it looks like the guns have turned inwards with Martyn Brown taking the first shots, time to make some popcorn, the drama’s about to begin.
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One wonders at the way politics and big business seem to run this province.
Shouldnt we just drop the name “British” from the provincial name and stop pretending we’re a democracy?
Two Columbia’s in one hemisphere cant be too confusing for FED EX can it?
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There once was a fellow named Brown
Who forgot what was not written down
In a book then he flaunted
The memories he wanted
To help us to send off a clown
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Can anyone provide a link to CC’s latest clalim that the people elected her, spoken of above? I missed this while running triage around here, and could use the chuckle.
Insofar as legal ramifications with respect to CC’s lies about BCR, and so many other things, hasn’t she lied openly during government sessions and isn’t there a recourse for this?
Another aside, I see that Glen Eden school is closing due to a $220k gov’t budget cut – less than half of CC’s questionable credit card bill.
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I am a previous teacher of Glen Eden, and have personally worked with Grant, one of the graduates. I am so happy to hear of his success story, which I completely credit to the program provided at the school and fantastic parents.
It is a shame that this family has to spend a quarter million dollars of their own money to access the education needed, This show the absolute failure of the Liberal Government in dealing with special needs education.
I too have a special needs child and speak from my experience both as a teacher and a parent.
I would far rather see funding go to front line workers in all sectors that the gluttony of liberal upper management.
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http://www.globaltvbc.com/video/news+hour+aug+22/video.html?v=2271534232&p=1&s=dd#news+hour
The story starts about 18 minutes in and her quote is at about 18:30
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And did you catch the pathetic response from Adrian Dix??? ASTOUNDING! A confusing, convoluted response that centered on Brown–proving, once again, that the NDP are aching to have Clark remain, so that they can secure as whopping a majority as a possible. What he should have centered on, is the Premier and her inability to unite her party.
The line I would have used is: ‘This is demonstrable evidence that Christy Clark is a divider. After ten years of divisiveness and acrimony, Ms. Clark wants to deliver more of them same asMr. Campbell. She can’t keep her own party together, how can we trust her to keep the province united and strong.’
Clean, clear, decisive, strong and short–to fit the sound bite limit. But it would hit all the key points that he needs to demonstrate clear-headed leadership.
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Here is a link to the Brown article:
http://www.theprovince.com/news/Liberal+power+broker+Martyn+Brown+slams+Premier+Christy+Clark/7130436/story.html
Poor Cluck Cluck, it has gone past the point where people are writing nasty things about her on washroom walls to a whole e-book – which, she says, she will not read.
There are none so blind as those who will not see, like,kinda thing. Right? Right?
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Alex, I’m interested in your comments on this statement from David Loukidelis’s letter found here:
http://www.cope378.ca/sites/all/files/Loukidelis_BasiVirk_Statement_20Oct%252010.pdf
“A letter is being sent today to counsel for Mr. Basi and counsel for Mr. Virk releasing them and their clients from the October 14, 2010 condition that required they not discuss the above financial matters and that they refer all inquiries to the Ministry of Attorney General.”
Based on that it would seem that Basi and Virk are free to discuss the 6M deal. What am I missing? Some other restraint ordered by the judge as part of the sentence?
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That’s only part of it.
I can’t say anything about that.
Yet.
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Check out the latest nail in Enbrdge’s pipeline coffin,
http://thetyee.ca/News/2012/08/23/Kalamazoo-Spill/
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yes I saw the news , and in her mind she’s convinced that she ‘s telling the truth , this is why sociopaths are so difficult to deal with , “when the people elected me ” , delusions of grandior anyone . what I don’t comprehend however is lame stream media’s allowing statements like that to go unchallenged , don’t they have an obligation to the truth. Or do they live under a blanket of fear , trembling with there teddy bears in the dark.
now we know that the libs read your blog alex , and the msm should be holding her accountable for that “lie” (Iwas elected) ,but no backbone .
It was comforting however to see Mr. Brown roast her publicly in the media , so “her” party looks to be over . Actually it would not suprise me if they turffed christy and will use this as a reason to push the election date back, and also introduce on line voting . well there had best be an election in may 2013 otherwise the run on feathers and bitumen could leave china looking to countrys like syria for oil.
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“when the people elected me” – what a lame statement. Just a quick review on that:
BC Liberal Leadership – Feb 26, 2011
1st Ballot – Clark 37.7% – Falcon – 28.3% (de Jong drops out)
2nd Ballot – Clark 42% – Falcon – 30 % (Abbott drops out)
3rd Ballot – Clark 52% – Falcon 48 % – Clark squeaks in
Note – more Abbott supporters went to Falcon when Abbott dropped out than went to Clark – hardly a convincing win.
Vancouver Point Grey By-Election
Christy Clark votes
– 7757 votes of 15,918 cast (48.7% of popular vote)
– 7757 votes of 40,959 registered voters (18.9% of registered voters)
Our illustrious leader became so by eking a Leadership win over Falcon and winning her MLA seat with 18.9% of votes in her constituency and no input from the rest of the Province. She is such a phony!
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The Abbott supporters who chose Christy as their second choice on their ballot deserve a punch to the junk every day we’re stuck with this fraud of a leader.
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And people like Mary Polak who went from Falcon to her.
IDIOT!
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The reason politicians try so hard to get re-elected is that they would “hate” to have to make a living under the laws they’ve passed.
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Hey now, we have to be easy on dummy. She’s a single mother with the energy of 6 people, and the charisma to match, so says Bill Bennett.
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Bill Bennett is embarrassing. Completely embarrassing. Sad.
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Bill is embarrassing? Sorry Alex, he was always embarrassing. His front man was and is Bob Plecas. Campbell sought Bill’s advice. Check out the vineyard shot. And now, the dummy.
And yes, when Bill was doing his thing for ‘free enterprise’ like northeast coal,
and we all got a piece of that by way of our ‘free’ BRIC shares, junior also cooked up a deal to sell the Expo lands for almost nothing and clean up the mess for the boy in Hong Kong to boot.
And then there’s the deal with Doman’s. Opps! No insider problem there.
That was back in the days when Vaughn Palmer could cut it.
Give me strength.
I remain yours in the ranks of the incredulous.
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Now, you need to apologize or at least recant.
He was referring to Bill Bennett the MLA, NOT THE FORMER PREMIER.
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ahahahahahahahaaha , Oh man that was classic. I was scratching my head wondering if “Bill” realized his mistake…….
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Sorry.
I forgot about the clone.
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There are numerous competing items on the market however
none of them compare with the usefullness and quality of
Civant’s item.
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