Today, media conglomerates are not only influenced by Big Money interests, but they are often themselves Big Money interests.– Cameron Gaut I wrote earlier that the Toope Report helps the Liberal Government […]
Policies are pointless if routinely ignored
BC Liberals paid $6-million in public funds to Dave Basi and Bob Virk as part of enticements to end the BC Rail political corruption trial. The criminal court action had been embarrassing […]
Not a chance in the world of interference
Talking about the HST referendum, BC Liberal highbinder Kevin Falcon assures us that: “. . . he has confidence in Elections BC to oversee the vote. “This is getting increasingly ridiculous,” said […]
Globe and Mail facilitates BC Liberal falsehood
Another example of dishonest stenographic journalism, this time from Justine Hunter at the Globe and Mail: Mr. [Liberal Attorney General Barry] Penner said he shares the concern of taxpayers about the defence […]
What next citizens?
Great comments here today on the Basi/Virk misadventure. The question is: now what? The law industry believes that a few unconnected citizens can sit on the sidelines crying “Foul!” but life will continue […]
Justice MacKenzie not worthy of the position
Jeremy Bentham, English philosopher and jurist in the late 18th century: “In the darkness of secrecy, sinister interest and evil in every shape have full swing… Publicity is the very soul of […]
Horgan speaks sense, again
NDP leadership candidate John Horgan said today that Premier-designate Christy Clark must appoint a judicial inquiry into the sale of BC Rail and make integrity a top priority of the B.C. government […]
. . . on whether BC Rail was a steal.
North Van’s Grumps is a diamond digger, extracting gems from institutional effluent that others ignore. Don’t miss this one.
And justice for all
I argued here that BC Liberals provided Basi and Virk with a sweetheart deal in exchange for guilty pleas that allowed their trial to be ended. Here is more evidence – if we […]
Rafe speaks
He mines the best from lodes of prosaic expressions: “There’s the old saw, “if a husband sends his wife flowers for no reason, there’s a reason.” So be it with the BC […]
How about an ‘Inquiry on the Cheap’
News Item: The provincial Crown is seeking the return of up to one million pages of documents disclosed to defence lawyers in the Basi-Virk political corruption case. B.C. Supreme Court Associate Chief […]
Intricacy, subterfuge, duplicity and secrecy
Good reading this weekend at The Legislature Raids. BC Mary had linked to an article at In-Sights. and reader Skookum1, left a comment at TLR that included this: …Instead of complaining about the cost of […]
We need the rest of the story
The Province of BC paid $6 million to lawyers representing Basi and Virk. Does the public have the right to see an itemized invoice and full disclosure about purposes of the payment? […]
The outrageous special deal for Basi and Virk
A reader pointed us to a recent BBC News report about a British politician convicted of financial fraud. Please compare this legal action to outrageous conduct witnessed in the Basi Virk trial […]
Justice denied
A reader pointed us to a recent BBC News report about a British politician convicted of financial fraud. Please compare this legal action to outrageous conduct witnessed in the Basi Virk trial […]
Geohegan’s allegation of interference demands review – updated
Dave Basi had his fingers slapped today by Supreme Court Justice Anne MacKenzie. She yanked his chain lightly, adding to his previously inconsequential sentence conditions, making them now slightly inconvenient. The purported […]
No crooks in this story
Like Fox News, I want In-Sights to be fair and balanced. Therefore, after the encomium of my previous blog entry, this one will demonstrate how Vancouver Sun columnist Vaughn Palmer pulls punches to […]
Basi & Virk: house arrest (except absences for work, family and recreation)
This criminal paid his own legal costs: Steve Ellis, former immigration adjudicator, stood impassively in court [July 29/10] as a judge sent him to jail for 18 months. Ellis, 51, was found […]
No one said this is about truth and justice
Regular readers here likely visit BC Mary’s The Legislature Raids, the one site that provides or links to most every worthwhile thing written about the corrupt sale of BC Rail. Robin Mathews, […]
New era of prosperity began for some in 2001
An unpopular premier. A government on the slide. A resurgent New Democratic Party Opposition. According to Vaughn Palmer, those circumstances resulted in a private meeting when “some self-styled free-enterprisers began casting about […]
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