In 2001, the BC Liberal platform promised to improve administration of justice in the province through “determined leadership.” In 2005, Premier Gordon Campbell told the Canadian Bar Association, “Improving access to justice […]
Ten months ago, I published Talking tough, empty words and empty head, a piece mocking Attorney General Shirley Bond in her role as lead ICBC overseer. Shortly after, Finance Minister Kevin Falcon […]
Attorney General Shirley Bond sounds like a new arrival to BC as she presents another Liberal plan to improve court administration. Current backlogs result in serious charges not laid, stayed, thrown out or negotiated […]
More fine work from the The Victoria Times Colonist. Katie Derosa explores the provincial government’s fake public consultation about police reform. Province’s policing consultation called a ‘farce’: BC Liberals consult on policing […]
Langley Mayor Peter Fassbender says negotiations are complete, an agreement for continuing the RCMP role in British Columbia is done. Attorney General Shirley Bond – the person who promised to slash top salaries […]
Courtesy Raeside Cartoons Vaughn Palmer writes about Attorney General Shirley Bond’s letter to Stephen Toope, “Should the government require recovery of legal fees and disbursements paid for the defence of an indemnified […]
A government investigation reported in 2009 that BC Ferries’ process of setting executive compensation was out of whack. The Comptroller General of British Columbia shocked no one with the report, except for […]
Our friends at the helm of BC Ferries are in the news again over executive compensation issues. Now subject to Freedom of Information, BC Ferries must release salary information that was previously secret. […]
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