More than two year later, almost nothing has changed for people most in need. CBC News The following was first published August 8, 2013: In 2009, Delta South voters decided that one […]
A challenge to Wally Oppal and friends – UPDATE
Enablers of misconduct, "if it is done here"
The current FIFA scandal illustrates a human behaviour that allows criminal behaviour to succeed. By nature, people tend to ignore the misconduct of others if preventing or revealing it extracts a higher […]
The real change is to Oppal’s wallet
As a companion piece to the preceding article, I republish another from December 2012: It’s not our fault, we’re awesome Wally Oppal’s report on missing and murdered women runs 1,638 pages. It […]
Where does the money go? (Dec. 2012 article updated)
For BC Liberals and their best friends, the gravy train is an express. In his blog, lawyer Cameron Ward offers Missing Women Commission of Inquiry: Some well compensated, but not women’s families: When […]
Oppal inquiry: costly and unaccountable
To June 2012, Britain’s Leveson Inquiry into the culture, practices and ethics of the press had cost $6.2 million CAN. In a commission British citizens thought was unbounded and never-ending, Lord Leveson […]
"Marginalization continued"
Writing in The Tyee, Bob Mackin makes an incisive point about recent work of remittance man Wally Oppal, the loyal BC Liberal go-between when $6-million cash from taxpayers topped up Basi/Virk prosecutor […]
Poor people are economic stimulators for a few
Now that Mr. Oppal has delivered his report, let’s ask whether the $9 million spent on Wally and friends was worthwhile. Oppal has been charging $1,500 a day. According to CTV four […]
More lipstick please
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 […]
Mainstream media no longer sole gatekeepers
In the government’s sale disposition of BC Rail, there are compelling indicators of massive fraud. Even worse, senior provincial officials interfered with investigation and prosecution of these crimes. Having directed the asset disposal […]
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