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Premier says further action possible on ethnic outreach scandal
VICTORIA/CKNW (AM980)
Sean Leslie | Email news tips to Sean
3/4/2013

Premier Christy Clark says she expects to take further action to deal with the fallout from the ethnic voter outreach strategy and she is not ruling out her own resignation.

This after the resignation of Advanced Education and Multiculturalism minister John Yap today.

Yap wasn't even the minister when the ethnic outreach plan was written but still he's taking responsibility.

"I'm the minister responsible now, this issue has arisen now."

Premier Christy Clark was asked if she had ever considered resigning over this affair, she deflected the question but likely raised even more.

"And when the report is tabled, we will be likely required to take further action and I will take that action."

No word what that action will be or when the investigation into the scandal will be complete.

And a Mea Culpa from the Premier today as well.

Clark now admits she should have returned to the legislature last week to answer NDP questions about the ethnic outreach scandal.

"You know, I was, after the fact, I without prompting I offered my sincere regret to the cabinet and the caucus that I wasn't here on Thursday, I should've been."

Instead, Clark continued a previously scheduled Thursday meeting with the Vancouver Sun editorial board. 

Her former leadership rival Kevin Falcon also did not give her a ringing endorsement, coming out of todays caucus meeting saying he's keeping a close eye on the investigation into the ethnic outreach scandal.

Falcon says MLA's expressed their personal feelings in the closed-door meeting.

"I certainly expressed mine but all of my comments and thoughts are for that room, they're not for out here with the greatest respect to all of you, and you know we will see how the results of the investigation that's undertaken by John Dyble pan out and the response to it, and I will be watching that carefully."

But other MLA's emerged from the meeting saying the caucus is united and "positive." 


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  1. taxed to death posted on 03/04/2013 05:24 PM
    Slowly but surely, you lie enough, eventually it's going to catch up with you, and Christy, your body language today in QP says it all. My brother is a high trained criminal investigator and your blinking, studdering, sniffing, looking up and to the left (searching for something to say) and inability to express yourself clearly are strong indicators of someone who his guilty....do yourself a favor psycho, end the charade before its too late and you have nothing left but bad memories.

    Try to leave with a little dignity intact, clearly at least 80 percent of the population is not buying your BS.
    1. ChrisM_18 posted on 03/04/2013 06:45 PM
      @taxed to death I do think Christy is sorry, sorry that she got caught out in a scheme that has ended up with her catching shit from all directions
      I think she would launch an equivalent plan tomorrow if she thought she could get away with it !
      Enough of this farce - Christy has to go now
  2. bctaxpayer posted on 03/04/2013 06:25 PM
    I to do not believe risky Clark's bull shit. Some politicians believe their own Lies,could you name one?
    1. Ron_26 posted on 03/04/2013 07:11 PM
      @bctaxpayer You don't believe her? I'm shocked. I've never heard you say that before.
  3. WizardOron posted on 03/04/2013 07:53 PM
    Now tie this to the fact that her office does not document upwards of 45% of what goes on in the office, what more have they hidden from the view of the legislature, her own party and her employers, the voters.

    I cannot quite remember the name of the office but they have found and released a report that most of the work done in the premier's office is verbal and oral in nature where written documentation does not exist about or around decisions or agreements put in place by the premiers office and then her office can decide on when and what emails to delete should they deem them unnecessary.

    Backdating a memo is one thing but thwarting public scrutiny by having no written records and using personal emails, hiring Liberal Party members, putting them on the government payroll when they in fact work for the BC Liberal Party so they can use the reach of government and its resources to target voters is fraudulent and the entire government deserves to fall over this. Kim Haakstad not only worked with and for Christy but was likely one of best and closest friends, so surely Christy had to know about this...

    In my view and as Donald Trump would say, "Christy, you and your government are FIRED!"
    1. taxed to death posted on 03/04/2013 08:53 PM
      @WizardOron It just screams for the RCMP corporate crimes division to begin a thorough investigation.

      Seems like everything they are doing privately, that should be done publicly is illegal in every way....the abuse of power and money that we own in a partisan way has to be stopped...

      But the NDP are still holding the trump card....there is a lot more to come out just wait...you don't think they would give it all up in one fell swoop do you? That's why CC said in QP if you have something Mr. dyble could use in his investigation let him know.....hahahahahah....snookie the author of this mess knows that there's more to come and she is running scared...it's a low death for the prem....
  4. RichardF_4221 posted on 03/05/2013 09:38 AM
    I realize it may seem offensive to some that the government wanted to reach out to ethnic media as a part of mainstream media rather than an aside. I also understand this was planned in order to garner more votes.
    I guess the two should have been seperated and I'm assuming that's what everyone is so upset about.
    I can't see there being a problem with reaching out to "ethnic media" since this province was largely built on the backs of ethnic labour. I would only assume that everyone should have the same access to government information.
    And no, I'm not defending the government on this. I'm just wondering if this has been blown way out of proportion.
    WizardOron says that "45% of what goes on" in the Premier's office goes without documentation. I would think that's pretty normal for any political office. Most business offices it's probably closer to 85%. Most people only document decisions, not discussions. Maybe in a meeting people take notes or minutes. Can't think of any office in the world that everything is said and done is documented.
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