Login / RegisterNDP wants B.C. Liberal cabinet ministers investigated in wake of John Dyble report
The B.C. NDP says the provincial government's probe of the B.C. Liberals' controversial draft ethnic outreach plan didn't go far enough, because its conclusions are limited to the public service.
“The investigation out of the premier’s office was substantive in that it found very significant and serious violations occurred,” NDP house leader John Horgan said in a news release today (March 14). “But the report acknowledges the investigation had a limited scope and was not able to investigate all of the allegations or everyone involved.
“A proper investigation would look at cabinet, caucus, the party, and previous employees," Horgan added.
Released today, deputy minister John Dyble's review of the draft Multicultural Strategic Outreach Plan found that government resources were used improperly and that officials breached standards of conduct for public servants.
The leaked outreach plan proposed the use of government resources for partisan political purposes. It referred to apologizing to ethnic communities for historic wrongs as “quick wins”.
"BC Public Service employees may participate in political activities, but these activities must clearly be separated from activities related to their employment. Partisan politics are not to be introduced into the workplace. In addition, the partisan documents that were shared between government employees and caucus were sent back and forth between government and personal email accounts and computers, inconsistent with core policy and the appropriate use of government resources," Dyble wrote in his report.
Horgan said the NDP wants a broader, independent investigation into the scandal. His party is asking B.C.'s attorney general to act right away on the report's recommendations.
Dix was not charged or found guilty of anything. It was discovered that he changed the date on a document. While this in not the right thing to do, he was never charged. He was asked to resign and the Premier at the time made a decision to grant him severance which he accepted. The acceptance of severance was his choice to make band there was no wrong doing in accepting it. You may argue it should not have been offered but that is not on Dix.
I am not condoning what Dix did, but it is not on the scale of what happened in the ethnic scandal. He did not misappropriate money nor did he intend to benifit personally for his misdeed. Criticize his poor judgement in trying to protect Clark, because that is what it was but it was not a criminal conviction. Indeed Clark himself was never convicted of criminal charges either.
Bev who? Your mixing your politics up as Bev was Federal and delt with. But thanks for your confusing retort anyway.
Meanwhil here in BC our Proviencial PM Christy of the dubious Liberals has once again stepped in "it". For a party that can do no wrong she has surely and with precission been caught walking in downtown traffic. One would think were on the Titanic.
I do think better Liberal leadership would save the day and I shudder at the thought of NDP just opening all valves to stabalize the ship were they to take control.
Still no word from The Conservitive party. Intresting how they got shut out. So it is a ping-pong match between Lib and NDP come May. Na! I'm going with Conservitives again. If nothing else I'm a CONsistant Conservitive.
That Via Rail still rubs me wrong.
Bev was not dealt with. She resigned due to different issues. With all the post politics perks still intact.
And, is there a difference in integrity between federal and provincial politics?