First published January 7, 2011: 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 related to BC Rail et al. Ex-Labour MP David Chaytor was jailed for 18
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Northern Insight / Perceptivity: An internet sage speaks
Lew said… about prisons I think there’s a conflict of interest here. The government shouldn’t be allowed to design and build with public money what might (if there is any justice) be the future residence of some of its members. This Day In Clarkland…Hey Rubes! Lew said… about one politician’s
Continue readingNorthern Insight / Perceptivity: $6.2 million inducement ended BCR corruption trial
A study¹ reported in the Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology examined plea bargaining and innocence. It revealed, “…that more than half of the innocent participants were willing to falsely admit guilt in return for a benefit. These research findings bring significant new insights to the long-standing debate regarding the
Continue readingNorthern Insight: “Valuable Consideration Mutually Given and Received”
This item is written by a regular Northern Insight reader who I’ve known for years. He’s done business regularly with the BC Government but in recent years, it’s been a problematic relationship because he has refused all exactions issued by the “Pay to Play” BC Liberals. For that refusal, his
Continue readingNorthern Insight: Fraud prevention and recovery
Simi Sara made a worthwhile demand on her CKNW show today. The British Columbia should lift the gag orders imposed on Dave Basis and Bob Virk that formed a part of the inducements paid the defendants to end the BC Rail trial. The public is not served by those gag
Continue readingNorthern Insight: Time for the corporate media to step up
The first thing you read today should be this piece by Alex G. Tsakumis: ‘EXCLUSIVE’ BREAKING NEWS: DAVE BASI CONFIRMS CHRISTY CLARK COMMITTED A BREACH OF TRUST WHILE SHE WAS DEPUTY PREMIER AND THUS LIED TO THE MEDIA IN 2011 WHEN SHE CLAIMED TO HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THE
Continue readingNorthern Insight: What’s hidden from the Auditor General ?
Vancouver Sun’s excellent business writer David Baines considers tax implications of government paying $6 million in legal fees for convicted criminals Basi & Virk. $6-million question: Should corrupt aides pay tax for defence? David Baines, Vancouver Sun, June 23, 2012 “Is the $6 million in legal fees that taxpayers paid
Continue readingNorthern Insight: Not a story to be ignored, after all
The following conversation between the three voices of NW’s Trailing Edge from the Ledge was first reported at Northern Insight in October 2009. Today, the boys got to say what they really think about the blog world: Keith: “Vaughn called them nut cases in the past . . .” Vaughn:
Continue readingNorthern Insight: See what happens when you split the vote
On today’s Trailing Edge from the Ledge, BC Liberal press officer Sean Leslie disclosed strategy to be followed after the party’s candidate, federal Conservative wonk Laurie Throness, fails to win the once friendly riding of Chilliwack-Hope. “If the NDP actually pulls a win out there because the Conservatives and the
Continue readingNorthern Insight: One publication raising the bar
I am a frequent critic of corporate media but wish I could be an enthusiast rather than a detractor. When ink stained wretches — perhaps today that should be digital savvy geeks — provide incisive commentary valuing common citizens ahead of magnates and moguls, I’m keen to applaud. Good people
Continue readingNorthern Insight: Solution for the Auditor General
A person commenting on Jonathan Fowlie’s puffery in the Vancouver Sun proposes a way Premier Photo-Op can resolve her government’s dispute with Auditor General John Doyle over documents in the Basi Virk payoff: “…the Auditor General will be given a “mediator” with a zero document mandate.”
Continue readingNorthern Insights / Perceptivity: Read The Real Story, then get mad, stay mad
Stay mad until every single BC Liberal politician is sent home in disgrace. If any single situation demonstrates conclusively that BC Liberals continue to hide from the truth, this is it. If there is no fraud to hide, why are they hiding everything? Read Ian Reid’s Open government my ass
Continue readingNorthern Insights / Perceptivity: Hockey violence or government corruption?
CBC asks: What was B.C.’s top news story of 2011? They ask readers to vote on these choices: Stanley Cup riot Demise of HST Occupy movement Kienan Hebert abduction Sled-dog massacre Fracking in BC’s NE Missing women’s inquiry Plane crash heroes Rita Chretien survival Hockey violence Other Basi / Virk
Continue readingNorthern Insights / Perceptivity: A simple truth
For British Columbia Liberals, the BC Rail/Basi/Virk story is like a slow growing cancer. Left unresolved, it is metastasizing, nudging the afflicted party toward an inevitable conclusion. I’ve tried to understand why Liberals, or at least ethical members within the party, have not demanded an end to this distress through
Continue readingNorthern Insights / Perceptivity: Delay strategy suggests Clark plans snap election
Keith Fraser at The Province is reporting the Basi/Virk audit is blocked by the Liberal Government: “Auditor-General John Doyle is heading back to court in a bid to get access to documents related to the government’s controversial $6-million legal payments in the Basi-Virk case… “Doyle claims that access to many
Continue readingNorthern Insights / Perceptivity: "Old news" – news anxieties
Alex Tsakumis today offers Open Letter to John Doyle, Auditor-General of British Columbia: The Information You Need On the Buying of Dave Basi and Bob Virk by the BC Liberals is Right Here. That we can read Judge Anne MacKenzie’s “Oral Reasons for Sentence” emphasizes this is theatre of the
Continue readingNorthern Insights / Perceptivity: Old news, aged quickly
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 change the subject from that which makes it …
Northern Insights / Perceptivity: Policies are pointless if routinely ignored
BC Liberals paid $6-million in public funds to Dave Basi and Bob Virk as part of enticements that ended the BC Rail political corruption trial. The criminal court action had been embarrassing the government and was about to get worse. Former minister G…
Continue readingNorthern Insights / Perceptivity: Mainstream media no longer sole gatekeepers
In the government’s sale disposition of BC Rail, there are compelling indicators that massive fraud was perpetrated. Even worse, senior provincial officials interfered with investigation and prosecution of the duplicity involved. Premier Campbell’s of…
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