[LabComm] What is Gordon Campbell trying to hide?

[BC NDP Newswire]

What is Gordon Campbell trying to hide?



For six years, British Columbians have watched Gordon Campbell's government give special treatment to Liberal friends and insiders - while neglecting our hospitals, our schools, the environment, senior citizens and the most vulnerable.

Now, a series of investigations may finally force this government to be accountable for its secrecy and arrogance.
 
Here are just some of the very important questions we've raised and Gordon Campbell is stonewalling:
<ul><li>Are the Campbell Liberals running a dirty tricks operation right out of the Premier's office - using taxpayer's money to pay people to use false names on radio call-in shows? And why won't he commit to investigate the partisan activities of his own staff? </li>
<li>Why don't the rules for lobbyists seem to apply to Campbell's top advisor Ken Dobell, who didn't bother to register as a lobbyist even though he worked in Campbell's office while also lobbying the Premier for a $5-million cultural grant on behalf of the City of Vancouver? </li>
<li>What was the nature of the relationship between top finance ministry officials and the lobbyists at the centre of the police investigation into alleged corruption in the Liberal sale of BC Rail? </li></ul>
Campbell has refused to answer these questions, and dozens more posed by Carole James and the NDP team. 

Instead of clearing the air, he evades. He dodges. He weaves. He ducks. He does everything but show respect for the public by explaining why so many of his top advisors and staff are now under investigation.

He knows he's in trouble, but he hopes this will just blow over. He thinks that if he ignores the questions the media will just move on, and people will forget.

<strong>We can't let that happen. It's time to make Gordon Campbell's government pay the consequences for years of secretive, arrogant and uncaring government.</strong>

That's why I'm writing to you today. Your donation is needed to help us keep the pressure on Gordon Campbell. 

Please consider making a contribution, today. You can donate on line, just by clicking <a href="https://bcndp.ca/index.php?page_id=64&">this link</a> and following a few easy steps. It won't take long.

Don't forget that provincial tax credits make it affordable to help - after taxes a $20 donation costs you just $5, and a $50 donation will cost only $12.50.

With your help, we can keep investigating until we get to the bottom of Campbell's deal to sell BC Rail after promising not to. 

We can get answers about how his top advisors and senior staff may still be conducting dirty tricks designed to manipulate the media and mislead the public. 

And we can expose his special treatment of insiders and advisors.

It's up to us - only the NDP are going to pressing Gordon Campbell until he is honest with the public.

And it won't be easy. This is a government that has taken extraordinary steps to conceal its inner workings.

The Campbell Liberals changed the Freedom of Information rules to make it harder for media and ordinary citizens to request information from their own government.

Last fall, they canceled the entire fall sitting of the Legislature to avoid facing tough questions from the NDP.

And over the years, Campbell has increased the budget for his own office by more than 400% as he attempts to control the every public statements made at every level of our government.

That's why the NDP needs your help. <a href="https://bcndp.ca/index.php?page_id=64&">Please make a donation right now.</a>

<strong>Think of it: Are the Premier's own staff still calling talk radio shows and lying about their identities? Are they paying people to heckle and disrupt public gatherings? 

Do you think that's an appropriate use of your hard-earned tax dollars?</strong>

The public deserves answers. With your help, Carole James and the NDP team will get them.

Sincerely,

<strong>Maurine Karagianis<br />MLA for Esquimalt-Metchosin</strong>

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