Political Blogger Alex Tsakumis Unveils Police Wiretap Documents That Shows Premier Christy Clark’s Brother Offering BC Liberal Insider Dave Basi An Envelope – What Was Inside That Envelope?
To coincide with the Auditor General getting permission to review the BC Liberals’ decision to pay out $6 million to the lawyers of former Liberal insiders Dave Udhe Basi and Bobby Virk to sweep all party corruption related to BC Rail sale under the rug, cantankerous political blogger Alex Tsakumis, who has been a thorn on the side of Premier Christy Clark ever since she won the party leadership, unveiled his own bombshell documents of police transcripts where Premier Clark’s brother Bruce Clark is offering an envelope to Basi. The project Everywhichway document also notes something peculiar where another Liberal insider Amar, a well known member of the Basi’s Boys political gang, calls Bruce a racist! Is Barbie Premier Clark going to get to the bottom of this “Envelope” thing involving her brother? – Probably Not!
By R. Paul Dhillon With News Files
VANCOUVER – A Supreme Court justice has given BC’s Auditor-General permission to take a closer look at BC Liberal insiders’ Dave Udhe Basi and Bobby Virk’s role in the BC Rail corruption trial, which the BC
Liberals swept under the rug by handing Basi-Virk lawyers a hefty settlement.
British Columbia’s auditor general is now reviewing the controversial $6 million payout for the two former Liberal henchmen who pleaded guilty in connection to the BC Rail scandal, but it’s yet to be known if the public will get its own glimpse into what is a deep rooted corruption under former Premier Gordon Campbell.
The deal drew criticism from the Opposition NDP not only for its size but surrounding secrecy.
To coincide with the Auditor General getting permission to review the BC Liberals’ decision to pay out $6 million to the lawyers Basi-Virk to sweep all party corruption related to BC Rail sale under the rug, cantankerous political blogger Alex Tsakumis, who has been a thorn on the side of Premier Christy Clark ever since she won the party leadership, unveiled his own bombshell documents of police transcripts where Premier Clark’s brother Bruce Clark is offering an envelope to Basi.
The project Everywhichway document also notes something peculiar where another Liberal insider Amar, a well known member of the Basi’s Boys political gang, calls Bruce a racist!
Is Barbie Premier Clark going to get to the bottom of this “Envelope” thing involving her brother? – Probably Not!
The Basi-Virk breach of trust trial was settled in a Vancouver Courtroom when Basi and Virk pleaded guilty. The Province agreed to cover their legal bill in an agreement that has remained sealed, until now, reported CTV..
The Court has approved access by BC’s Auditor-General to examine financial records related to the trial. It’s not yet clear as to exactly when we’ll hear more about the issue from the Auditor-General.
Basi and Virk sat through a halting six-month trial last year that abruptly concluded in October with surprise guilty pleas to charges of breach of trust and accepting bribes. They were sentenced to two years house arrest.
It should be noted here that while Basi-Virk deserve punishment, they have been made the scapegoat to allegedly cover up what was a deep rooted corruption and insider dealings involving BC Liberal insiders, including cabinet ministers and other high level elected leaders.
Doyle asked the courts in mid-June to compel the government to open the books, stating the information was necessary to fulfil his duties examining its finances.
Requests in November and February had been denied because the records were bound by a confidentiality agreement.
Judge Bruce Greyell said in his June 30 oral judgment he’s satisfied both Basi and Virk “have chosen, with full knowledge of their rights, to waive such rights.”
The men did so after being asked directly, and their responses may have been interrupted by a Canada-wide mail strike. Greyell also noted the documents are only for the auditor general’s examination purposes.
A spokeswoman in the auditor general’s office confirmed Tuesday Doyle has received the documents and they are under review. Whether or not an investigation and subsequent report will be released won’t be revealed publicly unless a formal decision is made to do so, she said.
Before any report is issued, the judge said Basi and Virk must be given an opportunity to look it over first “and give them the right to challenge, should they wish, the content.”
Opposition New Democrat critic Leonard Krog said the decision is good news for British Columbians.
“At least somebody is going to get a look at these documents,” he said in an interview Tuesday. “And in as much as the auditor general will be confined by his responsibilities, it should nevertheless give the public some view of what appears to be just a horrible series of decisions by this government.”
The only way to get the full-truth on the scandal itself, Krog said, would be if the province holds a full public inquiry that discloses the content of tens of thousands of other documents of evidence gathered for the trial itself.
