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But, will Mr. Doyle do his job, or do as he is told? Let's face it, who pays his salary? I hate being cynical, but those running this province have done so much damage in the short and long term.

As to Krog, yes Mary, he should get up off his a$$ and demand a Full Public Inquiry. It is time to put an end to this once and for all and that can, and only will happen, with a Full Public Inquiry. If charges are to laid then they should be, regardless of who is involved.
 

Anonymous 8:35,

Thanks for taking time to write ... and maybe you could help me figure this out. You say:

"But, will Mr. Doyle do his job, or do as he is told? Let's face it, who pays his salary?

Will he do his job? How much proof do you need? Four times he has head-butted his controllers asking for the release of the documents which would explain the $6million paid to the Basi, Virk, Basi defense lawyers ...

and on the 5th try, he won ...

but only just enough for him to be able to do his job.

This man, in my view, has given ample evidence of someone determined "to do his job" ...


But the part I really don't understand is why you rush to your cynical conclusion. I really don't get it. Why not rejoice that there's a John Doyle at work on the BC Rail affair ... it could, y'know, be an omen! I hate to see anyone just throw that bright image away, as if brain-washed.

I think we've got a winner in John Doyle. I'd like to see plenty of solid support and encouragement for the stand he's taking.

Rest assured, Krog knows the game well. He has several dainty requests on file for the lazy historians of the future. HE's the rat who needs to have his tail stomped on for a timely wake-up call to take some courageous, real-life ACTION like this.
 

I'm of the opinion that WE will have OUR day of Full Public Inquiry for all British Columbine's!
 

10:17 AM,

I love it ...

British Columbines!


I'm not kidding ... they grow wild, in north-central BC.

Columbines, I mean. And the flowers are two-colour, just like us.

Lovely! Thanks, Anon 10.17!

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Good on you Mary to give Doyle his due. Yes, he'll get put through the ringer by the government, but he's head and shoulders above the rest of the so-called watchdogs, with the stellar exception of Ms. Turpel-Lafond, the childrens' Representative.

As for Krog, boy have you got him pegged well. "Dainty requests". Perfect description. Krog is Mr. Ineffectual, exuding just enough motion to show he's alive, but never achieving any real meaningful, effective movement. He's a lawyer, so I guess that's no surprise. He sits on the fence making noises from time to time, and collects a nice pay cheque while dreaming of his gold-plated pension.

My biggest concern with this review of the $6 million payout to the convicted felons who accepted bribes while being paid handsomely by we taxpayers is this: looking at how the payout was handled is a distraction, and I fear it will be used to close the door permanently on any scrutiny of the really important crime, the theft of BC Rail from under our noses.

However, maybe, just maybe, Doyle's review of the $6 million payout might unearth something that will trigger or enable a public inquiry into the sale of this huge public asset for a song. But rest assured, it won't be because of anything that blow-in-the-breeze Krog will have done.
 

Canadian Canary,

Who was it that said "Flattery will get you nowhere" ...

whoever it was, they were wrong. Your kind words are a blessing.

Now: back to John Doyle. His report on the facts leading up to our $6million pay-off to the Defence team of Basi, Virk, Basi will be available to the public, ya think?
 

You should be able to get this info from the Auditor General easy as pie. Its called ATIP

Access To Information


http://www.oipc.bc.ca/
 

How much better to see a Canadian Press byline "Books open on BC Rail contracts & bidding irregularities" huh?

Tamsyn Burgman - isn't she the CP person who has BC Liberal ties?
 

It is wonderful at last, to see Doyle acting on this sordid event, of our looted tax dollars.

What is the problem with Campbell and Christy? They claim they were exonerated from any wrong doing, regarding the BCR. They said so, right on TV, for all to see. Why aren't the details of, the sale of the BCR an open book?

BC is a special prosecutor province, for government politicians and the elite. They have nothing to worry about even if, all the truth should come out. Including F-bomb words and all, on the e-mails posted.

I don't remember any of the BC Liberals, paying for anything they have done.
 

Yet they authorised paying lawyers 6M so basi virk could plead guilty?

that is WRONG!
 

Good morning, Mary.

I agree, John Doyle is a 'diamond' in the swamp. His actions speak volumes as you said.

Yes, the so called 'independent' Offices of the Legislature have a record of sliding politically expedient, sideways sliding/covering the malevolence . . . . . choosing to betray British Columbians for their best interests with their political Masters. Political pressure very much is a factor in these positions.

It's a test of character.

How many of these persons act with conscience, apolitically when faced with a choice to hold the integrity of their Office above all else?

How many have we seen elevated into the Premier's Office, the Attorney General's Ministry or receive lofty promotions on the the BC Supreme Court Benches? Many in context with 'politically' charged files.

It's an old overplayed 'game' that the 'Circle' has played for years; where the rules are payoffs in whatever form fits the glove of the moment to duck tape mouths; to stymie justice and more to the point: protect the well connected guilty.

Some of us have experienced the 'game' personally, battling to hold truth and justice to a higher standard while bloodied and battered from being victimized by the catch 22 'rules'; knowing that giving up is not an option to right the wrongs - to slay the dragons . . . . believing at ones core that there is a reason for everything often unseen at the time.

The BC Rail Scam has served the purpose of illuminating the reality of the game and its rules to a formerly unsuspecting public at large.

Some of us could only hope, armed with the wisdom of experience, that just once the justice system would work, yet in reality, knowing that the 'rules' of the 'game' would prevail.

Some of us know that it doesn't end there - there's a better way.

That every push forward towards integrity; every avenue traveled is not wasted and yields often unexpected results.

Sometimes the universe steps in to help in ways beyond our power but connected. Each voice; every action towards honesty and justice counts.

John Doyle surfaced with integrity in hand at a critical moment. He grasped the opportunity. Thank you Mr Doyle.

There are huge changes on the political front in gear - a culmination of combined energy towards the good. The Campbell/Clark regime will be history falling on their own swords.

The rot will be cleaned up, albeit through a jungle of corruption but well worth the journey to a better horizon.

I hope you are keeping well and enjoying your summer, Mary. Thank you for your integrity.
 

Secondlook,

Good to see your words again, and I send good wishes right back to you.

Of course it was pure co-incidence, but did you notice that in between the streaming headlines about gang violence in Kelowna today, there was also

a headline saying that Gordon Campbell, "ex-premier of British Columbia" has just been appointed High Commissioner to the U.K.?
 

Thanks, Mary - your "good wishes" are received with welcome and appreciation.

I hadn't noticed about the 2 smarmy 'events' but of course, we both know there are no coincidences, right?

The High Commissioner's Office has been tarnished. To have this man occupy this appointment is too obvious a 'placement'.

What's going to happen as more revelations seep out over BC Rail and his orchestrations of this scam, including the $6 Million big ones?
 

Well, to be quite frank when you consider that that $g million is the money paid to the Defence for their sterling exploration of the issues behind the case, and what evidence could or could not be had, it was really money well worth spent AS FAR AS THE PUBLIC INTEREST GOES. $20 million would be cheap if we'd gotten to the truth of what happened to a $2 billion (or more) railway and its revenues, and who dunnit. And what other monies were out there that kept all the wheels greased, and so many voices silent....

The tax indemnity is reckoned from 400 million upwards; and yet there's this constant refrain about the paltry six million spent on the Basi-Virk Defence. Bolton et al. were on OUR side. I'd much more like to know what the Berardino team's bill was, which also calls into question the public monies that were spent paying a person with close personal and career ties both to the government and the party WHEN HE SHOULDN'T HAVE EVEN BEEN APPOINTED IN THE FIRST PLACE. I've heard it's in that 20 million range....conflict of interest money if ever there was; and given the shoddy way the proceedings ended, and his own camps' endless delays and general weirdness, I'd say we got more for the money paid to Basi and Virk's lawyers than we ever did or will for the money paid to Berardino, Winteringham et al.

Never mind the promotion and pay raise for the parachuted judge, and what that will ultimately cost in pensions etc......oh, probably not polite and maybe contempt of court to ask as to a judge's pay scale and pension indexing and any personal or political conflicts that advancement in the judiciary may necessarily require. Just the golden handshake alone is a big bundle for positions like that.....

There was a lot more money rolling around than what was spent on court costs, it's the only explanation for how many people played along, and how many others have both kept their lips zipped and destroyed documents.

Oh, ya, speaking of destroyed documents and mis-spent public money.....how much did that Texas company bill for destroying those emails on the orders of the Premier's Office? Even $5000 if in that range, more like $50,000 (what's the value of their contract anyway, and was it put to tenders), that's a big waste of public money . Bolton getting public funds to pay what he did for us, that I have no problem with at al....but all the other money that was spent ON THE COVERUP?? I betcha it's WAY over 6 million, if totalled....