VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – The BC Liberal party’s vice-president is being investigated for contacting several provincial ministers on behalf of his Chinese-investor client — before registering as a lobbyist.
Records from the registrar’s office show Bill Belsey was in contact with the jobs minister, the environment minister and the forests minister on December 5th, but didn’t register as a lobbyist until December 10th.
Deputy registrar of lobbyists, Mary Carlson, says she wants to determine whether Belsey violated regulations, and he could face a fine.
“The act allows us to levy penalties of up to $25,000, and our policies and procedures set out what the parameters are for different types of offences.”
Belsey was lobbying for an investor who bought the Skeena Cellulose pulp mill in Prince Rupert.
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But…but…but….the NDP was responsible for the Fast Ferries debacle! And Adrian Dix backdated a memo!!!!
It’s amazing that a new scandal pops out of the wood work every single day. You gotta be extra sleazy to be able to maintain this level of corruption!!!
Totally!!!!!!!
The obvious parallel is Rich Coleman and Michael Graydon calling Surrey Councillors to promote their friends casino application.
This is the way these drunk on power, soon to be unemployed, manipulators and rotten stewards of the public trust, operate.
LIEberal Scum!!!! n n
Wow, just unreal. This government is so corrupt. Anyone who votes for them is just STUPID, or corrupt themselves. I agree it’s time for a clean out of the current government. I don’t really like the NDP but I will be voting for them this time, just to CLEAN out Victoria. Otherwise kiss this province goodbye.
Absolutely. The past NDP molehills don’t even come close to the mountains of BS the BC Fiberals have been sending our way. BC Rail, the HST, “Smart” meters, siphoning funds from ICBC and BC Hydro during surplus years and then raising rates, higher and higher MSP premiums, unbalanced budgets and massive debt, high unemployment and high child poverty, lies, lies and secrecy, spending 15 million dollars to promote themselves, leading up to an election (even though their own legislation forbids it), etc, etc… Give me a break.
More outrageous stuff from the liberals. they have to go. All this crap, scandals, lies that the liberals have done, at least it is in the past few years, not the ancient history that the liberal attack ads keep bringing up. Lets go back even further with the liberals, to their Socred years. if they want to play the history game.