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NDP request criminal investigation over BC Rail deal

By Garrett Zehr April 20, 2009 12:19 pm 5 comments

The B.C. New Democratic Party has asked the RCMP to investigate possible Criminal Code breaches over the sale of BC Rail.

Nanaimo NDP candidate and lawyer Leonard Krog sent a letter this morning to Gary Bass, a deputy commissioner with the police force, asking him to look into possible criminal offences committed by former B.C. Liberal Party strategist Patrick Kinsella over his alleged dealings in the sale of the railway.

Both Kinsella and CN Rail may have broken the law concerning the sale of BC Rail, Krog said, and British Columbians have a right to know what happened.

“These are important issues - they need to be investigated,” Krog told reporters at a press conference this morning outside Vancouver’s BC Law Courts building.

Yesterday, the NDP released an ad slamming both the circumstances surrounding the sale of the railway and Premier Gordon Campbell’s refusal to answer questions about it.

“The premier has had every opportunity to come clean on this and he has arrogantly refused to do so,” Krog said today.

Garrett Zehr reports for The Tyee.

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  • munroe

    2 years ago

    Very Important

    No idea why it took so long.

  • DPL

    2 years ago

    Can't comment Stone Wally

    Can't comment Stone Wally would say" It's before the courts" Mind you that excuse is getting a bit stale

  • Skywalker

    2 years ago

    Maybe....

    They investigated a deck with a lot less evidence. Maybe we will see a BCTV camera shot through the kitchen window Gordo's house every night... Well, why not?

  • Luke Skywalker Redux

    2 years ago

    I Saw This Coming...

    Quote:
    Both Kinsella and CN Rail may have broken the law concerning the sale of the railway, Krog said

    But no evidence has been tested in court and the Vancouver Sun reported these contradictory material facts:

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    defence lawyer [Michael] Bolton said the defence has no copies of contracts showing Kinsella worked for CN at the same time he was being paid by BC Rail.

    http://www.vancouversun.com/news/bc-election/Kinsella+worked+both+sides+lawyer+says/1434227/story.html

    And after reviewing the exact Criminal Code allegations (Krog never made a criminal complaint), the evidence does not support his allegations.

    The NDP has a history of making defamatory allegations and always ending up as a defendant in lawsuit, which also always ends up with the NDP settling with a financial sum.

    Methinks that the NDP internal polling numbers are bleak and that they are desperate enough to make silly public allegations during an election campaign.

    Normally, Krog's antics wouldn't happen during a campaign.

    But, after reviewing the facts, I saw this coming today:

    Quote:
    In a letter sent late Monday afternoon to Krog, Kinsella’s lawyers called the opposition member’s actions “outrageous, malicious and defamatory” and accused Krog of making “baseless allegations to wrongfully damage the reputation of Mr. Kinsella in order to obtain a personal benefit.”

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    Kinsella’s lawyers sent similar letters to NDP party headquarters and leader Carole James.

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    In the letters, Kinsella demanded “prominent apologies in print and on the NDP’s website.”

    http://www.vancouversun.com/News/Democrat+calls+RCMP+investigate+Kinsella+role+Rail+sale/1515387/story.html

    Methinks that, at the end of the day, BC New Democrat members and supporters will eventually have to cough up a financial sum to Kinsella as a result of this matter.

    Wouldn't that be ironic.

  • fisher

    2 years ago

    Bc RAIL Scandal

    This mess must be cleaned up quickly! the smell from BC is making the rest of Canada puke! Fisher

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