Saturday, August 30, 2008

Blair Wilson: Not the standard-bearer the Greens would have hoped for



A BCer in Toronto: Blair Wilson: Not the standard-bearer the Greens would have hoped for

"After a long investigation by Elections Canada the 24 allegations of
campaign finance irregularities against him were reduced to three,
which he acknowledged as violations as entered into a compliance
agreement with Elections Canada.

He was asked to leave caucus,
though, because he hid a laundry list of legal disputes from the party
when he sought and accepted the Liberal nomination, and repeatedly
refused to cooperate when word of the allegations began to come out.

The list of allegations unearthed in an investigative series by the Vancouver Province last fall,
including failed business dealings, friends and investors and suppliers
left holding the bag, lawsuits and more, reads like a soap opera: ... "

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