J529 Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 http://www.timescolo...e-vote-1.542418 New Democrat Leader Adrian Dix made it clear Wednesday what’s driving the Opposition’s zealous pursuit of details about the ethnic-outreach scandal that B.C. Liberals insist is over and done with. New Democrat Leader Adrian Dix made it clear Wednesday what’s driving the Opposition’s zealous pursuit of details about the ethnic-outreach scandal that B.C. Liberals insist is over and done with. The motivation stems from his belief the Liberals cheated in the run-up to the May election. “They were cheating, that’s plain. They were cheating,” he told reporters. And the nature of the emails — most of them from personal, not government accounts — shows “they know they were cheating.” It would be a small comfort for Dix at this point to cling to the belief that the Liberals beat him by cheating. Because it would counter the view that he blew the election. It’s impossible to weigh all the reasons for the election outcome, but it didn’t look at the time as if ethnic-outreach was a big factor. The effort was revealed in a draft strategy that was leaked to the NDP in February. Premier Christy Clark responded with a profuse apology and ordered a quick investigation by top deputies, including deputy to the premier John Dyble. They condemned the “offensive” plan, found misconduct and misuse of public funds and named a few names of staffers who departed government post haste. But another one of Dyble’s conclusions was hotly disputed in the legislature Wednesday. It was his finding that no action was taken on executing the dubious ideas outlined in the draft strategy. The NDP said evidence that eventually came to light this week in the thousands of pages released after the election raises questions about that. The strategy called for creation of lists of names in targeted ethnic communities, but Dyble concluded there was no evidence of a database. A buried e-mail, written months after the strategy was drafted, refers to database management. Dix went out of his way not to attack Dyble directly, but it’s clear they believe the report didn’t get to the bottom of the scandal. There’s also the email written months later about a staffer — Sepideh Sarrafpour — who was apparently fretting about something. It referred to offering her a job or money, and explaining how if she did something it would damage the premier. Sarrafpour told Global TV she did get a job offer from former cabinet minister Harry Bloy. Dix said that contradicts Premier Christy Clark’s assertion that nothing came of the emailed suggestion. He insists that Dyble did not talk to Sarrafpour, and should have. Various NDP critics played tag team over the issue. MLA Bruce Ralston said: “The premier’s claim that this scheme was never implemented simply isn’t believable.” He said Sarrafpour collected lists according to the strategy and when a damaging release became a possibility “they planned to offer her a job or money to shut her up.” Cabinet ministers Teresa Wat and Andrew Wilkinson defended the government during a half-hour joust, but deflected a lot more questions than they answered. There’s a skeptical view on the part of many that everybody plays the ethnic-outreach game these days, with distinctly mixed results. And there’s always been a murky grey area between working for the public and working on efforts that cross over to partisan politics. Finance Minister Mike de Jong sounded that note by producing a 19-year-old memo from then-NDP cabinet minister Moe Sihota, urging colleagues to get a team together to “get government off our backs ... to focus on politics ...” Still stung by the election loss, the Opposition certainly has the motivation to pursue this for the remaining few days of the session. But they’ll probably need to break down the brick walls at the doors of the Liberal caucus and the party to make much more headway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J529 Posted July 19, 2013 Author Share Posted July 19, 2013 NDP and Dix need to just stop crying and whining. They lost. Get over it. Stop making excuses. You failed. Plain and simple. NDP will never govern again in this province. It's the boy who cried wolf. No-one cares or listens to what Dix or NDP have to say anymore. They have absolutely no credibility at all. Dix is a bumbling moron. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warhippy Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 While I have no doubts that the Clark led Libs would stop at nothing to win. Dix himself and his flopping and not hammering the Libs for all of their failures and overspending lost this election. It was literally handed to him in March and April and he pissed it away by being complacent... Any evidence that comes to light now will be held in court until well after the fact when the complacent and sheep like voters of BC and this country don't remember or care anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Heffy Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 NDP made their own bed by making someone even less electable than Christy Clark leader. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonLever Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 Mr. Dix is trying to save his job as NDP leader with old news. I don't think it will work. Expect a new NDP leader by next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primus099 Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 Dix came out against resource development in a province with a resource based economy, this guy needs to stop crying and move on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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HTania Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 NDP and Dix need to just stop crying and whining. They lost. Get over it. Stop making excuses. You failed. Plain and simple. NDP will never govern again in this province. It's the boy who cried wolf. No-one cares or listens to what Dix or NDP have to say anymore. They have absolutely no credibility at all. Dix is a bumbling moron. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grapefruits Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c00kies Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 If lying is a form of cheating, then all politicians are guilty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Common sense Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 Funny how Adrian Dix had what once was an improbable lead, only to watch it fall apart on Election Day. Dix, don't go worrying about other people's problems when you got a mountain of them in your own backyard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbes!!! Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 I am officially ashamed to admit I voted for Adrian Dix. Can you resign now, please? Pretty please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dittohead Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 blah blah blah whine and cry. The NDP is a joke Liberals didn't need to cheat to win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Down by the River Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 Even if Dix is right in his claims, the Liberals didn't 'cheat' in the sense they rigged the ballots or anything like that. They maybe acted in an ethically questionable manner by trying to target certain demographics based solely on ethnicity, but that isn't why they won the election. They won the election because nobody trusted or believed in Adrian Dix, even if they did support the NDP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowest common denominator Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 This was always a non issue in ,my mind. So the liberal identified a voting group and tried to get their votes,I always thought that was called "campaigning". How about all the whitebreads that show up for vasaikhi parades? CHEATERS!!! How about the ones that show up for Chinese new year??? CHEATERS!!! How about the honky politicians who show up at aboriginal events??? Why those low down dirty cheats!! Dix is just mad because he is the last person in the province to realize how stupid he is. He's like the guy that steps in dogcrap but doesn't realize it until he's trod into the carpet. Silly Dix! You always were in way over your head. NDP NFG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbal23 Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 I never vote ndp. They're terrible for business and then they make Dix leader. When he lost and congratulated Clark I thought atleast he's not a sore loser but I guess he is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KoreanHockeyFan Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 Seriously, B.C Politics has got to be the worst in the country. I mean, Clark was bad enough, and we all knew how bad Dix was. But this? This is just a whole new low... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 I never vote ndp. They're terrible for business and then they make Dix leader. When he lost and congratulated Clark I thought atleast he's not a sore loser but I guess he is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sapper Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 NDP and Dix need to just stop crying and whining. They lost. Get over it. Stop making excuses. You failed. Plain and simple. NDP will never govern again in this province. It's the boy who cried wolf. No-one cares or listens to what Dix or NDP have to say anymore. They have absolutely no credibility at all. Dix is a bumbling moron. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sapper Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 I never vote ndp. They're terrible for business and then they make Dix leader. When he lost and congratulated Clark I thought atleast he's not a sore loser but I guess he is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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