Thread by @bad_batch_rex

A reminder, the BC oligarchy is thriving under the BCNDP govt. BC public not so much. TY ⁦@bobmackin⁩ for your continued reporting, BC needs you more than ever.
‘Meanwhile, the Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA) is refusing to…’
1/🧵#BCPoli biv.com/article/2022/0…

‘…explain how Dr. Bonnie Henry was allowed to co-author a book about her work as the Provincial Health Officer during the pandemic’s first wave. The title, “Be Kind, Be Calm, Be Safe: Four Weeks That Shaped a Pandemic,” was published in March 2021’ 2/ #BCPoli #BCCOI #Ethics

‘A copy of Henry’s Provincial Health Officer (PHO) contract, obtained under the freedom of information law, includes clauses about confidentiality, conflict of interest and intellectual property belonging to the province’ 3/ #BCPoli #EthicsChallengedBC

The contract sets the terms of her secondment to the Ministry of Health, where she became PHO by NDP cabinet order in early 2018. PHSA communications officer Andrea Visscher referred questions to the Health Ministry’s communications office, which did not respond by deadline’ 4/

‘Publisher Allen Lane, a Penguin Random House Canada subsidiary, said in late 2020 that Henry would donate her advance payment to First Book Canada, a charity that distributes books to underprivileged children. The dollar amount was not disclosed and Henry refused to…’ 5/#BCPoli

‘…release her contract after an FOI request.
She claimed to have written the book as a private citizen, but she promoted the book with national media interviews during office time and with the help of a public relations contractor paid via the Ministry of Health’ #BCPoli #NotOK