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Jan 7, 2020 • 10 tweets • 4 min read
The B.C. Liberal party held a caucus meeting on February 2, 2018, in Vancouver, a Friday.
And of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, they picked Kelowna for that meeting, exactly five days before the Kelowna West byelection.
Travel expensed to taxpayers for that meeting? In the neighbourhood of $20,000.
Apr 17, 2019 • 5 tweets • 6 min read
Let's take a peek. First, the big picture:
944 suppliers over $25K, total $1B, $78.9M in salaries + $ 4.6M in expenses, 15 severance agreements with non-unionized employees (1 to 18 mths comp.)
The BC government's credit cards have certainly been put to use at River Rock, including cards at the Ministry of Justice. #bcpoli#vanpoli#casinogate#cdnpoli
Here are the charges with key events inserted. It's not so much about what some of the charges are for, as it is the ministries. Justice and Finace should have shown far more prudence, particularly after 2012.