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   From: gershwin@shawpiano.ca   
      
   ctvbc.ca -  Dec. 6 2010   
      
   Clark to announce leadership bid decision   
      
   After a week of soul searching, former deputy premier and Vancouver talk radio   
   host Christy   
   Clark says she'll make an announcement about whether she'll run for the   
   leadership of the BC   
   Liberal party.   
      
   Clark told listeners on her CKNW show on Nov. 27 she would take a week of   
   vacation to   
   consider her options before making a decision.   
      
   The former politician was elected to the B.C. legislature in 1996, where she   
   headed up the   
   ministries of education and children and family development. She retired from   
   politics in   
   2005.   
      
   The campaign to lead the BC Liberals was slow to pick up candidates after   
   Premier Gordon   
   Campbell announced his resignation on Nov. 3.   
      
   But the race has gained momentum, with Kevin Falcon, Mike de Jong, George   
   Abbott and Moira   
   Stilwell all resigning their cabinet positions and launching their campaigns.   
      
   The party will vote on Gordon Campbell's successor on Feb. 26, 2011.   
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   June 5, 2009   
      
   Defence alleges minister may have leaked BC Rail details   
      
   VANCOUVER - The defence in the B.C. Legislature raid case alleged Thursday   
   that former B.C.   
   Liberal Deputy Premier Christy Clark may have leaked B.C. Rail information to   
   a lobbyist   
   acting for one of the bidders in the $1 billion sale.   
      
   Michael Bolton, acting for David Basi – one of two former provincial   
   ministerial aides facing   
   corruption charges – alleged in B.C. Supreme Court that Clark may have been a   
   cabinet source   
   for Erik Bornmann, a lobbyist for OmniTRAX who is now the key Crown witness in   
   the case.   
      
   “Pilothouse internal briefing notes appear to reveal sources in cabinet,”   
   Bolton told Justice   
   Elizabeth Bennett, referring to Bornmann’s lobbying firm. “Bornmann clearly   
   had certain   
   cabinet sources.”   
      
   “For example, Christy Clark may have been the source within cabinet –   
   certainly Mr. Bornmann   
   was in contact with Ms. Clark,” Bolton said.   
      
   Clark declined to comment on the allegations, which are unproven.   
      
   Earlier, Associate Chief Justice Patrick Dohm turned down a request by Special   
   Prosecutor   
   Bill Berardino to replace Bennett immediately as trial judge on the case   
   because she has been   
   appointed to the B.C. Court of Appeal.   
      
   “You have the authority under the Supreme Court Act to appoint a trial judge,”   
   Berardino   
   argued. “I’m asking you to cut through all the potential delay…to move this   
   case forward.   
   Madame Justice Bennett cannot be in two places at once.”   
   Dohm initially seemed receptive. “Agreed,” he interjected.   
      
   Bolton argued against Bennett’s removal, saying the defence has an application   
   in front of   
   her later this month that requests she stay on for the trial because of her   
   three and a half   
   year involvement in lengthy pre-trial hearings.   
      
   “This case has been constantly going on,” Bolton said, noting that the defence   
   and Special   
   Prosecutor team have booked off any other cases from September 2009 to January   
   2010 for an   
   anticipated long trial. “That’s very clever on the part of the defence,   
   because you’re going   
   to require that time,” Dohm responded.   
      
   [snip]   
      
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