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   This is the government of Christy Clark, the conservative BC Liberals.   
   No bloody wonder someone thought she would make a good leader for the federal   
   Conservative party after Harper stepped down . . .     
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   Huffington Post - Posted: 10/22/2015   
      
   George Gretes, B.C. Ministerial Assistant, Likely Lied Under Oath: Privacy   
   Commissioner   
      
      
   VICTORIA -- B.C.'s privacy commissioner has alerted RCMP after releasing a   
   scathing report identifying major failures in the access to information   
   practices of Premier Christy Clark's office and two ministries.   
      
   Elizabeth Denham found it's likely that Transport Ministry assistant George   
   Gretes deleted emails, didn't completely respond to freedom of information   
   requests and then lied about it under oath.   
      
   Denham said she has referred the matter to Mounties for investigation.   
      
   "I cannot overstate the gravity with which I view the false testimony given   
   during this investigation by George Gretes,'' she wrote. "I am deeply saddened   
   that the evidence in this case has required me to take this course of action.''   
      
   The commissioner said her investigation uncovered negligent searches for   
   records, failure to keep adequate email records, a failure to document   
   searches and the wilful destruction of records in response to FOI requests.   
      
   "Taken together, these practices threaten the integrity of access to   
   information in British Columbia,'' she said in a statement.   
      
   The issue came to light when Tim Duncan, a former executive assistant in the   
   Transport Minister's office, submitted a complaint alleging Gretes "triple   
   deleted" computer records that would have been needed for an FOI request.   
      
   Government emails need to be deleted three times before they are completely   
   expunged from an account.   
      
   Denham found Duncan to be a credible witness and that his account of events   
   was truthful. In contrast, she said Gretes was not reliable and admitted to   
   giving false testimony under oath.   
      
   The commissioner also examined additional access requests directed at the   
   Ministry of Advanced Education and the Premier's office which were brought   
   forward after the initial complaint.   
      
   Technology, Innovation and Citizens' Services Minister Amrik Virk responded in   
   a statement thanking Denham for her report.   
      
   "All government employees have a responsibility to ensure they are properly   
   responding to freedom of information requests. The commissioner has made a   
   number of important findings that we take seriously and government is   
   committed to acting on her    
   recommendations,'' he said.   
      
   The minister said Gretes has tendered his resignation and that has been   
   accepted by government.   
      
   Virk said he has asked former B.C. information and privacy commissioner David   
   Loukidelis to advise government on how to address the recommendations.   
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   Thursday, November 19, 2015   
      
   Today:   
      
      
   VICTORIA - A special prosecutor has been appointed to advise RCMP   
   investigating allegations that a former B.C. government employee lied while   
   testifying under oath.   
      
   The allegations were made by British Columbia Privacy Commissioner Elizabeth   
   Denham in a report examining claims by a whistleblower that his supervisor   
   deleted emails connected to a freedom-of-information request.   
      
   Denham's highly critical report found former Transportation Ministry   
   ministerial assistant George Gretes admitted to giving false testimony while   
   under oath, although the allegation has not been proven.   
      
   The Criminal Justice Branch has appointed Greg DelBigio to provide legal   
   advice to Mounties probing the commissioner's allegations, making the   
   investigation arms-length from the government.   
      
   DelBigio will also conduct an independent assessment of any decision on   
   possible charges.   
      
   Gretes was suspended with pay last May after the allegations came to light and   
   Transport Minister Todd Stone says the man's resignation was accepted on the   
   day Denham released her report.   
      
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