July 21, 2009
Krog says no one, including Premier Campbell, is above the law
VANCOUVER - Following yesterday's Supreme Court order that Premier Gordon Campbell and his closest advisors produce missing records relevant to the B.C. Rail corruption trial, New Democrat attorney general critic Leonard Krog is calling on the RCMP to launch a full fledged investigation into possible political interference.
Justice Elizabeth Bennett ordered Monday that all email records related to the 2004 sale of B.C. Rail be produced by the premier and his key staff. The ruling follows last week's discovery that a substantial amount of records, dating back to the sale of B.C. Rail, were recently destroyed by government order.
"Someone within government ordered the destruction of possible evidence in a high profile government corruption case," said Krog. "With this ruling, that may constitute a criminal act.
"We need to know who made the order, whether the premier and his staff were involved, what emails were destroyed, what emails still exist and who will be held responsible if there was a cover-up. This is a serious and possibly criminal offense."
Krog says the destruction of government emails raises some serious questions about how the Campbell government conducts its affairs.
"As legal experts and public commentators have noted, the apparent destruction of relevant records has undermined public trust in our government. I believe an investigation as I have proposed is fundamental to get to the bottom of this," said Krog.
Krog says no one, including Premier Campbell, is above the law
VANCOUVER - Following yesterday's Supreme Court order that Premier Gordon Campbell and his closest advisors produce missing records relevant to the B.C. Rail corruption trial, New Democrat attorney general critic Leonard Krog is calling on the RCMP to launch a full fledged investigation into possible political interference.
Justice Elizabeth Bennett ordered Monday that all email records related to the 2004 sale of B.C. Rail be produced by the premier and his key staff. The ruling follows last week's discovery that a substantial amount of records, dating back to the sale of B.C. Rail, were recently destroyed by government order.
"Someone within government ordered the destruction of possible evidence in a high profile government corruption case," said Krog. "With this ruling, that may constitute a criminal act.
"We need to know who made the order, whether the premier and his staff were involved, what emails were destroyed, what emails still exist and who will be held responsible if there was a cover-up. This is a serious and possibly criminal offense."
Krog says the destruction of government emails raises some serious questions about how the Campbell government conducts its affairs.
"As legal experts and public commentators have noted, the apparent destruction of relevant records has undermined public trust in our government. I believe an investigation as I have proposed is fundamental to get to the bottom of this," said Krog.
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