Why did Tariq Ghuman resign from BC Liberal Party Executive because he brought convicted attempted assassin Jaspal Atwal to the BC Legislature for the BC Budget - but stay on as both riding president of BC Liberals in Surrey-Panorama and riding president of federal Liberal Party in Surrey North?
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| Jaspal Atwal & then-Liberal Party of Canada leader Michael Ignatieff, February 2009 |
The current LPC website for Surrey North has an obvious alteration since my original post was published Wednesday - the contact name and email for Surrey North riding president Tariq Ghuman has disappeared!
Twitter messages last night in response to my original story below suggested that perhaps the LPC website had not been updated - and sure enough, Ghuman was gone today.
Still unclear - is Ghuman the current provincial BC Liberal Party riding president for Surrey-Panorama and cabinet minister Stephanie Cadieux?
Likely not, given all the publicity over Ghuman bringing convicted attempted assassin Jaspal Atwal to the BC Legislature as a guest of the premier's office for the BC budget speech.
But like Premier Christy Clark dodging questions about Atwal's possible role in her campaign, don't expect a straight answer on what happened to Ghuman either - my questions below remain largely unanswered.
ORIGINAL POST
The federal Liberal Party of Canada, the provincial BC Liberal Party, Tariq Ghuman and Premier Christy Clark have a lot of questions to answer.
Ghuman resigned Wednesday as a Director and member of the BC Liberal Party for bringing to the BC Legislature - as a guest of the premier - Jaspal Atwal. Atwal, as we now know thanks to the Vancouver Sun's Kim Bolan and two MLAs who complained to the Speaker, attempted to murder Indian cabinet minister Malkiat Singh Sidhu near Gold River in 1986, twice shooting the Punjabi politician. [Sidhu was later assassinated in India.]
Question #1 - why did Ghuman quit the BC Liberal Party executive but stay on as president of BC Liberal cabinet minister Stephanie Cadieux's Surrey-Panorama riding association?
If his serious error in judgement was enough to quit the executive, why hasn't he resigned from that post as well?
Question #2 - if Ghuman rightly quit the BC Liberal Party executive over this matter, why does he remain as president of the federal Liberal Party of Canada riding association of Surrey North as of February 29?
Question #3 - what does the Liberal Party of Canada think of Ghuman inviting to the BC Legislature a man who attempted to kill an international official visiting this country? Is he an appropriate LPC riding association president?
Question #4 - what does former Liberal Party Member of Parliament Ujjal Dosanjh think of Ghuman's role as a federal riding association presidency? Dosanjh has been an outspoken opponent of the use of violence in support of Punjab independence.
Atwal was acquitted of charges he beat Dosanjh in February 1985.
Question #5 - what exactly did Atwal do that caused ICBC to win a $28,000 judgement against him in court in connection to allegations of stolen car fraud?
Question #6 - what did Ghuman know about Atwal's past conviction and other background when he asked him to accompany him to the BC Legislature as a guest of the premier?
None of it, some of it or all of it?
Question #7 - what role did Ghuman play in Christy Clark's BC Liberal leadership campaign?
Question #8 - did Atwal play any role in that campaign?
Question #9 - how does the Indian government feel about Atwal being a guest at the BC Legislature?
None of these questions have yet been publicly answered, to the best of my knowledge.
CKNW's Sean Leslie got hold of Ghuman's resignation letter, in which he apologizes to Liberal Party president Sharon White and takes responsibility for getting Atwal into the BC budget speech as a substitute guest on the premier's ticket without divulging who Atwal was:
"......I take full responsibility for inviting Mr. Atwal to the budget....the young people I originally invited could not attend....I did not inform the premier's office that I was bringing different guests...it was an error in my judgement, and I take full responsibility for it."
Fair enough - but that doesn't explain what happened.
Atwal was punished for the very serious crime he was convicted of. He has paid the price our justice system demanded but that does not mean he should be an honoured guest at the BC Legislature.
Ghuman may be the BC Liberal scapegoat in this affair. If so, he should answer the questions he can above and be done with it.
But both Liberal parties have to explain themselves in this unfortunate incident. The sooner they do, the better.
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26 comments:
This woman is as corrupt a politician as we have seen in the world. This government is full of lapdogs feeding off the public. What a dispicable bunch. There must be an investigation into this bunch starting from 2001 and SCampbell must be included. The travistys and theiving has got to stop and I think jail would be the proper way to do it.
"Atwal was punished for the very serious crime he was convicted of. He has paid the price our justice system demanded..."
Really!? Then there's obviously something wrong with our justice system.
"Atwal was punished for the very serious crime he was convicted of. He has paid the price our justice system demanded..."
Really!? Then there's obviously something wrong with our justice system.
The issues in BC no longer have anything to do with LEFT, RIGHT or CENTRE politics . . . and everything to do with CRIMINALITY!
No matter your political position, everybody hates a crook . . . unless you are part of the criminal gang.
Christy and her BC Mafia; the elected and the appointed constitute an . . . EVIL EMPIRE!
Hopefully when we ever have free and fair elections in BC these political parasites will be . . . wiped out at the polls.
The GREAT SATAN
There has been something wrong with the judicial system, since Gordon Campbell's trial, of his theft and sale of the BCR.
As far as Canada goes..politicians are rewarded for their lies, thefts, deceit and corruption. Ghuman is quite safe with, the Campbell/Clark BC Liberals and the Federal Conservatives.
After all, there is honor among thieves.
Your readers will want to view the answers provided by Alex Tsakumas: http://alexgtsakumis.com/2012/03/01/an-open-letter-to-premier-christy-clark-please-personally-deny-that-jaspal-atwal-was-actively-involved-in-your-campaign-as-a-top-indo-canadian-organizer/
Another question would be why all perpetual the bitchin and whining? The NDP is going to be goverment anyway.
and one Anonymous is wrong. Campbell is not any part of the BC Liberal Party. None.
Enjoy this while you can, because when the NDP becomes government, Bill and the others here will have to defend the NDP and all of the errors it commits even as they are much less than that currently committed by the BC Liberals or not.
Be ready when the NDP arrives.
"Be ready when the NDP arrives."
You mean it could actually get worse?
One thing for sure is that the debt will have to be paid some day, so expect taxes to rise exponentially to pay for the mismanagement and incompetence.
"You mean it could actually get worse?"
it would not get as worse as the current state with the BC Liberals, but don't expect happieness and merriment, and do expect alot of hypocrisy from both the NDP and their supporters.
"One thing for sure is that the debt will have to be paid some day, so expect taxes to rise exponentially to pay for the mismanagement and incompetence."
those taes will rise not because of the BC Liberals, but because the NDP will do stupid things such as forgive student loans, give teachers what they want, will produce taxpayer paid for advertisement, make patronage appointments an the list will go on and on..
The NDP has a huge shopping list of things they want, and guess what?
YOU pay the bill.
"those taes will rise not because of the BC Liberals,"
I assume you meant taxes?
You are wrong again.
Debt HAS to be paid. All $60 Billion. This province will suffer for decades trying to pay it out.
"YOU pay the bill".
We have been for years. I am waiting for my next hidden tax, er I mean hydro bill with our new smart meter. Based on what I see, I better have $600 available for that. No new taxes my ass.
Hope you like your new meter.
This guy was just showing that the Liebrel Government has and was bought and paid for by sleaze bags like him.
He was just washing the peoples of BC face in it.
Chrispy Crouch and the rest of the criminals running BC know the jigs up and will pillage whats left for the next year.
Funny how you can't find any Liebrel supports who will admit it to ones face.
Funny how you can't find any Liebrel supports who will admit it to ones face.
Why would they do that here?
"Why would they do that here?"
Because there are NeoCons (Libs) that are very passionate about being absolutely wrong.
Yes alexgtsakumis.com
has had lots on this too. Strangely his website doesn't exist at the moment, not accessible.
What's happened to Alex Tsakumis's blog tonight, he stated he was about to publish information that was going to take down Clark and her Liberal government.
Any info Bill ?
Apologies to those who posted but didn't see their comments here for awhile - some issues with publishing from my iPhone it seems. Will try to stay on top of it more closely.
"Strangely his website doesn't exist at the moment, not accessible."
Strangely that poster doesn't understand that websites can crash from too much traffic or other system factors.
Well not all that strange...
What's happened to Alex Tsakumis's blog tonight, he stated he was about to publish information that was going to take down Clark and her Liberal government.
Any info Bill ?
Think:
A hugely popular blog, with a large volume of traffic, flow rate is "x", a spike in traffic is "x2".
Probable cause: website crash.
Learn to think.
Geezus, people don't know their basics when it comes to computers.
Simple people just want to whine and complain and come up with dumb statements such as:
"Strangely his website doesn't exist at the moment, not accessible."
"Because there are NeoCons (Libs) that are very passionate about being absolutely wrong"
Same can equally be said by NDPers and their supporters.
:Same can equally be said by NDPers and their supporters."
Wow! Wrong yet again.
For those concerned, it was indeed high traffic that took down Alex's blog.
It's back now, so Christy will soon hear the strains of Tony Bennett ringing out during next week's caucus meetings.... :-)
Wow! Wrong yet again.
Don't be too sure about that once the NDP becomes government.
They will make errors and they will disappoint many (expectations are not met) and the NDP supporters will have to defend those.
Be around when it happens.
"For those concerned, it was indeed high traffic that took down Alex's blog. "
At leat someone was smart enough to figure that out. Wonder why it took so long..
"It's back now, so Christy will soon hear the strains of Tony Bennett ringing out during next week's caucus meetings.... :-)"
Maybe, but there will most certainly be dumb commentary coming from a few NDP supporters in here too..
It's back now, so Christy will soon hear the strains of Tony Bennett ringing out during next week's caucus meetings.... :-)
Don't get too comfy with that.
Alex isn't exclusive to going after Christy Clark.
Read his blog.
Unlike Bill here, he's got the next step figured out.
Adrian Dix and the NDP..
they're next.. ;-)
Hi Bill ,great site here.But to the child troll on here calling NDP voters dumb?Firstly, Glen Clark runs the Pattison group,secondly your pathetic excuse for a premier has no post secondary degrees NONE.The only job she has ever held was at the blue boy motel slinging hash.Ten years of stupidity is enough for me.
Hi Bill ,great site here.But to the child troll on here calling NDP voters dumb?Firstly, Glen Clark runs the Pattison group,secondly your pathetic excuse for a premier has no post secondary degrees NONE.
Neither does Glen Clark. Glen Clark orginally hated the capitalist system (he was a business agent for a union).
Ten years of stupidity is enough for me
Is it enough for you? Really? Are you going to get smart and not call those with contrary opinions "Child trolls" or are you going to continue on being stupidly arrogant?
Let us know when you do get smart and let contrary opinions you don't like be allowed in a blog you don't own.
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