As CKNW's Sean Leslie reports, Ghuman resigned in a letter to BC Liberal Party President Sharon White, saying: "......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."
But questions remain about this disturbing situation.
And Vancouver Sun reporter Kim Bolan also reports that Atwal was charged with assaulting former BC premier and former Liberal MP Ujjal Dosanjh and acquitted of those charges in 1985.
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The shocking news that a man - convicted of the 1986 attempted assassination of an Indian cabinet minister visiting British Columbia - was a guest in the BC Legislature for the Budget presentation using an invitation from the office of Premier Christy Clark was bad enough.
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But more questions must now be raised - was Jaspal Atwal, the gunman in question - the guest of a Director of the BC Liberal Party - Provincial Executive member Tariq Ghuman?
Ghuman is described on the Party website as REGION 9 DIRECTOR (VANCOUVER SUBURBS SOUTH).
I am reliably told Atwal was the extra guest of Ghuman and accompanied him in Victoria.
Ghuman was also an active supporter of Christy Clark's successful leadership campaign - was Atwal working on that campaign?
And what about Atwal's involvement in a recent judgement ICBC won against him for $28,000 related to what the Vancouver Sun described as a "stolen car fraud ring"?
Clark claims she doesn't even know who invited Atwal:
"I haven't talked to the person who invited him," Clark said. "I'm not even sure with certainty who it was that invited him at this point."
Let's get some answers from Clark, her staff and Tariq Ghuman.
If he did invited and escort Atwal, Ghuman has some explaining to do.
And who else knew about Atwal's past when he arrived at the BC Legislature on budget day?
How many BC Liberal MLAs, government staff and other guests invited by the government knew exactly who he was?
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26 comments:
It was Tariq Ghuman who took Atwal to the budget. I marvel that the media is letting this one slip by, given where they sat during the proceedings.
Actually, Kim Bolan confirmed Tariq Ghuman yesterday. credit to her for ongoing http://www2.canada.com/story.html?id=6220391 effort to expose this story. She and Les Leyne are the only MSM to even touch on this.
This is absolutely no surprise.
For twenty years, starting with the Federal BC Liberals and now awash in the provincial Liberals . . . Sikh money and bodies were/are seen as the key to political-power in BC.
From "downtown Surrey to the sawmills of the interior" the power of the temple-leadership makes it a superpower player in political operations.
Its impact is no longer restricted to the political system, as we have seen it almost daily in our BC court system as well. (just look how Air India and BASIGATE have played out)
What's so funny is the very two-faced political operatives who take the temple cash and favours, are the same guys who privately bitch about the Sikhs being out-of-control rectal-passages (and now expressing shock about the invite to the budget event).
The GREAT SATAN
I don't think those glasses make Christy look any more smarter. Just more desperate.
Full credit to Kim Bolan - wasn't aware of her update when I posted. The questions I pose need to be answered.
http://www.asianjournal.ca/nov%2026_10/rattan%20roar.html
The link above gives some recent history to a "Jaspal Atwal", he's called a businessman.
Why is this guy even in the damn Country...much less the Legislative Assembly? Outrageous !
And this:
http://www.asianjournal.ca/june%2024_11/ot_head8.html
.....Maninder Gill used a firearm that fell out of the pocket of Vikram Atwal, the son of businessman Jaspal Atwal, in self-defence.
The last time I looked there's laws, and financial penalties (fines) for carrying a firearm in the Province of British Columbia.
Its amazing that the security force surrounding the Legislature didn't know about past offenses of individuals in attendance to Budget 2012 no matter who they were invited by or on behalf of.
We're talking about a Premier, not an elected one, who operates in a cerebral and environmental vacuum. She thought nobody would notice. Perhaps because she is orchestrated in what she will say next and hardly knows where she is, day in and day out.
Full credit to Kim Bolan - wasn't aware of her update when I posted. The questions I pose need to be answered.
Yeah sure. ALot of blog contributors have perpetually whined and cried about MSM, but when a story comes along like this one, they heap praise instantly.
Hypocritical there.
THis is a prime example of BOTH blog and MSN being useful reading.
This kind of stuff happens to many political leaders.
Do you honestly think Harper and his entourage knew the background of this guy:?
http://www.therecord.com/news/elections/article/513657--tory-supporter-facing-fraud-charge-gets-plum-seat-at-harper-rally
This article will give you more information on Jaspal Atwal.
www.alexgtsakumis.com
unbelievable!
Who cares? Why does it matter if this guy was there or not? Is there some implicit sanctity of a budget speech which precludes criminals from attending and results in Seppuku for the offending individual? This is both an excessive response and a ridiculous infraction.
Does anyone really expect the Liberal dominated media to ask a question? This is like Gordon Campbell is still running these cheating scoundrels, including Christy Clark.
The honest BC Liberal MLAs (and they do exist) must be dismayed by this most recent example of who was likely responsible for the CC leadership victory.
It's getting harder all the time to shock folks, about things the BC Liberals are doing.They feel they are untouchable, but let's see how badly they get dumped at the next election. I can hardly wait.
It's getting harder all the time to shock folks, about things the BC Liberals are doing.They feel they are untouchable, but let's see how badly they get dumped at the next election. I can hardly wait.
Good then after that you can get busy and defend the NDP's activities when they are government.
That is going to be very diffult once they start making errors and doing things people don't like.
and they will. They did before and like very party, they will in the future.
Be here when it happens.
The party will be on election night, but the day after the new NDP cabinet is sworn in they will be held accountable. Far more than the BC Liberals ever were.
the new NDP cabinet is sworn in they will be held accountable. Far more than the BC Liberals ever were...
Absolutely the truth. They will even be held responsible for completely fictitious trumped up puff. (see Glen Clark deck full acquittal).
Absolutely the truth. They will even be held responsible for completely fictitious trumped up puff.
They will be held responsible for the economic well being of the province, and it can be expected that everything they have complained about in regards to education, ferries, health, justice, poverty etc. etc. will be expediously fixed by them.
and they will NOT send any taxpayer paid for advertising out by mail or television. None.
"Who cares? Why does it matter if this guy was there or not?"
Guilt by association, I suppose.
Have you ever noticed in our society that criminals hang with criminals. Drug dealers hang with drug dealers.
May 2013
"Guilt by association, I suppose."
You suppose? Do you know? Is that a valid reason for a response like you're seeing on this blog's comment's roll? I'd hate for this logic to apply to our judiciary system! Do you know anyone who has e ver committed a crime? Are you therefore guilty by association? How about anyone in your family? Your kids? Do they know anyone guilty of a crime, ever? Are they also therefore guilty by association? What a ridiculous round of masturbation and frothing at the mouth this has caused.
The part that I STILL don't understand is why in the hell the offcial who invited him had to go and validate this absurdity by resigning!
"You suppose? Do you know?"
If you still support the Liberals in this province, the only logical explanation would be that you are corrupt too!
But please, spin that, too.
"If you still support the Liberals in this province, the only logical explanation would be that you are corrupt too!
But please, spin that, too."
B.S. It would also be true that if you support the NDP, then you support the following:
- The fake memo written by Adrian Dix
- The 2500 memberships that magically appeared the afternoon on the last day of new memberships for the leadership and approved by the NDP's Jan who is the wife of NDPer Geoff Meggs who was part of the Glen Clark government.
- The stabbing in the back of Carole James.
- The NDP's wimped out position in regards to the outrageous 15% wage increase and 10 week bereavement leave sought by the BCTF.
- and any other errors made by NDP MLAs in the past.
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vs a convicted Sassanian invited to the legislature and who knows what other roles he played in the BC Liberals
you need to puff a lot harder
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vs a convicted Sassanian invited to the legislature and who knows what other roles he played in the BC Liberals
you need to puff a lot harder
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and you need to face reality when the NDP becomes goverment next year.
A great "Thankyou" to Kim Bolan for breaking this stroy.
For the rest of the MSM in this province, this is what is called NEWS, thats what you are in business, to reveal and report!
The "government" in this province is TOAST, no matter how you slice this. One would hope that the "tipping" point, has now been reached and the slippery slope will now speed the demise, of these "rouges", as quickly as possible.
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