Congratulations if you’ve mostly skipped the flood of news reports on the legislature scandal.
It’s been entertaining, if you’re the kind of person who stops to look at car crashes. But despite all the noise, we know very little.
Here’s the Quick Notes version, and six things you need to know in order to understand what’s happening.
To start with, the facts. On Nov. 19, Speaker Darryl Plecas called a meeting with the three house leaders — Liberal Mary Polak, New Democrat Mike Farnworth and Green Sonia Furstenau. He told them the RCMP were investigating possible wrongdoing by Clerk Craig James, who is effectively the CEO of the $80-million legislative apparatus, and Sergeant-at-Arms Gary Lenz, the chief of security. Two special prosecutors had been appointed on Oct. 1, he said…
You can read the rest — and I hope you will — at The Tyee here.
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