Bob Mackin
The Tyee
North Vancouver, BC, Canada
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New Call for Conflict Commissioner to Step Aside in Clark Probe
Democracy Watch co-founder cites family links between Premier, law firm's Liberal donations. → Read More
Commissioner's Role in Clark's Conflict Review Questioned
Conflict commissioner has already acknowledged son's ties to Premier create 'perception' of bias. → Read More
BC Libs Dipped Below $10M in 2015 Donations, Still Flush with Cash
Newly published filings show party outraised NDP about $3 to $1. → Read More
Premier's Press Secretary Leaves Job, Next Month Registers to Lobby Her
BC has no rules that stop aides lobbying their former bosses. → Read More
BC's Info and Privacy Watchdog Departs for Britain
Elizabeth Denham to leave key office after watershed year of investigations. → Read More
Five Years On, Clark's 'Open Government' Pledge Unfulfilled
Six scandals add up to 'promise made, promise broken.' → Read More
Air Christy Climbs to Half Million Dollar Mark
Crack the pretzels: time for an update on our premier's latest itineraries. → Read More
How the Premier's Office Buried a Scandal on Federal Election Day
Clark's office pushed to release response to young woman's death on day of vote. → Read More
De Jong Stayed Silent on Health Scandal for Weeks, FOI Reveals
Health minister left job of revealing drug research scandal to successor MacDiarmid. → Read More
De Jong Stayed Silent on Health Scandal for Weeks, FOI Reveals
Health minister left job of revealing drug research scandal to successor MacDiarmid. → Read More
Election Act Charges Aren't Sidelining BC Liberal
Mark Robertson, charged in connection with 2012 byelection, working on Feb. 2 campaign. → Read More
Education Ministry Chastised for Latest BC Data Breach
Incidents peaked in 2014, have since declined, say FOI documents. → Read More
Gupta points finger at group of UBC governors
Arvind Gupta said Thursday he still has not been asked for his side of the story by University of B.C. officials, nearly six months following his resignation as the school’s president. Gupta said he did not get a performance review he was owed, nor did he undergo an exit interview when he quit his post last July. → Read More
UBC board warned president two months before resignation that morale and trust were low
A leaked letter shows that the executive committee of the University of B.C. board of governors met in secret with Arvind Gupta in mid-May to warn the president to shape up or ship out. → Read More
Documents reveal timeline surrounding former UBC president’s resignation, but not the reasons
Four days before a closed-door board meeting was called to deal with Arvind Gupta’s resignation from the University of B.C., the chair and another director wanted to meet with Gupta privately on campus. Monday’s 861-page document dump by the UBC Freedom of Information office included email between John Montalbano and Gupta, in which the then-chair Montalbano asked the 2014-appointed president on… → Read More
First Nations leader slams B.C. government's ‘PR move’ on aboriginal child welfare
It was a “PR move” by Premier Christy Clark to name an ex-NDP cabinet minister as senior adviser on aboriginal child welfare last September, says a Fraser Valley First Nation chief. “What was going through their heads?” asked Chief Ernie Crey of the Cheam First Nation. → Read More
Site C Protest Campers Hit with Civil Claim
Protesters fire back: 'We've been nothing but peaceful and reasonable.' → Read More
B.C. Hydro must replace 88,000 smart meters
B.C. Hydro needs to replace more than 88,000 smart meters that are either faulty or don’t meet Measurement Canada standards, according to public records. → Read More
An Unsung 2015 Newsmaker: The Delete Key
In BC and beyond, it became a sensation among politicians and staff. → Read More
Good Watchdog! Bad Watchdog!
Seven times government watchdogs have made a mess for the BC Libs. → Read More