The Ten Grand Limited Hangout From Pacific Carbon Trust On Wazuku

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From the lede of G. Hoekstra's VSun piece this morning:

...The Wazuku Advisory Group was paid $10,950 for "communications advice and planning," according to information provided to The Vancouver Sun by the Crown corporation Pacific Carbon Trust (PCT)...


But wait, there's more, much more, below the fold:

...The PCT added Monday the advice Wazuku was paid for on the auditor's report is a small part of a larger contract totalling $125,555 to date, including such items as advice on potential carbon market policy options. Wazuku is still providing services to the PCT.

"Most of Wazuku's work for PCT has not involved communications," PCT spokeswoman Hope Hickli said in an email Monday...


Oh, and just in case you missed it the other day, here, again, is the real story:

...Wazuku won the bid even though one of its owners, Michael Watson, sits on the board of directors of the PCT.

The PCT said that Watson disclosed his business interest in Wazuku to the board. The board concluded Watson was not in a conflict of interest as management, not the board, had made the decision to award Wazuku the contract, Hickli said in the email...


So there you have it.

As long as you 'disclose' you are in the clear.

Interestingly, unlike this case, the spokesperson didn't even bother to state that Mr. Watson stepped out of the room when the decision was made to hire Wazuku.

Assuming he did.

Step out, I mean.

Sheesh



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And in other news, Wazuku is now saying that they are only renting space and giving occasional advice to Mr. Jim Shepard and his most honourable CC4BC initiative...Hmmmm...Where have we who live in Vancouver and were forced to live through the disastrous Sam Sullivan regime heard that 'just helping out with space'  explanation before?...
Who are all the principles in Wazuku?....Ian Reid has that story...
Finally,  two other PR firms received public money from the PCT to develop the strategy to pushback against the Auditor General's report...One of them was the Laura Ballance Media Group who, we noted recently, is also being paid public dollars to promote the Bogus Bollywood Awards...The VSun's Mr. Hoekstra indicates that the Ballance Group received a very well-rounded $1000.00 to provide the PCT with "strategic communications and key message consultation"...Gosh, wonder how that breaks down, specifically, on the invoice...The other company which received $23,100 is the Acumen Communications Group...NVG?


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