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From Sam Cooper's latest Cullen Commission report over at Global News:
The former commanding officer of a B.C. RCMP anti-illegal gaming unit says he was stunned when the provincial government disbanded his unit in 2009, even after he warned it that the decision would allow organized crime to operate “with impunity.”
Insp. Wayne Holland, who took control of the anti-illegal gaming unit in 2007, told a public inquiry into money laundering on Wednesday that he expected B.C.’s government to agree with the RCMP’s plan to double his unit’s size to 24 officers.
He told the Cullen Commission that the unit had been chronically understaffed, and in late 2008, he had presented a threat assessment that showed organized crime, money laundering and loan sharking were deeply embedded in B.C. Lottery Corporation casinos....
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...Holland said he was never informed who made the decision to disband his unit, but said “in my mind, it would be Mr. Coleman.”...
Gosh.
Didn't we once listen to Mr Coleman tell Sean Holman that it was he who killed IGET?
Why, yes we did.
Didn't we once listen to Mr Coleman tell Sean Holman that it was he who killed IGET?
Why, yes we did.
In 2010:
..."I had a team that wasn't working (i.e. in 2009) and it was costing the taxpayers money. I decided to do it differently and get better results."...
Better results, indeed.
..."I had a team that wasn't working (i.e. in 2009) and it was costing the taxpayers money. I decided to do it differently and get better results."...
Better results, indeed.
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As I've noted before, in my opinion Mr. Holman's ten year-old interview with Mr. Coleman should be exhibit 1A at the Cullen Inquiry.
Apologies for any delay in comments appearing...Dealing with a troll infestation.
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6 comments:
Mr. Coleman asserts that he “doesn’t deal in paper.”
I’m betting he made an exception when applying for the legal fees indemnity agreement he undoubtedly sought in connection with his forthcoming testimony before the Cullen commission.
Where is former Attorney General Mike de Jong in all of this, and especially that of Premier Gordon Campbell up until the HST fiasco hit the fan in late 2010.
Backgrounder:
Wayne Holland
2002
Vancouver Police Board
Missing Women Commission of Inquiry
https://missingwomen.library.uvic.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/EXHIBIT-198-Document-entitled-Vancouver-Police-Board-Minutes-of-Meeting-on-May-15-2002.pdf
2007
Insp. Wayne Holland, took control of the anti-illegal gaming unit
December 2008, Holland said that a deputy minister for then-gaming minister Rich Coleman told him that his unit would likely be dissolved.
https://globalnews.ca/news/7497621/rcmp-commander-warned-organized-crime-casinos-impunity/
2009
Inspector Wayne Holland
.... stunned when the provincial government disbanded his unit in 2009, even after he warned it that the decision would allow organized crime to operate “with impunity.”
https://globalnews.ca/news/7497621/rcmp-commander-warned-organized-crime-casinos-impunity/
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Putting things into perspective, and not mentioned thus far by the Cullen Commission (too early?):
May 5, 2010 Office of the Premier (Gordon Campbell)
DE JONG TO BE APPOINTED ACTING SOLICITOR GENERAL
Premier Gordon Campbell announced today that Attorney General Michael de Jong will be appointed as acting Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General.
https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/news_releases_2009-2013/2010PREM0097-000529.htm
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For the duration of the interim appointment, de Jong will continue to hold the office of Attorney General.
October 25, 2010
Gordon Muir Campbell Premier reinstates
... Rich Coleman resumes his role as minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General.
It's a portfolio he has had before, but Attorney General Mike de Jong has been doing double-duty on it since earlier this year after Kash Heed resigned.
https://bc.ctvnews.ca/b-c-premier-shakes-up-cabinet-and-bureaucracy-1.567110
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Lew--
Wonder if Bob Mackin is writing up the FOIR on that paper as we type?
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NVG--
Well, there is Mr. de Jong's retroactive paper...
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RossK, Mr. Mackin would be wasting his time. The EXCLUDED EMPLOYEES (LEGAL PROCEEDINGS) INDEMNITY REGULATION at section 29 makes it illegal for us to know (or tell if we did) whether he has applied or been granted such an indemnity. It would be shocking if he hasn’t, however.
https://www.bclaws.ca/civix/document/id/complete/statreg/62_2012#section29
Aaaahhh...
Thanks Lew.
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IGET the cash you get the bill?
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