From: John_Beamish{at}dmr.ca (John Beamish)

You're right, it was the AG (Scott).  I am sceptical when you say "may
have attempted" to influence the judge.  The RCMP officer who
pepper-sprayed everyone was Hugh Stewart, I believe.  Poor guy ... he's
"taking one for the team" and the team is running from him as
fast as they can.

Speaking of Stewart, I keep wondering how long Jane Stewart will remain in
the Cabinet.  Did you catch her performance on "This Hour Has 22
Minutes" on Valentines Day?  She was quite good ... but who knew that
Alexa McDonough had rhythm.  I'm not too fond of her politics but ...
following on from a different thread here, I'd certainly enjoy having
dinner with her.

On Thu, 2 Mar 2000 23:02:33 -0800, "Alan Cairns"
 wrote:

>
>The NDP in BC has gone through four premiers in six years (or 6 in seven
>years if you prefer). BC politics is nationally known as a circus. The
>current incumbents, the NDP (Labour) Party, are running approval ratings of
>about 11%, and they will certainly be thrown out in the next election. Then
>we'll get a new scandal.
>
>The airplane flight thing wasn't a BC thing. It was the Federal Attorney
>General, who was overheard by a reporter in the 'plane. His remarks tended
>to suggest that he had reached a premature conclusion in the APEC hearings,
>and may have attempted to influence the judge. The AG is gone, but the
>hearings stagger on.
>--
>Alan
>alancairns{at}dccnet.com
>
>"Randall Parker"  wrote in message
>news:MPG.13285e4beb766e4498a013{at}news.barkto.com...
>> John,
>>
>> I've been reading articles about the party in power in B.C. You've had,
>> what, 4 provincial premiers (right title?) in 6 years? Is that right?
>> Any chance that the public will decide that that party ought to go by
>> the waysides in the next election? The power struggle to replace the
>> last tossed out idiot is itself pathetic.
>>
>> Didn't one of the guys get recorded in an airplane flight describing
>> fixing a business deal for a political supporter? I forget the details.
>> Sounds similar to what Clinton has done to the Democratic Party.
>>
>> In , raging John_Beamish{at}dmr.ca John
>> Beamish expostulated:
>> > This one arrived today.  Substitute Chretien for Clinton and you'll
>> > discover my sympathies.
>> >
>> > This is an imaginary situation, but it may be interesting deciding
>> > what you would do.  The situation:
>> >
>> > You are in the Midwest, and there is a huge flood in progress.  Many
>> > homes have been lost, water supplies compromised, and infrastructure
>> > destroyed.
>> >
>> > Let's say you're a photographer out getting still photos for a news
>> > service, traveling alone, looking for particularly poignant scenes.
>> >
>> > If you were to stumble across Bill Clinton struggling to keep from
>> > being swept away in a raging river and you had a choice of rescuing
>> > him or getting a Pulitzer prize-winning photograph of the death of a
>> > President, what shutter speed would you use?
>> >
>> >
>> >
>
>

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