Dignity and Reputation

 When it comes to the B.C. Legislature, both are lost.

But Speaker Darrel Plecas is going to turn that around.

In a meeting today of the Legislative Assembly Management Committee, Speaker Plecas delivered his second report on the response by Messrs. Lenz and James to the original Plecas report.

"The lack of accountability

 that has been revealed

 has been largely

 of these officers’own design..." 

 excerpt from Second Plecas Report (linked above)

Lenz and James were suspended, with pay, on November 20th and it was reported that Lenz wrote a 62-page letter stating that he would like to return to work.  James wrote a 24-page reply to the charges levied by Plecas, adding that the report went out of its way to smear his character.

Allan Mullen, the Speaker's special advisor, has stated the Plecas Report's findings are "the tip of the iceberg".

The CBC report stated the committee agreed to release the report publicly, keep James and Lenz suspended and on paid leave and have an independent review of the allegations performed by a retired B.C. Supreme Court justice.

"My Preliminary Report

 and this follow-up report

 raise issues which I believe

 the public will find unacceptable."

 D.Plecas Report                     

Speaker Plecas stated he would now recuse himself from the proceedings, concluded the CBC story.

I've overheard people suggesting that Darrel Plecas should be Premier, expressing the hope many feel that truth and honesty will prevail.

"Darrel Plecas for Prime Minister," Kia would've said, adding "there's trouble there too...Plecas could certainly do no worse than Justin Trudeau."

A good point.
Because Plecas would do a hell of a better job than Justin Trudeau.

The first story "Corruption in Victoria" is here.