An unaccredited story in the National Post (which I called the biggest garbage story so far here) listed 57 ridings “targeted” by robocalls during the election has now been discredited after two ridings proved not to have had any dirty tricks being done.
The defeated Liberal candidate in Wellington – Halton Hills, Ont. also said the campaign in his riding was clean, despite the fact it was on the party’s robocall list.
Will the National Post now do a full retraction and apologize for taking information from opposition parties and running it as gospel? We will also need the name of the journo and editor involved so we can weigh past and future stories accordingly.
– Who invited this notorious criminal to the Liberal reception? How is it possible for an attempted-murderer to get on the guest list?
– Atwal was charged in the pipe beating of Dosanjh in 1985. Did MP Ujjal Dosanjh know about Atwal attending this Vancouver area event?
– As the inviter of Atwal to the BC Liberal budget speech, BC Liberal director Tariq Ghuman resigned yesterday but why has he been allowed to keep his presidency of the federal Liberal Party riding association Surrey North?
– It’s come out that Atwal was a BC Liberal Party member in 2010. Did he and does he still have a Liberal Party of Canada membership?
– Reports are that Atwal was a big player in Christy Clark’s leadership campaign. How active was Atwal in the federal Liberals as Clark’s then husband Mark Marissen was a major organizer and co-chair of their national election campaign?
The biggest question though is if the Ottawa Press Gallery will do what 99% of the BC media have done so far and look the other way?