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A special prosecutor tasked with investigating a controversial campaign to woo ethnic voters to the B.C. Liberal Party has approved Elections Act charges though the allegations relate to a 2012 by-election and the full investigation of the ethnic outreach program wont be complete until next year.

The Criminal Justice Branch on Monday announced charges against Brian Bonney, a former government communications director, and Mark Robertson, a Liberal Party employee. Charges were also approved against a numbered corporation.

A copy of the sworn information alleges political contributions and expenses contravened the Elections Act. The information says the contributions and expenses involved a campaign employee.

On September 5, 2014, [special prosecutor David] Butcher advised the Criminal Justice Branch that he had approved charges against the above noted individuals and corporation, a statement read.

The evidence in support of these charges was gathered during the course of the investigation for which [Mr.] Butcher has been providing assistance in the form of legal advice to investigators.

The branch said Mr. Butchers investigation into the ethnic outreach program as a whole is expected to run until early 2015.

Once the investigation is complete and Mr. Butcher has reviewed the whole of the material provided by police, he will release the results of any decisions that he makes, the statement read.

Jillian Stead, a B.C. Liberal Party spokeswoman, said the issue relates to financial reporting.

In November, 2013, it was brought to our attention that the party had misreported a $2,240 expenditure related to the 2012 Port Moody Coquitlam by-election, she wrote in an e-mail.

Liberal Premier Christy Clarks office referred a request for comment back to the party.

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Sept. 10, 2014, 1:35 a.m.

Liberal Senator Bill Heffernan has called for party operatives who knowingly channelled banned property developer donations through the Canberra-based Free Enterprise Foundation to face draconian punishment.

Liberal Senator Bill Heffernan has called for party operatives who knowingly channelled banned property developer donations through the Canberra-based Free Enterprise Foundation to face draconian punishment.

One of Prime Minister Tony Abbott's key enforcers and a former party president in NSW, Senator Heffernan is among a growing number of Liberals, including former NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell, appalled at the revelations coming out of the Independent Commission Against Corruption.

He told a recent party room meeting that anyone who has "desecrated" the reputation and purpose of the Free Enterprise Foundation "should have their nuts cut off".

On Tuesday, he told Fairfax Media the Free Enterprise Foundationwas established with honourable intent but it had been "besmirched".

But he declined to name who exactly had besmirched the fund-raising body, which ICAC has heard washed illegal donations from NSW property developers after Labor changed donations rules in 2009.

"The Free Enterprise Foundation was set up to collect money from generous people who didn't want to be harassed by publicity of their generosity. It was to fund election campaigns at a federal level and was quite legitimate," Senator Heffernan said.

"These people have besmirched the reputation of the foundation and, yes, whoever agreed to do that should have their nuts cut off."

ICAC has heard a number of party officials in NSW, including chief fund-raiser Paul Nicolaou, former state director Mark Neeham and current senator Arthur Sinodinos attended meetings at which the use of the FEF to channel developer donations back to the state party was discussed.

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Blog of the Week: The Capital ChroniclesBy: Mia Rabson

Posted: 09/7/2014 1:00 AM | Comments:

Political parties have always sent operatives to each other's events. It's basically spying, but it's not exactly covert.

Oftentimes, opposing party MPs will get accredited for another party's convention so they can be prepared to criticize whatever it is they see. It's easier, I suppose, than getting your own people to sneak around to glean what the other parties are doing on a particular day.

The Liberals last week accused the Conservatives of taking it to the next level by planting young Tory staffers in the audience to ask questions of Liberal MPs and candidates, hoping to get them to say something that contradicts what Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau has said.

It happened earlier this year with MP John McKay, who was asked about Trudeau's policy that anyone running for the Liberals will be expected to support a woman's right to choose in any vote on abortion.

It happened last week when retired general Andrew Leslie, who is running for the Liberals in an Ottawa riding and is one of Trudeau's key policy advisors, was asked about the Israel-Hamas conflict. In both cases, recordings of the responses were handed over to the media.

Both McKay and Leslie have to be responsible for their answers, no matter who asked them the question. In McKay's case, he clearly criticized Trudeau's policy and even referred to it as a "bozo eruption." Maybe the Conservatives planted the question to a known pro-life Liberal MP hoping to find ammunition against Trudeau. But McKay said what he said, and he likely would have said it no matter who asked the question.

The Conservative staffer did not say, "Hey, John McKay, do you think Trudeau's policy on anti-abortion candidates makes him a bozo?" McKay came up with that response all on his own, and he and Trudeau need to explain and come to terms with what that means for both of them and the party.

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