Georgia Straight Story Leads to Conflict of Interest Charges

january 29, 2007  04:43 pm
Georgia Straight Story Leads to Conflict of Interest Charges
The New Democratic Party launched an attack on the head of the British Columbia's provincial government last week, based on information it learned in an article published in the venerable Vancouver alt-weekly, reports the National Post. In the article, the Straight's Russ Francis reported that Premier Gordon Campbell (pictured) and his wife own shares of stock in mining giant Alcan Inc., which does business with the state-owned water utility.