Al4 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, October 21, 1998 Prober digs into recall RECALL INVESTIGATOR Ron Parks is a long way from ruling on any Wrongdoing by cither recallers or their target last winter, Skeena MLA Helmut Giesbrecht, ’ But the forensic auditor appointed last month by Elec- tions B.C. says he’s sure about one thing. His report on alleged misconduct in three recall campaigns will definitely be making recommendations on problems with the recall process and the legislation itself. } fully expect to make some recommendations at the end of the day with either helping to interpret the act or clarify it and pointing out some of the deficiencies in it,’' said Parks, who was here last week interviewing local recall proponents. He said there was clearly confusion about some elements of the process, although he added that’s understandable be- cause it was the first time the legislation was used. ‘*Generally, we've found all of the participants were at- tempting to follow the recall law,’” he added, Recall proponent Lorne Sexton said he turned over financial records for the Crash Helmut campaign to Parks. Scheduling problems have so far prevented him from meeting with Gicsbrecht or his supporters in the Skeena Taxpayers Association. ‘‘They've engaged legal counsel,”’ Parks added. If Parks concluded the law was broken the result could be hefty fines or even Giesbrecht being removed from his seat, The auditor also spent time at local media outlets investi- gating how much advertising was done by cach side, (The Terrace Standard has so far declined to provide Parks with financial records, citing confidentiality concerning transactions between it and its clients.) Parks said his work involves verifying expense dis- closures, looking at donations involving money, in-kind contributions, and other forms of assistance. “There are all kinds of allegations about assistance from. other places on both sides,’’ he said. That goes straight to the heart of the allegations that led to Parks being appointed. Stories in the Vancouver Sun Sept, 17 characterized NDP © recall defence campaigns here and in Prince George-North s “covert operations’? controlled by Victoria in which outside government or NDP workers were brought in. Parks said he will fully investigate the claims that outside workers came in and whether their pay and travel expenses were properly accounted for under recall niles. He said he’s already interviewed NDP supporter Sam Bridge, the key player behind the Sun stories. Parks said Bridge has continued to assert that he was to portray himself as being in Terrace on an NDP member- ship drive when in fact he was working on the campaign to defend Giesbrecht from recall. "We'll be trying to clarify that,’’ Parks said. While the Su allegations were aimed entirely at NDP wrongdoing, Parks is to investigate both sides of recall campaigns that happened here, in Prince George-North and in Comox. “Blections B.C. wanted to be very clear and be com- pletely fair and be seen to be probing the allegations on both sides — not just one side or the other,’ he explained. Two elements of the recall campaign likely won't come under Parks’ scrutiny. newspapers raised by the Sun didn’t appear to be a sig~: nificant issue, particularly in light of admissions by various politicians that form letters are often used in political campaigns. And secondly, he said, he didn’t expect to revisit the is- sue of the burning of the recall petition here by Sexton. 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