Letter to the Editor

Since winning the Liberal nomination on April Fool’s Day 2000 with many guides in attendance, Kootenay East MLA Bill Bennett has had a difficult time explaining his partnership in a big game guiding business while claiming no conflict of interest.

Newspapers from coast to coast have never been satisfied with Mr. Bennett’s various twists in the tale.

His latest revelation on the subject of his shareholder loan to the guiding business is informative: “There’s no interest on it, there’s no promissory note. If I demanded repayment on that loan, I have no documentation that would require them to repay the loan. It sits on the books and I disclose it every year in my conflict of interest disclosure statement.” [“Bennett refutes conflict of interest rumours,”Townsman, Feb. 20, 2015]

We can all be glad unbelievable Bill is not the Finance Minister.

William G. Hills,

Cranbrook

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