As quoted in the CBC News Article: B.C.’s attorney general has estimated $2B in dirty money moved through real estate and casinos in a year Bethany Lindsay · CBC News · Posted: Jan 22, 2019 11:55 AM PT | Last Updated: 3 hours ago …
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RCMP finally sharing info key to keeping dirty money out of B.C., says Eby
News 1130: BY MARCELLA BERNARDO Posted Jan 22, 2019 2:31 pm PST Last Updated Jan 22, 2019 at 2:59 pm PST https://www.citynews1130.com/2019/01/22/rcmp-dirty-money-bc-eby/
B.C.’s Attorney-General presses for resources to fight money laundering
January 9, 2019. The Globe and Mail. Mike Hager and Xiao Xu. B.C.’s Attorney-General presses for resources to fight money laundering As quoted: B.C.’s Attorney-General says a lack of federal resources for investigating money-laundering is masking the full extent of the problem as …
Reducing Legal Costs is Critical to the Financial Health of ICBC
December 10, 2018. Vancouver Sun, by David Eby. As quoted in the article: Recently, Ron Nairne, the incoming president of the Trial Lawyers Association of B.C., wrote in this newspaper that I was “Trump-like” for implying that the actions of …
‘A disturbing signal’: AG laments collapse of high-profile probe into B.C. money laundering
As quoted in the article, CBC November 28, 2018. British Columbia’s attorney general says he was “incredibly disappointed” to hear all of the criminal charges laid in a high-profile RCMP investigation into money-laundering in B.C. have been stayed. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/money-laundering-charges-stayed-1.4923861
Attorney General Targets Foreign Capital to Ease Housing Crunch
Vancouver Sun. As quoted in the article, Sept 6, 2018. Douglas Todd: The housing crisis is the top issue for British Columbians, but incomplete information and exaggerated rhetoric sour its discussion.
This is not to say there is nothing to debate in the B.C. NDP’s 30-point plan to ease the devastation of unaffordability, which it inherited from the laissez-faire Liberals’ 16 years in power. But it takes time to put together a complete picture.
Even as a journalist who for five years has covered the way extreme prices are crushing the hopes of hundreds of thousands of British Columbians, I learned new things from a recent Vancouver Sun and Province editorial board meeting with Attorney General David Eby.
The Point Grey MLA, whose riding is ground zero for the stratospheric prices that result in large part from the globalization of wealth, rang some of the earliest warning bells about the lack of affordability. And he’s been teaming up with Finance Minister Carole James to respond.
Data Point to Money Laundering Vulnerability in BC Real Estate Sector
Following the bombshell report detailing how Vancouver-area casinos became hubs for international money laundering, the second phase of B.C.‘s battle against dirty money is expected to target real estate.
While the real estate sector largely drives B.C.‘s economy, many members of the industry appear to have significant work to do on this front. According to data obtained by Postmedia News, Canada‘s financial intelligence watchdog found “significant” and “very significant” deficiencies in the anti-money laundering controls at 88 per cent of real estate entities they examined in B.C. over the last two years.
June 27, 2018: “The era of inaction and denial is over. We are moving immediately to get dirty money out of B.C. casinos.”
The report by Dr. Peter German on money laundering in BC casinos was released to the public this morning. The German report was first received by government on March 31, 2018. It was reviewed for privacy concerns and accordingly, German …
Eby reintroduces anti-SLAPP legislation killed by BC Liberals
Eby reintroduces anti-SLAPP legislation killed by BC Liberals May 15, 2018 Civil Liberties, Front Page, Government 1 Comment By ThinkPol Staff British Columbians will soon be able to once again speak up against big corporations on important issues without the fear of being silenced by …
B.C. introduces anti-SLAPP legislation to protect public interest debates
May 15, 2018 Vancouver Sun. As quoted in the article: VICTORIA — The British Columbia government has introduced legislation that would prevent lawsuits used to silence critics with unfair or costly legal action. Attorney General David Eby says the bill …