Category talk:British Columbia political scandals

politicians subcat

because there were already a few entries here which were simply politician-bios, I added several more, some current, some historical; there are many more. Ideally each scandal should have its own entry, but until then so long as a bio-article mentions the scandal(s) in question, it seems a propos to add them here. But it occurred to me that a category such as Category:British Columbia poilticians involved in scandal or "scandals", depending on the usage, could maybe be a solution to the inevitable proliferation of bios in this category. Judith Reid I haven't added yet as her relationship to Railgate, like so much else about that whole affair, remains clear; Bob Virk, or Aneal Basi, I can't remember which, was one of her aides...the title also excludes such as Erik Bornmann as he wasn't a politician, not an elected one anyway (unless "Liberal Party organizer/activist" qualifies). It also saves tying in people connected to scandal who weren't politicians, which gets on tricky BLP turf, e.g. Herb Doman, Peter Toigo, though as the main cat title as it stands now is, they could be included. That said, I've got a few more to add, starting with the current Premier (never mind Railgate as of yet, I'm meaning the drunk driving charges).Skookum1 (talk)!

Worthy of inclusion?

Link to Cottonwood item reveals nothing about scandal. Almost 160 years ago, Judge Matthew Begbie was accused of acquiring property improperly. No credible information supporting the accusation came to light. If every unsubstantiated rumour is treated as notable, the credibility of Wikipedia would be lost.

This examination of Begbie by the Manitoba Historical Society does not support the inclusion of Cottonwood as a scandal. Sir Matthew Baillie Begbie by Roy St. George Stubbs

I also believe that linking the British Columbia Resources Investment Corporation item as a scandal is inappropriate. One can argue that company's history was an example of incompetent management wasting or losing assets but, beyond mild embarrassment for them and politicians who probably didn't want the venture to succeed anyway, there's no evidence that anyone behaved "in a dishonest or immoral way that shocks people." (Macmillan Dictionary)

Similarly, construction of the Lillooet Cattle Trail 150 years ago might seem dumb by what we know today but that hardly makes it a scandal, even if we make an unsupported supposition that someone might have profited unduly those many years ago.

The so-called Solidarity Crisis was just that, not a scandal. An anti-union government was in conflict with the province's union movement but, while we could argue the rights and wrongs of either side's political behaviour, the evidence of scandal is not apparent.

Inclusion of Texada Island on a list of political scandals is also puzzling. More than a dozen years ago, a project involving liquefied natural gas (LNG) was proposed. Some residents of the Island and others were opposed. The business proposal died, as do many. It might have been a serious proposal, it might have been an effort to boost investor interest in the company. Regardless, there is no evidence of scandal.

I propose to remove the referenced items unless another editor disputes that move.

Norm, Vancouver, Canada (talk) 02:25, 6 February 2019 (UTC)