[Bcma-l] CMA Clip Serv: Harper cabinet unleashes flood of patronage
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Given this article and today's news about the Ontario Gaming Corporation =
scandal, I 'm convinced the real outrage is not how many rush for the =
Public trough, but that we have such troughs at all.
Be honest; there are few among the citizenry who won't willingly accept =
this largesse, rationalizing the need for such Boards and their own =
worthiness for an appointment. Don't look to them for self-reform.
Take the national museums, for example. Once there was one Crown =
corporation, now there are four I know of with at least one more =
unfolding. Each has its own Board today whereas in earlier times only =
one was needed. (And before that, no Boards existed, just Branch =
directors in government Departments).
Canadian governments went amok in the 80s & 90s creating "quasi =
government operating bodies" designed both to ostensibly contain the =
size of the Public Sector and introduce business models into public =
service delivery. Among the result was a proliferation of governing =
Boards which in turn were stocked with . . . . well, you fill-in the =
descriptions yourselves.
Take all the Provinces and Territories plus the Federal scene today and =
the number of appointees on Boards generally is massive. And judging =
from their periodic excesses, undoubtedly out of control in the =
compensation & perquisites realm, at least.
Those workers in the arts and culture field desperate for operating =
funds might want to lead a charge to dismantle and bury any public Board =
in sight with the hope that ultimately the revolt will spread. Think of =
the monies that may be freed-up from no longer feeding all those useless =
mouths. I wish . . . .
Dan Gallacher
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From: bcma-l-admin@museumsassn.bc.ca=20
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Sent: Monday, August 31, 2009 10:02 AM
Subject: [Bcma-l] CMA Clip Serv: Harper cabinet unleashes flood of =
patronage
Harper cabinet unleashes flood of patronage=20
The Canadian Press, Sunday, August 30, 2009=20
Weeks before Stephen Harper named some of his closest Tory friends to =
the Senate, his cabinet quietly approved a flood of appointments to =
federal boards that also rewarded party faithful.=20
At least 20 of the 111 appointments made Aug. 4 went to identifiable =
federal and provincial Conservative donors and supporters.=20
That includes a failed candidate in Vancouver, a top organizer with =
the Nova Scotia party, and a would-be Senate nominee from Alberta.=20
The postings come with per diems of up to $450 for part-time positions =
and salaries of up to $118,000 a year for full-time posts.=20
Some of the bodies involved were: the Immigration and Refugee Board, =
Canada Pension Plan review tribunals, employment insurance referee =
boards, the parole board, coastal pilotage authorities, port authorities =
and museum boards.=20
Nearly a third of the posts were first-time assignments and the =
remainder were renewals of three-year terms set to expire in late =
October or November.=20
The rush of appointments followed a little-noticed series of judicial =
appointments to superior courts across the country in July.=20
That round brought the total number of superior court judges appointed =
by the Harper government to 201 since 2006.=20
It also further fuelled opposition claims that the prime minister has =
abandoned election promises of transparency and merit-based public- =
service and judicial appointments.=20
Conservative appointments to courts, boards, quasi-judicial tribunals =
and Crown corporations now total an estimated 3,000 since Harper became =
prime minister.=20
The Tories are also closing in on the Liberals in the Senate after =
Harper's appointment of nine senators Thursday, including at least two =
close advisers.=20
Several of the earlier judicial posts went to lawyers with Tory =
connections.=20
Lawrence O'Neill is a former Progressive Conservative MP from Nova =
Scotia whose anti-abortion positions were the subject of controversy =
when he was named to the bench in 2007.=20
And Ronald Stevens was a member of the Alberta Conservative party, a =
sitting member of the legislature, and former attorney general, when he =
was appointed in May.=20
Harper has yet to establish his promised Public Appointments =
Commission to set standards and criteria for cabinet nominations to =
federal posts. That despite the fact that Treasury Board documents show =
a four-person secretariat set up to support the commission has cost =
taxpayers a total of $3.6 million since 2006.=20
Liberal MP Dan McTeague said Harper should be concerned that voters =
will be wary of him following his failure to deliver on his =
accountability and transparency promises from the past two elections.=20
He added that the public should not have to dredge through Google or =
newspaper clippings to determine if there are political connections =
behind the scores of appointments the government hands out.=20
"These were things that were part of his pledge to make Parliament =
more accountable and the process to be more transparent," McTeague said. =
"He has done everything that he has criticized. I think the prime =
minister and his team should be well aware of the fact that there =
frankly isn't a single pledge they can make now or down the road that =
the Canadian public can take seriously."=20
A spokesman defended the prime minister's approach, noting Harper =
shelved the Public Appointments Commission after the opposition parties =
opposed his nomination to lead the new agency -- former Calgary energy =
executive Gwyn Morgan.=20
"The opposition decided to play partisan political games with that =
nomination and, as such, our government was unable to fill the =
position," said Dimitri Soudas.=20
New Democrat MP Joe Comartin called for the creation of a special =
committee of the House of Commons to review all federal appointments and =
establish a "code of laws" that would eventually be the standard for =
public service nominations.=20
He also called on Harper to expand the jurisdiction of advisory panels =
for judgeships and re-establish a system set up by the previous Liberal =
government that allowed the Commons justice committee to interview =
nominees to the Supreme Court.=20
Among Conservative supporters or those with Tory connections who =
received posts or had them renewed in the August round of appointments:=20
. Lorne Mayencourt, who ran unsuccessfully in Vancouver in the last =
federal election, was named chair of the employment insurance boards of =
referees for B.C.=20
. David Usherwood, who placed ninth as a Progressive Conservative =
candidate in the 2004 Alberta Senate nominee election, received a second =
three-year appointment as chair of the employment insurance referee =
boards in Alberta.=20
. Geoffrey Machum, who chaired the Nova Scotia Progressive =
Conservative leadership convention in 2006, got a second three-year =
appointment to the Halifax Port Authority.=20
. Brian Coburn, an Ontario Progressive Conservative MPP under former =
premier Mike Harris, received a second three-year appointment as a =
citizenship judge.=20
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Jim Harding, ED=20
BC Museums Association=20
(250) 356-5694=20
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<DIV align=3Djustify><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Given this article and =
today's news=20
about the Ontario Gaming Corporation scandal, I 'm convinced the real =
outrage is=20
not how many rush for the Public trough, but that we have such troughs =
at=20
all.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Djustify> </DIV>
<DIV align=3Djustify><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Be honest; there are =
few among the=20
citizenry who won't willingly accept this largesse, rationalizing the =
need for=20
such Boards and their own worthiness for an appointment. Don't look to =
them for=20
self-reform.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Djustify><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV align=3Djustify><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Take the national =
museums, for=20
example. Once there was one Crown corporation, now there are four I =
know of=20
with at least one more unfolding. Each has its own Board today whereas =
in=20
earlier times only one was needed. (And before that, no Boards existed, =
just=20
Branch directors in government Departments).</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Djustify><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV align=3Djustify><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Canadian governments =
went amok in the=20
80s & 90s creating "quasi government operating bodies" =
designed both=20
to ostensibly contain the size of the Public Sector and =
introduce=20
business models into public service delivery. Among the result was a=20
proliferation of governing Boards which in turn were stocked with . . . =
. well,=20
you fill-in the descriptions yourselves.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Djustify> </DIV>
<DIV align=3Djustify><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Take all the Provinces =
and=20
Territories plus the Federal scene today and the number of =
appointees on=20
Boards generally is massive. And judging from their periodic excesses,=20
undoubtedly out of control in the compensation & perquisites realm, =
at=20
least.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Djustify> </DIV>
<DIV align=3Djustify><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Those workers in =
the arts=20
and culture field desperate for operating funds might want to lead a =
charge to=20
dismantle and bury any public Board in sight with the =
hope that=20
ultimately the revolt will spread.</FONT> <FONT face=3DArial =
size=3D2>=20
Think of the monies that may be freed-up from no longer feeding all =
those=20
useless mouths. I wish . . . .</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Djustify><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV align=3Djustify><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Dan =
Gallacher</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Bcma-l] CMA Clip =
Serv: Harper=20
cabinet unleashes flood of patronage</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D4><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 16pt"><B>Harper cabinet unleashes flood of=20
patronage</B></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D2><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt">The Canadian Press, Sunday, August 30,=20
2009</SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D2><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><BR></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Weeks before Stephen Harper named some of =
his closest=20
Tory friends to the Senate, his cabinet quietly approved a flood of=20
appointments to federal boards that also rewarded party=20
faithful.</SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><BR></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"><SPAN =
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt">At=20
least 20 of the 111 appointments made Aug. 4 went to identifiable =
federal and=20
provincial Conservative donors and supporters.</SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><BR></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt">That includes a failed candidate in =
Vancouver, a top=20
organizer with the Nova Scotia party, and a would-be Senate nominee =
from=20
Alberta.</SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><BR></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"><SPAN =
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt">The=20
postings come with per diems of up to $450 for part-time positions and =
salaries of up to $118,000 a year for full-time posts.</SPAN></FONT> =
</DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><BR></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Some of the bodies involved were: the =
Immigration and=20
Refugee Board, Canada Pension Plan review tribunals, employment =
insurance=20
referee boards, the parole board, coastal pilotage authorities, port=20
authorities and museum boards.</SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><BR></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Nearly a third of the posts were first-time=20
assignments and the remainder were renewals of three-year terms set to =
expire=20
in late October or November.</SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><BR></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"><SPAN =
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt">The=20
rush of appointments followed a little-noticed series of judicial =
appointments=20
to superior courts across the country in July.</SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><BR></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt">That round brought the total number of =
superior court=20
judges appointed by the Harper government to 201 since =
2006.</SPAN></FONT>=20
</DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><BR></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"><SPAN =
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt">It=20
also further fuelled opposition claims that the prime minister has =
abandoned=20
election promises of transparency and merit-based public- service and =
judicial=20
appointments.</SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><BR></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Conservative appointments to courts, boards, =
quasi-judicial tribunals and Crown corporations now total an estimated =
3,000=20
since Harper became prime minister.</SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><BR></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"><SPAN =
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt">The=20
Tories are also closing in on the Liberals in the Senate after =
Harper's=20
appointment of nine senators Thursday, including at least two close=20
advisers.</SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><BR></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Several of the earlier judicial posts went =
to lawyers=20
with Tory connections.</SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><BR></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Lawrence O'Neill is a former Progressive =
Conservative=20
MP from Nova Scotia whose anti-abortion positions were the subject of=20
controversy when he was named to the bench in 2007.</SPAN></FONT> =
</DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><BR></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"><SPAN =
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt">And=20
Ronald Stevens was a member of the Alberta Conservative party, a =
sitting=20
member of the legislature, and former attorney general, when he was =
appointed=20
in May.</SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><BR></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Harper has yet to establish his promised =
Public=20
Appointments Commission to set standards and criteria for cabinet =
nominations=20
to federal posts. That despite the fact that Treasury Board documents =
show a=20
four-person secretariat set up to support the commission has cost =
taxpayers a=20
total of $3.6 million since 2006.</SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><BR></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Liberal MP Dan McTeague said Harper should =
be=20
concerned that voters will be wary of him following his failure to =
deliver on=20
his accountability and transparency promises from the past two=20
elections.</SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"><SPAN =
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt">He=20
added that the public should not have to dredge through Google or =
newspaper=20
clippings to determine if there are political connections behind the =
scores of=20
appointments the government hands out.</SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><BR></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt">"These were things that were part of his =
pledge to=20
make Parliament more accountable and the process to be more =
transparent,"=20
McTeague said.</SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><BR></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"><SPAN =
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt">"He=20
has done everything that he has criticized. I think the prime minister =
and his=20
team should be well aware of the fact that there frankly isn't a =
single pledge=20
they can make now or down the road that the Canadian public can take=20
seriously."</SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><BR></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"><SPAN =
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt">A=20
spokesman defended the prime minister's approach, noting Harper =
shelved the=20
Public Appointments Commission after the opposition parties opposed =
his=20
nomination to lead the new agency -- former Calgary energy executive =
Gwyn=20
Morgan.</SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><BR></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt">"The opposition decided to play partisan =
political=20
games with that nomination and, as such, our government was unable to =
fill the=20
position," said Dimitri Soudas.</SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><BR></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"><SPAN =
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt">New=20
Democrat MP Joe Comartin called for the creation of a special =
committee of the=20
House of Commons to review all federal appointments and establish a =
"code of=20
laws" that would eventually be the standard for public service=20
nominations.</SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><BR></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"><SPAN =
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt">He=20
also called on Harper to expand the jurisdiction of advisory panels =
for=20
judgeships and re-establish a system set up by the previous Liberal =
government=20
that allowed the Commons justice committee to interview nominees to =
the=20
Supreme Court.</SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><BR></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Among Conservative supporters or those with =
Tory=20
connections who received posts or had them renewed in the August round =
of=20
appointments:</SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3DSymbolMT><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><BR></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3DSymbolMT><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: =
12pt">=95=20
</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: =
12pt">Lorne=20
Mayencourt, who ran unsuccessfully in Vancouver in the last federal =
election,=20
was named chair of the employment insurance boards of referees for=20
B.C.</SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3DSymbolMT><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><BR></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3DSymbolMT><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: =
12pt">=95=20
</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: =
12pt">David=20
Usherwood, who placed ninth as a Progressive Conservative candidate in =
the=20
2004 Alberta Senate nominee election, received a second three-year =
appointment=20
as chair of the employment insurance referee boards in =
Alberta.</SPAN></FONT>=20
</DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3DSymbolMT><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><BR></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3DSymbolMT><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: =
12pt">=95=20
</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Geoffrey Machum, who chaired the Nova Scotia =
Progressive Conservative leadership convention in 2006, got a second=20
three-year appointment to the Halifax Port Authority.</SPAN></FONT> =
</DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3DSymbolMT><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><BR></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3DSymbolMT><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: =
12pt">=95=20
</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: =
12pt">Brian=20
Coburn, an Ontario Progressive Conservative MPP under former premier =
Mike=20
Harris, received a second three-year appointment as a citizenship=20
judge.</SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><BR></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt">--- 30 ---</SPAN></FONT> =
</DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: =
12pt">_______________________________</SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"><SPAN =
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Jim=20
Harding, ED</SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"><SPAN =
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt">BC=20
Museums Association</SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt">(250) 356-5694</SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
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