I will say this much, he is very resilient.

The ex cop connection court case is over and resulkts expected in two weeks. Maybe then we can hear more of the Legislature raid. Innocent till proven guily so we wait.

Basi looked like he was voting for Volpe, according to observers.

I saw him with an Ignatieff brochure.

No doubt, he will claim to have voted for the person who wins the leadership convention.

Boy that basi is a smart guy lol. He must know something everyone else doesn't. I bet he was behind the vote buying in Quebec, maybe he stuffed the ballot box yesterday. Hold the press, he will probably be in the backrooms devising an evil plan to take over the party. Lets get some new material, this is getting pretty tired.

Is Basi trying to pass himself off as being important?

or worse, does he think that most people actually care what he thinks?

Maybe he was just exercising his democratic right as a member of the party to cast a ballot?

Dave, like many other members of the Liberal Party voted on Saturday.

Stop the presses, hold the phone, get a grip.

Do people expect him to be holed up in Saanich until the trial?

Please.

Seems to me Dave got himself into the mess he is in today so why should anyone "lay off Dave."

Perhaps, LayoffDave, you see nothing unusual about police raids on the leg involving political players who are also doubling as paid government staff.

Now I'm certain the fact that two senior cabinet ministers very close to the centre of activity surrounding Dave, pulled the big political plug and flew off following Dave's sudden surge in public prominence was all just a coincidence.

What has me troubled about this case is the fact that most of the information about it remains under a judge's gag order. A rather odd way to inspire confidence in the justice system, especially given that the whole thing appears wrapped up in a very controversial sale of a piece of BC heritage by the government that employed "Dave".

BTW, didn't the government Lay off Dave, or was he fired?

Speaking of Saanich and trials. Anyone got any idea when the big days are going to be? after all it isn't every day a bunch of senior coppers raid the Legislative buildings take a bunch of stuff with them and dead silence ensures. The wheels of justice grind slowly, but a result in our lifetimes would be sort of nice. and if the guys are in fact innocent, it would make their lives a lot easier. Are they working at somehting besides being seen at Federal Liberal affairs. Unless they are working , their bank accounts must be getting a bit slim. hey , just asking.
My God we watched Glenn Clarks back porch for weeks. Over to the experts.

Hey "bleeding heart", have you heard of Mahar Arar? Maybe we should all take a deep breath and step back for a moment. A lot of people including our present minister of public safety Stockwell Day were quick to proclaim Arar as a terrorist. A funny thing happened on the way to his lynching, he was innocent. Lets not forget the Vander Zalm witch hunt and Glen Clark - that was interesting spending millions of dollars to prosecute somebody for a deck.

Good point tanya. I guess Arar "got himself into the mess" by having the nerve to talk to somebody who was a suspected terrorist. Throw out the constitution, the charter of rights and lock em up!!

Does anyone care what Dave Basi (or even Virk) are up to? In my opinion, these two characters are the worst political hacks the legislature has seen.

As for Virk, heck the guy never even saw the inside of a Transportation Management class.

The two should start over. Start with stuffing envelopes and bagging signs. Then they can work
their way up to riding out with the sign crew
and handling the tools.

Do people actually think these two are still gifts to the political world?

By all accounts David Basi is doing very well for himself thank you very much. I doubt that you will see him stuffing envelopes in the near future!

Tell us how its done Sam, we are all ears. You should start teaching classes at Uvic and camosun for those of us who want to be "political hacks." You are obviously a great talent that has yet to be discovered.

There is no doubt in my mind that the legal steps are being made in the now famous Legislature Raid. Not exactly a daily occurance down at the old precinct for sure. Until complete leaves a lot of doubt in folks minds. Here is a article about one possible connections trial. sorry its so long but un less you have a 7 day account with the paper you don't get to read it.

Obstruction trial against cop wraps
Richard Watts, Published: Tuesday, October 03, 2006
Judgment is expected later this month in the case against a Victoria police officer, charged in an investigation that would end up with police raiding the legislature.

The trial of Ravinder (Rob) Dosanjh, charged with obstruction of justice, wrapped up last week in Vancouver provincial court. A verdict is scheduled to be delivered by Judge Carol Baird Ellan on Oct. 11 in provincial court in North Vancouver.

It is the first of several trials resulting from a wide-ranging police investigation, which officers at one point dubbed Project Everywhichway. It eventually had police raid and search provincial government offices on Dec. 28, 2003.

Two ministerial aides, Dave Basi and Bob Virk, both no longer with the government, face charges of fraud, soliciting or taking bribes, influence peddling and breach of trust.

Much of the Crown's case against Dosanjh, laid out by a special prosecutor, revolved around a taped telephone call between the 13-year police officer and his cousin in Saanich. The cousin's home had been raided by police on Dec. 9, 2003. In a subsequent taped telephone call, Dosanjh can be heard telling his relative to lie about $35,000 seized by police.

The officer tells his cousin he could say the money belonged to his father. Later, during a taped police interrogation Dosanjh admits the money was probably from drugs.

Dosanjh was arrested in late December, 2003. He was suspended with pay and after one year was dismissed and charged. The relative eventually had his charges stayed.

The Crown's case also said Mounties fed Dosanjh false information about a coming raid on the cousin. Within days, Dosanjh contacted his relative who began dismantling grow-ops and apparently destroying evidence.

But in an interview, taped on Dec. 13, 2003, with an RCMP inspector, Dosanjh insists he didn't tell his cousin about the coming raid.

He was at a loss, however, to explain why he never told any of his police colleagues about his relationship with a person they were investigating.

And Dosanjh agreed when the RCMP interviewer points out that his relative had systematically used him. "I can see that now," acknowledges Dosanjh.

He admitted it looked bad and none of the efforts on behalf of his cousin could be characterized as what the RCMP interviewer called "straight-up policing."

But Dosanjh insisted he was only trying to help a younger relative. He was not involved with any of the drug dealings. And he made no money off them.

"I'm not a crooked cop," he insisted in the interview.

Speaking of Saanich and trials. Anyone got any idea when the big days are going to be? ... The wheels of justice grind slowly, but a result in our lifetimes would be sort of nice. and if the guys are in fact innocent, it would make their lives a lot easier. ... Unless they are working , their bank accounts must be getting a bit slim.

Posted by Just wondering on October 2, 2006

Good points, Just Wondering. If they are innocent they should be clamouring for an early trial. And the public interest really requires that this matter be settled since the cases involve public policy, particularly around the BC Rail privitization.

At the least, there should be an explanation when trials finally do commence as to what the procedural delays were.

Another poster claims that Dave Basi is doing well financially, making lots of money. I too am Just Wondering how that can be? What kind of work/business is he involved in?

excellent questions budd! they need to be answered. what's taking so long, who is responsible for this delay and why?

"Tell us how its done Sam, we are all ears. You should start teaching classes at Uvic and camosun for those of us who want to be "political hacks." You are obviously a great talent that has yet to be discovered."

Yes Tom I am great talent that hasn't been discovered.

I could put Basi and Virk to shame when it comes to honest hard work being a Ministrial Asssitant.

But not interested in that anymore, and do the volunteer work out there in the field.

You are an inspiration to all of us Sam. Thank you for being who you are. The citizens of bc are blessed as you dedicate yourself to "volunteer" work by building our democracy and making bc a safer place for all.
I really want to thank you for being so giving of your time. By the way the correct spelling is "Ministerial" not "Ministrial".
Thanks again.

"You are an inspiration to all of us Sam. Thank you for being who you are. The citizens of bc are blessed as you dedicate yourself to "volunteer" work by building our democracy and making bc a safer place for all.
I really want to thank you for being so giving of your time. By the way the correct spelling is "Ministerial" not "Ministrial".
Thanks again."

You're welcome Tom. In fact you're more than welcome to join us volunteers when we go out to put signs up on a wet day, and stuff envelopes
in the office, and pack canvass kits. I'd like to
see Basi do all that stuff and more but we gather he's too "important" for that sort of thing.

Oh, and more more thing Tom:

The corrected sentence should be:

"The citizens of B.C."

not

"The citizens of bc"

Thanks again.

You are so inspiring Sam! So dedicated and so special. Once again I would like to thank you for your sacrifice. All you hard work and sacrifice was quite evident in the last campaign as the federal Liberals managed to come third in Saanich Gulf Islands and second in Victoria. Thank you thank you thank you!

Tom I think Sam has a severe complex of some sort. Maybe he was passed over for a promotion that he felt he deserved. He reminds me of that holiday inn commercial where the person going to sleep states "goodnight man who nobody is quite sure what you do". Sam maybe nobody really knows how valuable you are to a campaign. You should try to get yourself noticed, lick more envelopes, put up more signs, clean the windows.

Tom Sez: "You are so inspiring Sam! So dedicated and so special. Once again I would like to thank you for your sacrifice. All you hard work and sacrifice was quite evident in the last campaign as the federal Liberals managed to come third in Saanich Gulf Islands and second in Victoria. Thank you thank you thank you!"

That's interesting considering I don't live on
the Island or worked the last two federal campaigns.

Observer sez: "Tom I think Sam has a severe complex of some sort. Maybe he was passed over for a promotion that he felt he deserved. He reminds me of that holiday inn commercial where the person going to sleep states "goodnight man who nobody is quite sure what you do". Sam maybe nobody really knows how valuable you are to a campaign. You should try to get yourself noticed, lick more envelopes, put up more signs, clean the windows."

Observer, don't try to get into psychological analysis. You're obviously not very good at it.

Was enver passed over on a promotion in politics
because I never actually applied.

Too busy helping two companies build up to be bothered with that sort of thing, but one has to
figure that what if someone who was compentent and smart enough not to get into the mess that Basi and Virk did? Then this mess they caused wouldn't have happed at all.

I do volunteer from time to time, but that's for
helping friends, not a political party. I have
licked envelopes and put up signs and the number of signs I have actually put up in a year would certainly exceed your personal total.

But you go ahead and keep up with your psychological analysis.

It's entertainment.

Hope your friend Basi is doing well.

Sam I have never met basi nor do I know him. I just don't believe everything I read or watch on tv. "Tanya" had a good comment about Arar, luckily for him there were enough people who questioned authority and demanded answers. Otherwise he may still be rotting in a Syrian jail, paying for "the mess" he got himself in.