Enbridge's poor safety record turning British Columbians off Northern Gateway pipeline: economist Robyn Allan
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How long does it take to remove 23 demerit points from a BC drivers licence, for sure?
Robyn Allan the actress/dancer/author/economist changed an Insurance Corporation of BC $200 million deficit into a $150 million profit after the NDP increased B.C. government monopolized auto insurance rates by 29% for all drivers except her she got her car insurance free.1993 B.C.Legislative Debates records also stated:"perks for Crown corporation heads, including free ICBC car insurance for Robyn Allan""Robyn Allan's driving record was also hidden" The Cariboo Observer newspaper reported;"The NDP government, hell bent on having one of its own anointed heading Insurance Corporation of B.C., is hoping that there is enough delay in the selection process that the erratic Robyn Allan can be confirmed in the post. Ms. Allan, in case the rush of ordinary government disaster is erasing her name from your memory, is the lady who racked up 23 demerit points by doing such things as speeding in school zones and banging into other cars while driving under probation. She seemed puzzled that the common people cared about this. With Ms. Allan, as with former premier Bill Vanderzalm, all truths emerge very slowly. For a long time her minister was telling us what a taut ship she ran but now the figures have been released and it turns that she increased administrative costs at ICBC by a staggering 14 per cent in a single year. It would not be surprising if also in the style of Mr. Vanderzalm talking to the enquiry commissioner, she feels that there would never be any never be any problem if only the wretched press could learn to stop running around reporting facts. Meanwhile, unless there has been some announcement to the contrary which has escaped the taxpaying rabble, the hunt goes on for the ICBC employee who blew the whistle on Ms. Allan. We have been told there are 30 suspects, all people with computer access to her bad driving files. One of them, apparently, sneaked her record to the newspapers. The first question to strike the fine-paying, tax-paying ordinary driver is why is such information secret? When speeding fines were paid in court, it was a matter of public record. So were accident reports , such as the accident reports to police which Ms. Allan inspired. True, scarcely any newspapers bothered printing the reports. There were and are, somewhat larger matters to report than whether some ordinary citizen has a lead foot."