B.C. DESERVES ANSWERS

There certainly are more questions than answers surrounding the RCMP raid
on the legislature and the seizure of more than 30 boxes of materials.

We have to agree with outgoing South Vancouver-Burnaby MP Herb Dhaliwal,
who says Premier Gordon Campbell should book the first plane back to B.C.

Do we expect to get a lot of answers when Campbell eventually touches down?
No, but there is something very troubling about the government's spin -
that it's business as usual, despite the fact that one senior staff member
has been fired and another suspended.

We trust this is not "business as usual" with our provincial government.

While police have taken pains to say no elected officials are involved in
the investigation, any alleged link between organized crime, money
laundering, drugs and highly placed staff in the provincial government
demands all hands on deck.

While no one wants to see a police investigation compromised, we believe
the public has the right to some answers.

This endless speculation doesn't serve B.C. residents, who want to have
faith not only in elected politicians, but in those who serve them - and
are privy to important information.

Finance Minister Gary Collins did the right thing by interrupting his
vacation and returning from Hawaii, and it's time Campbell did the same.

In the meantime, we hope the courts will side with the media and release
details of the search warrants that sparked the raid on the legislature.

B.C. residents deserve to know what's going on.