Municipal Politicians Dept: “That is wrong,” Mr. Obhrai said. “We all are here to promote relationships. That does not mean you are in the pocket of the government.”, according to Globe And Mail. Last week, B.C. Premier Gordon Campbell condemned the remarks as “unprecedented and completely unprofessional.” Alberta MP Deepak Obhrai, who regularly speaks on behalf of the government in the House of Commons as parliamentary secretary to the Foreign Affairs Minister, became visibly agitated Monday in Toronto when asked for his reaction to what Mr. Fadden said in a recent CBC interview. In that interview, Mr. Fadden suggested that hostile foreign entities – possibly China – had infiltrated Canadian politics, including at the municipal level in British Columbia. In B.C., municipal politicians with family roots in Asia say they are angry at the comments, even as they poke fun at the notion that China might seek to influence city councils dealing with such mundane matters as patching potholes. As
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