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Christy Clark: Liberal Government

Premier Christy Clark Dept: VICTORIA - Plans by Premier Christy Clark's Liberal government for an all-party apology in British Columbia's legislature over the Chinese head tax fell apart last week amid concerns about the government's ethnic-wins scandal, according to Winnipeg Free Press. "The final draft was in the hands of the Opposition on Monday March 11 ," said Lee, a three-term Liberal MLA who has been lobbying for a Chinese head tax apology for years. "Certainly, the timing was not the best." B.C. Premier Christy Clark speaks to media following the release of a report by Deputy Premier John Dyble in Victoria, B.C., Thursday, March 14, 2013. Plans by Clark's Liberal government for an all-party apology in British Columbia's legislature over the Chinese head tax fell apart last week amid concerns about the government's ethnic-wins scandal. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito Burnaby North Liberal Richard Lee and Vancouver-Mt. Pleasant New Democrat Jenny Kwan said both parties were reviewing a draft apology to be presented in the legislature last Thursday, but time ran out, especially for the NDP who barely had three days to consider the invitation. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.