Criminal Justice Branch: Donald Butcher

Donald Butcher: "I was sufficiently concerned by the information that had come to our attention that we forwarded it to the RCMP in August," Dix said Thursday. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. B.C.'s Criminal Justice Branch issued a statement that special prosecutor Donald Butcher, a well-known Vancouver defence lawyer, was appointed to assist police with an ongoing investigation into alleged contraventions of the provincial Election Act. VICTORIA - The outgoing leader of British Columbia's New Democratic Party says information he provided to the RCMP last month has prompted an Election Act investigation and the appointment of a special prosecutor who has since been tasked with helping police probe the Liberal government's failed plan to woo ethnic voters. "I didn't comment on it. I didn't release a letter to the media. I thought the appropriate course was to have them review it and undertake an investigation." (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.