Brian Bonney and Bonney Robertson

Mark Robertson: The criminal charge came on the same day that Elections Act charges alleging failure to disclose a campaign contribution against Bonney and Liberal Mark Robertson were stayed, according to The Chronicle Herald. A numbered B.C. communications company charged along with Bonney and Robertson pleaded guilty and was fined $5,000. Brian Bonney was charged Tuesday in connection with a behind-the-scenes strategy by the Liberals to win ethnic votes in the 2013 election. Bonney was the president of the numbered company, said Dan McLaughlin, spokesman for the B.C. Criminal Justice Branch. A statement Tuesday by B.C. Criminal Justice Branch said special prosecutor David Butcher approved the criminal charge against Bonney. The scandal broke when documents obtained four years ago by the NDP Opposition outlined a Liberal government plan to woo the multicultural vote. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.