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Everything Old is New Again
Posted By Neal Yonson On September 5, 2012 @ 3:12 pm In Asides | Comments Disabled
Everything Old is New Again
In a widely-expected cabinet shuffle today, BC Premier and Point Grey MLA Christy Clark appointed Bill Bennett as the Minister of Community, Sport, and Cultural Development, replacing Ida Chong. As minister, Mr. Bennett will have, on paper, an oversight role over long-term land development at UBC and in the UEL. This isn’t Bennett’s first stint providing “oversight” for UBC; the timeline looks like this.
For those keeping track, that’s 5 changes at the helm of the UBC portfolio in just 30 months.
Metro Vancouver –> Bill Bennett –> Ben Stewart –> Stephanie Cadieux –> Ida Chong –> Bill Bennett.
While everyone knew the system of direct provincial oversight over UBC’s land governance was a sham when it was first concocted in 2010, few could predict it would be a sham in quite such a transparent manner.
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