Comments on: Michael Korenberg and Beverlee Park appointed to UBC Board of Governors http://ubcinsiders.ca/2016/02/michael-korenberg-and-beverlee-park-appointed-to-ubc-board-of-governors/ Separating the wheat from the chaff. Wed, 13 Nov 2019 15:50:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: J. http://ubcinsiders.ca/2016/02/michael-korenberg-and-beverlee-park-appointed-to-ubc-board-of-governors/comment-page-1/#comment-17936 J. Fri, 26 Feb 2016 23:39:49 +0000 http://ubcinsiders.ca/?p=11337#comment-17936 I suppose it depends on exactly how you define "crass patronage". Korenberg's pattern of donations is consistent with trying to curry favour with the government: in 2011-2012, he donated to the BC Liberals, but as the 2013 election approached, he started donating to the NDP, who were generally expected to win. After the Liberals' victory, he switched back to them. Sure, the pattern is also potentially consistent with genuine shifts in his political outlook...but we'd have to believe those occurred in 2009, 2011, 2012, and 2014, despite the lack of any major shift in either party's ideology over that period. I suppose it depends on exactly how you define “crass patronage”. Korenberg’s pattern of donations is consistent with trying to curry favour with the government: in 2011-2012, he donated to the BC Liberals, but as the 2013 election approached, he started donating to the NDP, who were generally expected to win. After the Liberals’ victory, he switched back to them.

Sure, the pattern is also potentially consistent with genuine shifts in his political outlook…but we’d have to believe those occurred in 2009, 2011, 2012, and 2014, despite the lack of any major shift in either party’s ideology over that period.

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