B.C. cabinet minister steps aside after RCMP begin investigation

VICTORIA — A British Columbia cabinet minister stepped aside Friday after Premier John Horgan said a special prosecutor has been appointed amid an RCMP investigation.

“I am confident that my name will be cleared but do not want to distract from the important work of government in the meantime,” she said. “For that reason, I have decided to step away from my duties while the matter is resolved.” A release issued Friday night by the BC Prosecution Service said that after a request from the RCMP Richard Peck, a senior lawyer in private practice in Vancouver, had been appointed as Special Prosecutor “to provide legal advice in relation to an investigation into criminal wrongdoing involving the Minister of Citizens’ Services, Jinny Sims and others.”

In the legislature in May, Liberal Shirley Bond asked Sims if she wrote sponsorship letters as a member of cabinet for individuals she did not know.“A number of letters were sent out with my electronic signature, and I did not see the final draft. I take responsibility for what happened. When I became aware of the issue, I immediately had a serious conversation with the staff to ensure that it would not happen again,” she said.

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