Speaker drops bombshell report on overspending at B.C. legislature

VICTORIA — The B.C. legislature’s suspended clerk and sergeant-at-arms are being accused of hundreds of thousands of dollars in “flagrant overspending” in a new report produced Monday by Speaker Darryl Plecas.
Clerk Craig James and sergeant-at-arms Gary Lenz claimed inappropriate expenses, went on lavish foreign trips during which little work was done, and handed out questionable retirement and pay benefits, according to the report, which also highlighted odd ex