[Goriders]

Originally Posted by Textcritic

It is entirely possible that codes and standards were not altered, and that the disaster at Mount Polley was unavoidable, no? Based on Peanut's very tempered and rational response, it seems to me that there probably is not a connection to be had between campaign contributions made by Edwards et al. to the BC liberals and what happened at Mount Polley, and that is kind of the point. There are two very important things to keep in mind here in this whole discussion:

1) We don't know yet based on the available information the precise cause of the breach, and by way of extension, we also don't know who is ultimately the most culpable.

2) Businesses make political contributions, but this bit of information on its own in no way confirms the impact on specific regulatory bodies and codes. At this point we have absolutely no idea what Edwards "bought" with his contribution to the BC liberals, but it would seem to have nothing to do with regulations and codes for tailings ponds, which Peanut says were put in place in 2000.

Unless you have some kind of proof to make the connections between one and the other, it's a moot point in this discussion.

I doubt the dirt and rocks checked the contribution list before moving a few 100 meters.