Within hours of his nomination, Coquitlam-Port Coquitlam Conservative candidate fired his first shot across the bow of the federal Liberal party and its handling of the SNC-Lavalin controversy.
In a statement today (Friday), Nicholas Insley said more light should be shone on the situation that has resulted in two former Liberal cabinet ministers being ousted from caucus.
Insley, who won the Conservative Party of Canada’s nomination in the riding of Coquitlam-Port Coquitlam Thursday night, criticized his Liberal foe and current MP Ron McKinnon for not doing more in his role as member of the justice committee.
“The voters in Coquitlam-Port Coquitlam deserve better from their representative,” Insley said in a statement emailed to the media.
McKinnon is a member of the justice committee but was not on the panel that was investigating the claims about central figures in the prime minister’s office pushing for a deferred prosecution for SNC-Lavalin.
At the time, McKinnon told The Tri-City News that the party would weather the storm and “stand on our record of success.”
However, Insley said McKinnon could have called for more transparency on the issue.
Raised in Coquitlam, Insley holds degrees from the University of B.C. and the University of Oxford. A former ministerial advisor for the Stephen Harper government, he currently works at Seaspan Shipyards where he manages the public affairs group.
