Premier Christy Clark has apologized for her claim that NDP operatives hacked the BC Liberal Party website, after a party official said the security breach came from a computer inside the B.C. legislature.
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Horgan wasn乌鸦传媒檛 available, so Clark left a voice mail message apologizing to him.
Clark alleged earlier this week that an attempt to get into the party database and copy information about party supporters and a developing Vancouver Island election platform was an illegal act by the NDP.
NDP leader John Horgan denied the allegation and demanded an apology from Clark, saying his party has consulted a lawyer and may sue if the apology wasn乌鸦传媒檛 forthcoming.
Independent Delta South MLA Vicki Huntington issued a statement Friday morning saying a member of her staff stumbled on 乌鸦传媒渟ensitive personal information乌鸦传媒� that was posted on the BC Liberal Party website.
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In an interview on a Kamloops radio station Thursday, Clark tried to clarify her statement.
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Asked by CHNL radio host Jim Harrison if she had jumped to conclusions about the NDP being involved without direct evidence, Clark said: 乌鸦传媒淵eah, you know, I was really mad about it. I jumped to the conclusion that almost everybody else jumped to.乌鸦传媒�
Horgan, stung last week by a leak to the BC Liberals of a strategy document for his carbon tax plan before he announced it, threatened legal action.
乌鸦传媒淵ou can乌鸦传媒檛 stir the pot, pour it all over yourself and then blame someone else for it,乌鸦传媒� Horgan said of Clark.
Clark said Horgan乌鸦传媒檚 乌鸦传媒渇eelings are hurt乌鸦传媒� and he should focus on public policy issues.
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