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Power Players FRESH START ‘BOY WITH A GUN’ KILLS 4 FOR SOME Saskatchewan high school reeling after attack. » B1 OLD FRIENDS Six-part X-Files miniseries debuts Sunday. » E1 SATURDAY, JANUARY 23, 2016 WESTCOAST NEWS SPORTS Inmate THE Surrey suicides athlete a sign Power Players America’s of bigger Christy Clark’s five most problems most powerful wanted Have our jails become Jonathan (King) Kongbo ‘default mental health advisers has college grid coaches facilities?’ A10 drooling over him. C5 Ben Chin Handles crises and deals with the media Sharon White Runs the party and the election machinery Michele Cadario Policy and operations boss for Clark BUSINESS Steve Carr WEEKEND REVIEW De facto chief of Mining’s staff’s fingers are in Europe’s gloomy every provincial pie 70-year Carole Taylor crisis horizon The newest face in the Venture capital is Matthew Fisher: Refugee almost non-existent for office, her $1-a-year job crisis was decades grassroots projects. C8 is as ambassador to the in the making. D1 business community These five operate primarily behind the scenes to put out political fires and make sure government sticks to Clark’s vision. A8 INSIDE TODAY’S PAPER COLUMNISTS WEATHER Arts & Life E1 Editorials A15 Sports C1 Daphne Bramham A6 Books D6 Ferry Schedule B2 Sudoku B5 Don Cayo C10 . PLUS GST Bridge E12 Horoscopes E12 TV E14 Cam Cole C6 . MINIMUM See our showcase communities Business C8 Issues/Ideas D4 Travel G1 Pete McMartin A4 IN OUTLYING in the Westcoast Homes section. Classified B6 Letters D4 Weekend Review D1 Iain MacIntyre C3 CLOUDY AREAS Comics E8, E15 Movie Listings E13 Westcoast Homes F1 Malcolm Parry D2 www.ledmac.com FULL REPORT, B . Crosswords B5, E2 Obituaries C13 Douglas Todd D5 0 57040 10075 7 VAN01214700_1_4 Largest selection in Western Canada New & Used n Trade-ins welcome n Competitive prices BODY ONLY BODY ONLY 88 88 1249 1699 +BONUS PACKAGE: 20% Off Accessories, 8x10 #025.33715 #025.33756 Enlargements & More. 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PRICES IN EFFECT TO JANUARY 31 RICHMOND 11380 Steveston Hwy in Ironwood, by Canadian Tire • VANCOUVER • WEST VANCOUVER • COQUITLAM • BURNABY • NORTH VANCOUVER • VICTORIA • LANGLEY VAN01216766_1_1 A8 || WESTCOAST NEWS BREAKING NEWS: VANCOUVERSUN.COM | SATURDAY, JANUARY 23, 2016 WEEKEND EXTRA Power behind the premier They keep a low profi le (mostly), but their infl uence runs deep in the B.C. government ROB SHAW MICHELE CADARIO VANCOUVER SUN “The Operator” Deputy chief of sta , VICTORIA operations and policy liquefied natural gas guru. The one- A longtime friend, Michele Cadario time anchor of CBC news. B.C.’s for- implements Clark’s policies and works mer finance minister. These are just with the rest of government to make A sure ideas get executed the way Clark a few of the political power players who run intended. Cadario also supervises the the B.C. government. Hand-picked by Pre- premier’s schedulers, checking to see mier Christy Clark, they operate largely out if her limited time is booked with the of sight, turning the premier’s policies into right people, on the right priority les, at the right time. action, predicting her problems and navi- The connection between Cadario and gating her crises. Clark dates to the mid-1990s when The premier’s inner circle is a mixture of both were junior sta ers for the federal Liberals in Ottawa. Cadario spent much former bureaucrats and federal Liberals. of her life in politics, rising to deputy That’s a shift away from close friends and chief of sta to then-prime minister federal Conservatives who, in the past, have Paul Martin in 2003. She later worked as director of communications for Canuck dominated the ranks of her senior staff. Place Children’s Hospice before joining Veteran bureaucrat Dan Doyle had Clark’s leadership bid in 2011, her transi- anchored Clark’s crew as chief of staff until tion team into o ce and serving as her deputy campaign director in the 2013 last month, when he announced his retire- election. ment from day-to-day duties. He retains Cadario has kept a low public pro le for the title of chief of staff, but is now an on- most of her career, but was named in a privacy commissioner’s report last year call adviser. Michele Cadario, right, is Premier Christy Clark’s deputy chief of staff . for bulk deleting most of her emails . STEVE CARR BEN CHIN CAROLE TAYLOR SHARON WHITE “The LNG Boss” “The Voice” “The Ambassador” “The Partisan” Special adviser Executive director, communications Special adviser President of the B.C. Liberal party and issues management The top sta er in the premier’s o ce is a The most recent addition to Clark’s sta While the other sta ers run government, former 27-year civil servant who helped A recognizable face, Ben Chin was a senior (she starts Monday), Carole Taylor was Sharon White oversees the perpetual the premier kickstart her most important TV reporter and anchor at CBC from 1997 nance minister under then-premier motion machine that is political fundrais- le: lique ed natural gas. to 2002. Now, the 52-year-old is Clark’s top Gordon Campbell from 2005 to 2008. ing, membership sign-up and election An economist by training, Steve Carr xer. He predicts problems, puts out res More recently she was chancellor of readiness for Clark’s B.C. Liberal party. spent years as deputy minister of LNG, on priority issues generating bad press, Simon Fraser University. A commercial real estate lawyer in growing what’s become the core of the and talks with media on stories that are Taylor and the premier have had the occa- Vancouver, White is a longtime B.C. con- premier’s jobs plan. He created the new developing. sional conversation at events the past few servative organizer who once ran as a LNG tax regime and led negotiations with Chin also gives Clark a strong connection years, which led to an o er from Taylor to Social Credit candidate. large LNG companies (though none have to the new federal Liberal government. He help Clark if needed. She helped Clark win her rst seat in the made nal investment decisions). worked with Gerald Butts (the prime min- Clark intends to use Taylor as a sort of legislature in 1996 and worked on Clark’s The importance of the le led to close ister’s principal secretary) and Katie Telford ambassador to B.C.’s business community, failed Vancouver mayoral bid in 2005. (the PM’s chief of sta ) in the mid-2000s work with Clark, both within B.C. and as well as to help develop policy. White had signed up to chair Rich on overseas trade trips. When Carr, 56, in the o ce of Ontario’s then-premier, Dalton McGuinty. She’ll report directly to the premier, have Coleman’s leadership bid in the 2011 party announced his intent to retire last year, an o ce near Clark in Vancouver, work race. But she switched to co-chair Clark’s Clark asked him to instead lead her sta . Chin headed communications for part-time and receive a salary of $1 a year. campaign after Coleman bowed out, and Don’t let his title of special adviser fool McGuinty, served as vice-president of the It’s a similar adviser role lled for Clark by took over the party after Clark’s victory. you. Carr has all the powers of her chief Ontario Power Authority and then worked businessman Jim Shepard in 2011. as a consultant for the Air Miles rewards White hired Laura Miller as party execu- of sta , overseeing political employees tive director in 2013, and together they’re in the building and making sure virtually program before joining Clark’s team in Victoria. credited with modernizing party fundrais- every le of importance to government is ing and communications. aligned with the premier’s priorities. Miller resigned in December to face It’s the second time Clark has turned to criminal charges in Ontario related to an experienced, non-partisan civil servant a gas plant scandal, leaving White to to take on the hyper-partisan role of run- stickhandle the party through two Metro ning her o ce. Carr’s predecessor, Dan Video at vancouversun.com Vancouver byelections and prepare for Doyle, spent 50 years working for the the 2017 election. government and was known for his calm A look at the ve top sta ers who hold powerful demeanour and problem-solving skills. positions for Premier Christy Clark. Carr appears a similar choice. Carole Taylor tapped to advise Clark Former fi nance minister will be paid FILES REDEKOP/PNG ARLEN Former provincial $1 a year to help work on long-term vision fi nance minister who served as her senior policy Carole Taylor ROB SHAW adviser from 2011-12. will serve as VANCOUVER SUN Taylor is also expected to an adviser to assume some of the duties that Premier Christy VICTORIA — Former B.C. used to be fulfilled by Clark’s Clark starting finance minister Carole Taylor principal secretary — a job that Monday, is joining Premier Christy Clark’s has sat vacant for seven months, The Sun has staff as a special adviser, The but which generally involved learned.
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