Records obtained via freedom of information request also show an email exchange between a Washington government staffer and former Vancouver mayor Gregor Robertson
A former mayor of Vancouver told officials in Washington Governor Jay Inslee’s office that he was an adviser to Premier David Eby.
Kelley agreed to set up an “informal/unofficial” chat with Geoff Potter, Inslee’s international relations and protocol director. The documents detail the planning and execution of the third-term Democrat governor’s March 13 hosting of the new NDP premier for a bilateral meeting and lunch in state capital Olympia.
The B.C. file shows Potter’s Jan. 18 email to Nicole Longpre, Eby’s U.S. relations aide, suggesting a March meeting. Almost a month later, on Feb. 17, Potter confirmed March 13 for 90 minutes. By March 1, the meeting was expanded to two hours, including lunch at the governor’s residence. Before Eby arrived in Seattle on March 12, an RCMP officer requested an executive protection unit-trained state Washington State Trooper to drive a Suburban SUV containing Eby, deputy minister Silas Brownsey, senior adviser Jessica Smith, deputy chief of staff Aileen Machell and MLA Rick Glumac, Eby’s liaison to the Pacific Northwest Economic Region. Security officers also requested the front doors be closed during Eby’s time in Inslee’s office.
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