A erroneous message was posted by the premier's team on Jan. 27, International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Premier David Eby’s staff either kept no records or deleted the records that existed after his social media accounts errantly displayed a message about the national day against Islamophobia on the international day to remember Holocaust victims.
A freedom of information request sought copies of the schedule of Eby’s social media posts for Jan. 27-29, the approved text and related correspondence about the approval for each post, and copies of correspondence by email, text and Slack about the error and the correction. Eby press secretary Jimmy Smith said Friday that the issue on the final weekend of January was “handled by a number of phone calls to address the need to respond extremely quickly.”
While in opposition, the NDP slammed the BC Liberals for “triple deleting” records and promised new measures, including a duty to document law. However, officials in Premier John Horgan’s office were caught mass-deleting email. “We have taken steps to confirm the content of any of my public statements that are issued by social media before they are released,” Eby told reporters. “I'm not in a position right now to divulge exactly how all processes work within the premier's office,” Smith said.
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