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FACEBOOK FIASCO: McQuarrie says message about ACC didn't come from him

The woman appealing ACC's pollution permit circulated a supposed Facebook message Friday alleging the B.C. Liberal government is helping the corporation move its gasifier elswhere.

But the supposed author, Interior Science and Innovation Council executive director Bill McQuarrie, denied he wrote the message, calling it a fake.
“I've never used Facebook for any business purposes,” he said.

“Why would you write a client on Facebook?” McQuarrie asked rhetorically. “It's a career killer for me. If I was going to write that, I would probably have written my letter of resignation shortly before.”

He said he will try to trace the origin of the message that appeared briefly on his...

By CAM FORTEMS Daily News Staff Reporter
posted: March 20,2010