FORSETH - Like the old saying goes, those who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones

The world of provincial politics was shocked today by news that BC Conservative MLA Hon Chan has been charged charged with assault, assault by choking and uttering threats. Following the information becoming known, interim party leader Trevor Halford immediately removed Chan as an MLA for the party.

That was definitely the right thing to do.  

The NDP, however, have seized on this story as their MLA’s and supporters have gone on the attack asking when the party knew about it, as if inferring they had ignored it, and also saying that Halford hadn’t gone far enough, and should have demanded Chan resign his seat.

Now let me just say, at the outset, these are serious allegations, and if they end up being true, they will potentially reflect on the Conservative party.

That said, allegations of wrongdoing, as well as charges of criminality haven’t escaped the BC NDP. And like the old saying goes, those who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones.  

While the NDP puff up with self-righteousness over the incident, and continue with their holier-than-thou social media campaign, who can forget these events:

• high taxpayer-funded expenditures, including $3,900 for an NDP minister's "happy hour" in Amsterdam
  
  
• luxury SUV-limo services, and thousands for novelty items
  
  
• the gift card scandal 
  
  
• In 1995, multiple women, including former staff members, accused Robert Blencoe of sexual harassment ... Premier Mike Harcourt removed Blencoe from Cabinet and kicked him out of the NDP caucus 
  
  
• At the mid-point of a heated election campaign, the BC criminal justice branch has confirmed that a New Democrat MLA has been investigated for allegations of spousal assault. The allegations against MLA Doug Routley stem from incidents in 2006 and 2007
  
  
• March came in badly for NDP Premier Mike Harcourt - and April promises to be at least as cruel. Almost since the beginning of the year the party that won power in 1991 promising an end to "playing favorites with political friends and insiders" has been on the defensive about its own ethics
  
  
• NDP forced to admit its opponents got it right on kickback allegations - says it got new information on kickback allegations. Likely that was advice on looming political damage
  
  
• the scandal involving a grant program administered by the Ministry of Energy, Mines and Low Carbon Innovation. Critics argued that having a contractor act as both evaluator and paid consultant for government grants created a significant conflict of interest
  
  
• On March 2, 1999, the RCMP raided Premier Glenn Clark’s home, an event that became the defining image of his administration. Clark resigned on August 21, 1999, shortly after being informed he was under criminal investigation
  
  
• It's been a tough few weeks politically for Premier David Eby and his government. From alleged kickbacks to leaked memo about drug use in northern BC hospitals
  
  
• Of all the tawdry, underhanded and despicable things politicians have got up to in this province, it is hard to match anything as low-down dirty as the affair known as Bingogate. The NDP, a party which professes a belief in social justice, was found to have been skimming hundreds of thousands of dollars from charities over a 20-year period.

And, of course, the BC NDP has recently gone about reducing financial transparency as well as the dismantling of the merit commissioner's office 

Again, today’s allegations are a serious issue, the truth of which will ultimately be decided in court. Regardless, the NDP attempting to capitalize on it, for political gain, is in my opinion, disgusting.