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According to B.C. lobbying laws, the definition of public office holder includes employees of the government of B.C. and people who work as staff for MLAs.

“I have asked the NPA to remove Hector Bremner for the good of the party,” Chernen said. “I’m asking this based on inconsistencies and potential false declarations concerning his employment history working for Rich Coleman at the Ministry of Natural Gas Development and Housing, and lobbyist disclosures while Hector was lobbying for Steelhead LNG.”

On Tuesday Jane Zatylny, spokeswoman with the Office of the Registrar of Lobbyists for B.C., told Postmedia she couldn’t disclose “whether or not this office is conducting an investigation or hearing.”

“I can tell you that we are aware of the issue and are looking into it,” Zatylny stated in an email.

Bremner said that any suggestions that he broke B.C.’s lobbying disclosure rules are “complete nonsense.”

“I’m sure they (the Office of the Registrar of Lobbyists) will look into it and quickly see it is a baseless allegation,” Bremner said.

Bremner confirmed that he worked for Coleman and said he left the job in January 2015. Bremner said he made a mistake in an online employment profile in listing when he stopped working for Coleman’s office.

“It was just an error on my LinkedIn profile, and Glen is trying to spin it into a capital case,” Bremner said.

Bremner added that his campaign has “worked very hard” to sign up hundreds of new NPA members, and he believes Chernen’s campaign has challenged the standing of some members that allegedly listed addresses at a Sikh place of worship, rather than home addresses.

“We may have had some data entry errors,” Bremner said. “It’s complete nonsense … I think that people that are not Caucasians are being targeted.”

In a brief phone call NPA president Sarah Weddell told Postmedia the only thing she could say about Chernen’s complaint is: “Our green light committee is reviewing the information.”

scooper@postmedia.com