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VICTORIA — During a recent question period in the legislature, New Democratic Party MLA David Eby found a novel way to dramatize the non-answers from the government side on TransLink and its troubles.

Eby, Opposition critic for the regional transportation authority, had made little progress pressing Peter Fassbender, the cabinet member responsible for TransLink, during debate on his ministry budget.

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So he bumped up his concerns to the more high-profile forum of question period, figuring if nothing else it might expose the government evasions.

“I asked the minister for TransLink about the total compensation for the TransLink board,” Eby began. “He said: ‘I don’t have the facts on compensation.’

“I asked if he could answer questions about bus service levels, and he said ‘no.’ I asked why the $50 million HandyDart contract seemed to suggest the contractor wasn’t providing the number of bus hours they’d committed to, and he said: ‘I don’t have the detail in terms of a breakdown.’