An investigation by the RCMP and a special prosecutor also charged two Liberal party staffers with violations of the Elections Act in failing to disclose financial contributions for a byelection campaign.
On February 27, 2013, the Official Opposition (the BC NDP) used Question Period in the legislature to make public some leaked documents that showed the governing Liberal Party had prepared a Multicultural Strategic Outreach Plan that targeted "quick wins"—such as official apologies for historical wrongs like the Komagata Maru incident—to gain support from ethnic communities through a potential mix of partisan and provincial government activities and resources.
[5] Dyble's review conducted 27 interviews and gathered approximately 10,000 pages of documents, including government records from personal e-mail accounts, for events beginning as early as March 2011.
[5] Premier Clark, MLAs Harry Bloy and John Yap were interviewed as part of the review and stated they had never seen the draft strategy or work plan documents until they were made public in February 2013.
Given the conclusion of Dyble's review that Bonney spent up to half of his government-paid time working on partisan activities, the BC Liberal Party repaid $70,000 to the government.
Prior to the May election, two outgoing Liberal MLAs, Kash Heed and Dave Hayer, both Indo-Canadians, called the plan insulting and demanded those responsible be held accountable.
[12] In August 2013, three months after the NDP's election loss, Opposition leader Adrian Dix sent correspondence to the RCMP calling for an investigation based on alleged new information.
Her possible involvement was made public by inclusion of an e-mail from Brian Bonney in the Dyble review: Have [MLA] Harry Bloy meet with her and explain how doing anything would damage the Premier and the party.