Ian Mulgrew: Stereotypes skew money-laundering debate, inquiry warned
Government official says investigators’ motivation is integrity of gambling system and is there is no racial motivation
Evidence at the inquiry into money laundering suggests that racial stereotypes may be driving and skewing the dirty money debate when a careful analysis does not support the concern.
Lawyer David Butcher hit that nerve in his cross-examination of Len Meilleur, a key bureaucrat for more than a decade and former executive director of compliance at the province’s gaming policy and enforcement branch.
“Would you agree that it is completely inappropriate to simply draw that link — money from China must be illegitimate?” Butcher asked.
Meilleur replied: “I don’t have a comment on that.”
