Provincial Canadian premier’s landlord linked to soccer team owner
Spokesman says Christy Clark’s renting of C$3.7 million house from close associate of Whitecaps FC has not been disclosed
By Bob Mackin
BC Premier Christy Clark is renting a house from a close associate of the owner of a professional sports team that plays at a provincially owned stadium and practices at a provincially-funded training centre, yet her tenancy is not disclosed in published conflict of interest filings.
The land titles registry shows the house is registered to Nevin Sangha with a declared value of C$3.688 million (US$2.751 million).
According to the BC companies registry, West Vancouver-based Sangha is the only director of Carrera Management Corp. Carrera manages Greg Kerfoot’s real estate holdings in downtown Vancouver, including The Landing, the heritage office building on Water Street where the Kerfoot-owned Major League Soccer franchise is headquartered.
The companies registry shows that Kerfoot is the only director of Landing Holdings Ltd. Carrera’s office in the Landing is listed as Kerfoot’s mailing address. Carrera and Landing have the same records and registration office in a law office at the RDG Corporate Centre in Langley, according to updated filings from last summer.
Sangha donated C$1,250 (US$932) on August 5, 2010 to the BC Liberals, but Kerfoot is shown by the Elections BC database as Carrera’s only principal officer for a C$7,500 (US$5,595) donation to the BC Liberals on April 14, 2014. The party’s annual Elections BC report shows that it raised C$148,830.78 (US$111,031.49) at a Surrey fundraiser on that date, but the ticket buyers were not identified.