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VICTORIA — The B.C. government has officially denied claims that it quashed crucial drug testing programs in an effort to protect lucrative donations to the B.C. Liberal Party from pharmaceutical companies.

The government filed a document in Supreme Court Tuesday in response to a civil lawsuit from a former contract employee who made such allegations. It denied “each and every statement” in the suit, except for those of basic fact.

The lawsuit in question was filed earlier this month by William (Bill) Warburton, a labour and health economist who had a $1-per-year contract to “conduct complex data analyses at the Ministry of Health.”

Warburton was terminated in July 2012 as part of an investigation that saw seven employees lose their jobs.



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