Dear Editor:
I would like to draw the attention of Burnaby NOW readers to some very revealing statements made by Jane Shin more than a month ago, on April 25, while she was being interviewed by Global B.C.'s Squire Barnes on BC 1, Global's 24-hour B.C. news channel.
After recalling this interview, I went online and watched it again. I was shocked by what I saw and heard: Shin clearly misrepresents herself in this interview and misleads Barnes and the viewing audience about her medical practitioner status in B.C.
The thrust and tone of Squire Barnes' questions to Jane Shin clearly indicate he was under the impression Shin is a practicing physician here in B.C. But not once during the interview did Shin make any serious effort to clarify the nature of her medical status in B.C., despite repeated references by Squire Barnes to her being a doctor in B.C.
If she were being honest, Shin would have clarified immediately with Squire Barnes that although she has a medical degree (from the Caribbean) she is not, in fact, a practising physician here in B.C., nor licensed to practise in B.C., and has never practised medicine in this province.
However, Shin allowed each opportunity to clarify this question pass without even flinching, which is shockingly inconsistent with her current explanation based on unintended errors and miscommunications.
Randy Rinaldo, Burnaby
