Kash Heed resigns again

Kash Heed announced Wednesday morning he is again stepping down as solicitor-general.

The announcement follows the resignation Tuesday of special prosecutor Terry Robertson.

On Tuesday, Premier Gordon Campbell reinstated Heed as solicitor-general, saying Robertson had exonerated Heed of any wrongdoing in connection with charges from the election campaign last May.

But within hours of that announcement, Heed’s future was again in question as Robertson stepped aside over a potential conflict of interest. Robertson’s law firm, Harper Grey LLP, donated $1,000 directly to Heed’s campaign in the days leading up to the provincial election last May 12.

Heed stepped down the first time as solicitor-general April 9 after learning of the investigation into his Vancouver-Fraserview campaign during the election campaign.

On Monday, Robertson announced charges against Heed’s campaign manager Barinder Singh Sall, his financial agent Satpal Johl and bulk mailer Dinesh Khanna.

The case involves anti-NDP pamphlets distributed by bulk mail days before last year’s election. They were allegedly produced by Heed’s Vancouver-Fraserview campaign office, but no authorship was revealed on the pamphlets.

In his report, Robertson found Heed had done nothing wrong.

"The evidence presented to me did not produce a substantial likelihood of conviction on the part of Mr. Heed," Robertson said Monday, before his own potential conflict was revealed. "There was no evidence of actual knowledge on his part and no evidence that reasonable diligence would have made him aware of any of the offences that have been charged against other people involved in the campaign."