Linda Kayfish lost faith in Christy Clark a long time ago.

In January 2013, Linda Kayfish received the worst news a sister can ever hear. Her brother, Roderick MacIsaac, had taken his own life. This is her story about taking on Christy Clark and trying to do right by her brother.

Along with seven other researchers working for the BC Ministry of Health, Roderick MacIsaac had been fired the previous September.

The government alleged they’d participated in a serious data breach. They had not. Even after Roderick took his life, the Clark government refused to answer questions about why the firings happened at all.

“When you’re fired with cause like that, they need to have proof,” says Kayfish. “Well, they were still looking for proof.”

So, Linda Kayfish decided to take her questions to the Legislature. She asked Premier Clark why she fired Roderick MacIsaac and his colleagues. Clark promised to get to the bottom of it.

“It was a pile of lies.” says Kayfish.

Earlier this Spring, the Provincial Ombudsman submitted his findings on the firings.

He determined that the firings were unwarranted and that the response from the government had been inadequate, though he stopped short of laying blame on any elected officials, including Clark. He recommended the creation of a $500,000 endowment for a scholarship at the University of Victoria, to be awarded in Roderick MacIsaac’s name.

For Linda Kayfish, this isn’t the closure she wanted. That can come only from Christy Clark.

“If you’re going to be the Premier of the province, you’ve got to be a leader,” says Kayfish. “We need to know that our leaders are going to hold their people accountable for what’s going on in their ministries, instead of just paying lip service.

She needs to be accountable. That’s the job we hired her for. She has failed again.”