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Sheesh.
Will this thing never start?
This morning we learn, via Mark Hume in the Globe, that British Columbia's trial of the century won't begin until June 5th.
On the plus side, however, Hume does go long with a little bit of speculative question asking:
Has the potentially explosive information that led police to raid the British Columbia legislature in 2003 been kept too secret, too long? Or should it continue to be withheld from the public to protect the rights of the accused to a fair trial?
Those were the essential questions put to Madam Justice Elizabeth Bennett of B.C. Supreme Court yesterday as The Globe and Mail sought to unseal a series of search warrants issued in a case involving Udhe Singh (Dave) Basi, Bobby Singh Virk and Aneal Basi.
Judge Bennett reserved judgment until March 28, at which time she will decide if the details of the police case can come out, or if they should remain sealed until presented in the course of the trial which starts June 5.
From there it devolves into all the lawyers saying over and over and over again to hide everything.
One extra tidbit worth mentioning is the fact that Mr Virk's lawyer had a little bit more to say on the taint issue that we brought up yesterday.
Kevin McCullough, Mr. Virk's lawyer, said he was concerned that "witness tainting" could result from the reporting of statements in the documents given to police by various witnesses.
"The potential for tainting isn't illusory, it's real," he said.
To which we respond,
"Let Them Eat Taint!"
Because after more than two years it is high time we, the public, got to know who got what and when as a result of this deal.
After all, it's not like it wasn't our railway that was sold.
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Making like Tim Crouse to Sean Holman's Thompson (we reckon) on the front end of this thing, Irwin Loy has more in 24 hours, including extra background.
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