The defence dropped bombshell allegations that Premier Gordon Campbell's B.C. Liberal government had already delivered the deal to CN Rail before final bids were even considered and that Basi and Virk were only following Collins's orders to deliver a $70 to $100 million "consolation prize" to losing bidder OmniTRAX -- the B.C. Rail-owned Roberts Bank spur line.
But those are far from the only shocking allegations in the defence document.
And given that the defence has served notice it seeks a stay of proceedings against Basi, Virk and Basi "on the basis of an undermining of the accused's right to a fair trial," it may turn out that the claims made are never introduced as evidence because the trial never happens.
Alternatively, presiding Justice Elizabeth Bennett may grant some or all of the defence's long list of requests for disclosure of evidence against their clients, evidence that could prove very damaging to the provincial government and the federal and provincial Liberal parties.
Fair trial jeopardized?
The allegations in the 32-page application filed by the defence prior to the trial -- to which the Crown will file a reply on March 14 -- come more than three years after the Dec. 28, 2003 police raid on the B.C. legislature. The allegations, it should be reminded, have not been proven in court.
At the heart of the defence case is a serious contention -- that the police and Crown have so screwed up their prosecution of the accused that a fair trial is impossible.
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So as said on robin's bc rail thread<br />
It looks good on us<br />
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<a href="http://www.cbc.ca/ideas/transcripts/r.html">http://www.cbc.ca/ideas/transcripts/r.html</a><br />
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long before Crooked mouth came to power through subterfuge et al QI was sounding the alarm.<br />
But did any one listen?<br />
Nope! <br />
So Suffer!<br />
Revisting New Zealand's Revolution<br />
(2001) $8.00 $18.00, 1-pt <br />
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In 1984 New Zealand embarked on a radical restructuring of its economy and society. Six years ago journalist Murray Dobbin reported on the experiment for IDEAS. Now he returns to a country reassessing these changes.<br />
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Remaking of New Zealand, The <br />
(1994) $14.00, $26.00, 2-pt<br />
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New Zealand has undergone a neo-conservative revolution in order to deal with its debt crisis. But the country paid a heavy price for fiscal stability. Murray Dobbin examines both the political coup, which ushered in the reforms, and the resistance to changes it brought.<p>---<br> [juris ignorantia est cum jus nostrum ignoramus]<br />
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"If only I could steal enough, to become honest"<br />
Peter Seller in some or another movie role
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Expect little from life and get more from it.
which placed the publicly-owned B.C. Railway in the hands of privately-
owned CN.
The whole fascist Bush-like horror was revealed yesterday in the B.C.
Legislature when the Campbell government introduced legislation to
tailor the Public Inquiries Act more to their liking. Coincidence?
If so, was it by accident or by design?
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"and the knowledge they fear is a weapon to be used against them"
"The Weapon" - Rush
Only if we have a few good public servants willing to throw some grenades.
Where are you good people?
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"And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music." Friedrich Nietzsche
tailor the Public Inquiries Act more to their liking. Coincidence? <<
No, not likely. The vice president of the US still get's to go quail hunting when his right hand man will go to jail. There is no justice when justice is a political football. It is Ironical that Campbell got in power when the Nations economy got better. Now him and Harper take personal claim as their achievement. If Campbell had pulled off all the stunts that he had, when the economy was poor, he would be on death row politcaly. Like Harpers new government, Campbells government points a finger at the past failings of the previous government as an axcuse as to why they don't do any better. The public still doesn't seem to grasp that point.
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Expect little from life and get more from it.
You forgot that most were layed off when Campbell first took over.
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Expect little from life and get more from it.