RailGate Revival - Testify!

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Forget about secret witnesses.

And forget about content consultants with many hats.

And forget about protocols gone wrong.

And forget about all the privileges - cabinet, lawyer, banker, informant or otherwise.

And forget about the Party officials who are related to Police investigators.

And forget about pundits like, say, Gary Mason who are suddenly wondering what all the fuss is about.

Because even if all those things didn't exist (and they do), in my opinion, there is one overriding reason why Mr. Campbell must testify if the RailGate defense team requests him to do so.

And the reason is not hidden.

Or secret.

Or trampled under massive cement-lined FOI boots.

Instead, the reason can be found on an official government website.

Specifically, all you have to do is go to the lobbyist registry of the Province of British Columbia and choose one name in the "Activity By Lobbyist" box.

And that name is Erik Bornmann.

Then you only have to choose one company - OmniTrax.

Why are those the two things to do?

Well, OmniTrax is the American Railway Co. that was nominally bidding for BC Rail during the run up to the latter's Gordon Campbell-mandated privatization in 2003 (ie. the year of the Ledge Raids).

And OmniTrax is also the company that Mr. Bornmann was working for when he and his then partner in lobbying, Mr. Brian Kieran, 'allegedly' bribed provincial government staffers Robert Virk and David Basi for insider information on the privatization process.

Of course, there is no mention of the alleged bribery on Mr. Bornman's OmniTrax lobbyist registration page.

Instead, the names of the members of Campbell government that were 'officially' contacted by Mr. Bornmann can be found there.

So.

Who were they?

The 'officials', I mean.

Well, there was Richard Neufeld, Rick Thorpe, Kevin Falcon, Judith Reid and Gary Collins.

All of whom worked directly for Mr. Campbell as members of his cabinet at that time*.

Which is reason enough, in our eyes, to compel Mr. Campbell to testify, if he is asked to do so.

But even that list of five names doesn't really matter.

Why (again)?

Because of the sixth name on that list (click on the image to enlarge):



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*Three of the Fab Five still work for the 'Sixth Man', but the last two on the list are long gone Pete Tong.
For the record, if you punch up Mr. Brian Kieran's OmniTrax page you get the same six official 'contacts'.



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