Tuesday, October 12, 2010

RailGate Delayed Again...Did Wild Bill Just Throw In The Towel?

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Update: Ian Reid, who was both inside and outside the courtroom this morning, has the most value-added, CorpMedia or otherwise, that I have read on this matter so far, here....
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Well, well, well.....

Whaddy'a know.

The RailGate trial has been delayed.

Again.

Apparently, this time the delay has occurred because the Special Prosecutor, Bill Berardino, has decided to make like George Costanza and shout.....

'Shrinkage'!


Here is the money quote from Neal Hall's first-past-the-post report in the VSun:

"The Crown has just advised that they are reorganizing their case to decrease the length of this trial substantially," B.C. Supreme Court Associate Chief Justice Anne MacKenzie explained to the jury.


Hmmmmmm.....

Perhaps now is the time to throw in Keith Fraser's wee bit of added value in The Province:

'....The judge adjourned the trial until next Monday.

At jury selection, there were more than 40 witnesses on the list. Since the trial began in May, that has been cut down by a number of witnesses.

Outside court, Berardino said that his decision to reduce the witness list was in the best interests of the justice system. He said his decision would not impair the strength of the Crown’s case.....'


Sure thing Mr. B.

Of course, it had nothing to do with the way the defense has wiped the floor with your first two witnesses and the third, the ol' Flight Instructor, 'allegedly' slated to be up next.

All of which begs the question.....

Just who, exactly, was on that original Top 40 RailGate Hit List of Mr. Berardino's?

Well, we don't know for sure, because, despite reports indicating that the list was read, in full, in open court, with the jury present, it has never, to the best of our knowledge, been published as one complete set.

We did do our best to piece it together previously, based on myriad published reports though.

As a result, this is what we came up with back in May of this year (ie. 2010):

Campbell Administration Apparatchiks
Martyn Brown
Kenneth Dobell
Brenda Eaton
Yvette Wells
Chris Trumpy
David Morhart
Joy Illington

WestCoast FedLib Rainmakers
Mark Marissen
Bruce Clark

Former Campbell Government Ministers
Judith Reid
Gary Collins


Railway Magnates
ClaudeMongeau (CN's current Big Boss not named David)
Rob Ritchie (CP's Former Big Boss who cried wolf)
John Nash (CP Exec.)
Gary Rennick (OmniTrax' COO)
Dwight Johnson (OmniTrax' CEO)
John McLernon (BC Rail's former* Chairman and the former Chair of the 'Evaluation Committee' during the BC Rail Restructuring*)
Kevin Mahoney (BC Rail's former* CEO and a former 'Staff Advisor' during the BC Rail Restructuring*)
Brian Kenning (former* BC Rail Board Member)

Former Agents in the Employ of OmniTrax:
Brian Keiran
Eric Bornman


We were right so far (which wasn't very bloody difficult).

Regardless.

It sure will be interesting to see who remains, don't ya think, especially given the fact that this has all been done, according to Wild Bill at least, 'in the best interests of the justice system'.

Sheesh.

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12 comments:

West End Bob said...

Ah the "Shrinkage" episode of "Seinfeld" - LOTS of chuckles in that one, RossK.

Thanks for the trip down Memory Lane . . . .

Grant G said...

A delay, really, what a surprise, and here I thought we could squeeze in a witness or two between now and the start of the 3 week Christmas break...

And perhaps one or two more witnesses after New years and before Spring break(Tampa Bay, girls gone wild) recess....

I think all legal watchdogs are rolling in the aisles laughing at the follies in court room 54...

Cheers

Anonymous said...

The list of 40 wasn't read out in front of the 12 person jury. The list was read out in front of the jury pool, therefore the list is protected by the publication ban laid down by Judge MacKenzie.

North Van's Grumps said...

A search for John Nash (CP Exec.) brought this up on Google, along with a reported total of 44.

"Who's who in B.C. Rail corruption saga.

By Keith Fraser, The Province May 16, 2010"

http://www.theprovince.com/news/Rail+corruption+saga/3036141/story.html

Anonymous said...

someone may have overheard an sp saying not 44, not 40, not 30 but 20.

North Van's Grumps said...

How about we drop the zero and go for 2?

Anonymous said...

Gary Collins
Judith Reid
Erik Bornmann
Brian Kieran
Martyn Brown
Ken Dobell
Brenda Eaton
David Morhart
Joy Illington
Chris Trumpy
Yvette Wells
Bruce Clark
Christy Clark
John McLernon
Kevin Mahoney
Brian Kenning
Claude Mongeau
Bob Ritchie
John Nash
Dwight Johnson
Gary Rennick

21-2 (Brown and Kenning) = 19

http://www.theprovince.com/news/Rail+corruption+saga/3036141/story.html

Anonymous said...

"A list of individuals who may have records relevant to the BC Rail sale"

July 20, 2009 Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/story_print.html?id=1809940&sponsor=

"Here is the list of individuals whom the judge ruled may have records relevant to the BC Rail sale:

Premier Gordon Campbell
Martyn Brown
Mike Morton
Lara Dauphinee
Ken Dobell
Brenda Eaton
Jay Schlosar
David Cunningham
Tom Syer
Jessica McDonald
Gary Collins
Paul Taylor
Chris Trumpy
David Morhart
Yvette Wells
Judith Reid
Christy Clark
Shirley Bond
Richard Neufeld

(Search of the Legislature on December 28, 2003)

Rich Coleman
Kevin Begg
Brian Kieran
Erik Bornmann
Jamie Elmhirst"

RossK said...

Thanks Anon--

Yes, we've seen that piece, from May, by Keith Fraser, and we have linked to it previously

However, even Mr. Fraser himself said today that it was originally about '40'.

Please note that Mr. Fraser wrote the following about Mr. Bruce Clark back in May:

"...Bruce Clark, brother of former cabinet minister Christy Clark and a longtime federal Liberal Party executive member, is on the list...

Based on that, and the fact that we could find no indication from any other published report to the contrary, we took it from this that Ms. Christy Clark was NOT on the original list - which is why you will also NOT find her name on our compilation shown in this post.

However, if anyone has evidence to the contrary, we would be happy to listen if it is credible.



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As an aside, we had 'heard' that Mr. Clark's name was on the list before Mr. Fraser published it. However, we could not confirm this with a second credible source, so we held off before the fact....


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RossK said...

Thanks Anon #2 (or 1a?)....

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Skookum1 said...

Wot? No Patrick Kinsella? Or is defence going to try to call him (granted, he may be at a birthday party...or maybe playing golf in Palm Springs with former ACJ Dohm??).

RossK said...

skook--

They play golf in Palm Springs?

Heckfire, I thought everbody spent all their time praying to the patron saint of the Desert Rich.....




(a.k.a. Sonny Bono)

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