It is a bit obvious that Harper is ragging the puck on the Cadman case until the election is over. In any injunction proceeding the failure to move quickly is fatal. By delaying like this Harper is showing he doesn't really want to have an injunction; still, this won't be the first time a court case is brought for ulterior reasons.
Harper dodging Cadman court case during election: Liberal lawyer
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Stephen Harper is employing stalling tactics to avoid a court hearing into the Cadman affair in the midst of the federal election campaign, the lawyer for the Liberal party said Tuesday.
Joan Bryden, THE CANADIAN PRESS
Chris Paliare levelled the charge after Harper's lawyer sought to postpone a hearing into an earlier application to postpone a hearing into Harper's request for an injunction to prevent the Liberals from using a controversial tape recording at the heart of bribery allegations in the Cadman affair.
In his 37 years practising law, Paliare said he's never seen a case where the plaintiff requested an adjournment on an adjournment hearing.
"It's sort of adjournment squared," the Liberal lawyer said in an interview.
Paliare said it's evident that the Conservatives are foot-dragging because they don't want the case to become fodder during the election campaign.
"I don't know what their motives are, but they don't seem anxious to have this matter dealt with expeditiously," he said.
Asked if he believes the election has anything to do with it, Paliare added: "I think it has a great deal to do with it."
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