Most recently, British Columbia has learned that its final report on a major money laundering scandal in the region has once again been postponed. On Friday, May 6, 2022, the Cullen Commission announced that it had obtained local approval to extend the deadline for finalizing its final report. Initially, the report was scheduled for May 20, 2022, but has now been postponed for another two weeks.
British Columbia's Money Laundering Investigation Committee launched on May 15, 2019 and is headed by Commissioner Austin Cullen. He is tasked with investing the full range of money laundering in BC's real estate and casino sectors. So far, investigations have heard personal testimony from RCMP, BCLC, casino workers, politicians and alleged criminals.
On Friday, Commissioner Cullen announced that the existing May 20, 2022 deadline for the Commission to issue its final report has been extended. Thanks to the approved approval, the report must now be submitted to the BC NDP Cabinet on June 3, 2022. However, the Commission did not provide a release date for the document.
According to Commissioner Cullen, who requested an extension this time, several employees have recently tested positive for the risk virus, which has hindered the investigation, which is why the team has asked for a slight extension. Since its inception, the Commission has been postponed several times due to the emergence of an unprecedented situation.
The NHRC had to suspend its activities, such as direct hearings, due to social distancing protocols in 2020 and switched to digital testimony, with the first investigation extended to fall 2020, followed by another grant until December 15, 2021, and the final report changed to May 20, 2022.
The Commission has heard testimony from 198 witnesses out of more than 138 testimonies over the past few years, received 1,063 evidence in more than 70,000 pages, and last October, witness lawyers made final statements, completed hearings, and produced a final report.
Former gaming minister Richard Coleman was among those summoned to testify during the investigation. In May 2021, the former minister was summoned to respond to a 2011 statement that saw him oppose media comments by RCMP investigator Barry Baxter in 2011. In 2011, Coleman told local radio that he did not take Baxter's money laundering concerns seriously.
Mr. Coleman explained that the former minister was in charge of gambling regulation from 2001 to 2013, and that he had no intention of speaking in plural because it was completely his opinion at the time. At that time, the entire Buddha was referred to as a singular form, not a plural form.
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