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   No bloody wonder the RCMP don't have time to investigate citizen complaints   
   and problems.   
   They're always tied up investigating the government of Gordon Campbell.  Where   
   do you suppose   
   the BC 'Liberals' sit now in the polls?   
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   timescolonist.comAugust 6, 2010   
      
      
   Former B.C. deputy health minister Ron Danderfer pleaded not guilty Friday in   
   connection to a   
   government eHealth spending scandal.   
      
   Danderfer, who did not appear in a Victoria courtroom, entered his plea   
   through his lawyer,   
   Mayland McKimm.   
      
   Jonathan Burns, a doctor and eHealth consultant, and James Taylor, a former   
   senior manager at   
   the Fraser Health Authority, also pleaded not guilty through their lawyers.   
      
   The trial was tentatively set for Oct. 31, 2011; it will likely last six weeks.   
      
   The three men face 16 charges of fraud and breach of trust relating to   
   hundreds of thousands of   
   dollars worth of contracts on the provincial government’s eHealth electronic   
   records project.   
      
   Danderfer oversaw the creation of the $222-million eHealth initiative five   
   years ago. The   
   project, which is still in development, is supposed to digitize and share   
   health records,   
   prescriptions and test results across B.C.   
      
   Danderfer is facing charges he allegedly accepted rewards from Burns,   
   including the use of a   
   Kelowna condo, employment for his wife and post-retirement income, in exchange   
   for government   
   contracts and business for Burns.   
      
   Danderfer and his wife, who was also a senior government official in the   
   Children’s Ministry,   
   were suspended from their government jobs in 2007 and retired that year.   
      
   Burns and Taylor face charges of fraud and breach of trust relating to   
   government contracts and   
   work at the Fraser Health Authority.   
      
   Special prosecutor John Waddell, a Victoria lawyer, charged the three men in   
   March after a   
   two-year investigation.   
      
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