Sunriver Estates is a godawful soulless sprawling suburb they're building in Sooke.
We learn now that the developers paid a gov't official $50,000 to take the land out of the Agricultural Land Reserve.
Richard Watts
Times Colonist
Thursday, July 03, 2008
Two Vancouver Island developers have been ordered to stand trial in B.C. Supreme Court for breach of trust and bribery of a B.C. government official.
Provincial court Judge Ernie Quantz ordered yesterday the trials of Anthony Ralph Young and James Seymour Duncan, builders of Sunriver Estates in Sooke, on charges of making an illegal payment to a government official and breach of trust.
David Basi, once the ministerial assistant to former finance minister Gary Collins, also stands charged with defrauding the government and breach of trust in connection with the Sunriver Estates case.
Quantz's decision was reached after a preliminary inquiry. Information from the inquiry cannot be disclosed because of a ban on publication.
The case will likely go to B.C. Supreme Court next week to set a date for trial.
Basi's name first entered news reports in connection with the Dec. 28, 2003, police raid on the legislature.
When the Sunriver charges were first laid, RCMP said they arose after the raid on the legislature.
Court documents dealing with the charges indicate the Crown is alleging Young and Duncan paid $50,000 to Basi between Jan. 1, 2002, and Sept. 1, 2003, in connection with an application to take property out of the Agricultural Land Reserve. The property was owned by Shambrook Hills Development Corp., also known as Sunriver Estates.
Sunriver Estates is a 700-home development built on 155 hectares along the Sooke River with parkland, trails and a school.
The land was originally purchased from forest company Timberwest. Past news reports indicate three attempts were required to get the Agricultural Land Commission to agree to remove the land from the reserve so it could be rezoned for housing.
Duncan and Young are longtime developers in Victoria. They have been partners in Swiftsure Developments Ltd., whose projects include the Magnolia Hotel in Victoria, the Ocean Park Towers in the Songhees and the Yale House Development near the Oak Bay Municipal Hall.
© Times Colonist (Victoria) 2008
We learn now that the developers paid a gov't official $50,000 to take the land out of the Agricultural Land Reserve.
Richard Watts
Times Colonist
Thursday, July 03, 2008
Two Vancouver Island developers have been ordered to stand trial in B.C. Supreme Court for breach of trust and bribery of a B.C. government official.
Provincial court Judge Ernie Quantz ordered yesterday the trials of Anthony Ralph Young and James Seymour Duncan, builders of Sunriver Estates in Sooke, on charges of making an illegal payment to a government official and breach of trust.
David Basi, once the ministerial assistant to former finance minister Gary Collins, also stands charged with defrauding the government and breach of trust in connection with the Sunriver Estates case.
Quantz's decision was reached after a preliminary inquiry. Information from the inquiry cannot be disclosed because of a ban on publication.
The case will likely go to B.C. Supreme Court next week to set a date for trial.
Basi's name first entered news reports in connection with the Dec. 28, 2003, police raid on the legislature.
When the Sunriver charges were first laid, RCMP said they arose after the raid on the legislature.
Court documents dealing with the charges indicate the Crown is alleging Young and Duncan paid $50,000 to Basi between Jan. 1, 2002, and Sept. 1, 2003, in connection with an application to take property out of the Agricultural Land Reserve. The property was owned by Shambrook Hills Development Corp., also known as Sunriver Estates.
Sunriver Estates is a 700-home development built on 155 hectares along the Sooke River with parkland, trails and a school.
The land was originally purchased from forest company Timberwest. Past news reports indicate three attempts were required to get the Agricultural Land Commission to agree to remove the land from the reserve so it could be rezoned for housing.
Duncan and Young are longtime developers in Victoria. They have been partners in Swiftsure Developments Ltd., whose projects include the Magnolia Hotel in Victoria, the Ocean Park Towers in the Songhees and the Yale House Development near the Oak Bay Municipal Hall.
© Times Colonist (Victoria) 2008
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