Lawyers for Sweda Farms have failed In their bid to persuade
the crown attorney to lift the stay on perjury charges against Mary Jean
McFall.
She is a lawyer and daughter of egg-industry baron Joe
Hudson, owner of Burnbrae Farms Ltd.
She was interviewed in connection with a lawsuit Sweda filed
against Burnbrae and one of the principals in the case claims she lied under
oath.
There are also allegations that she failed to provide
evidence she was required to divulge in a timely fashion.
The charges were stayed in court last year, meaning they
cannot proceed.
Now that Sweda’s lawyers have failed to get the stay lifted,
they might apply for a judicial review of Sweda’s case against Burnbrae and
McFall.
McFall has since been appointed chief of staff for the
federal agriculture minister, but then the Ethics Commissioner ruled that she
can’t be involved in anything to do with Burnbrae, supply management for the
egg industry or the Trans-Pacific Trade deal that’s under Liberal-government
review.
