Trial of the century begins March 1, 2010?

I was looking at some news/blog alerts that came my way. I found some entertaining bits on the Cybersmoke Site http://cybersmokeblog.blogspot.com/ .

So MMF is going to trial again. I could be wrong but isn't that right around the election in Manitoba? What was specifically posted was:

Because of a publication ban on Pre-Trial Conferences covering the Manitoba Metis Federation's alleged defamation lawsuit against www.CyberSmokeSignals.com, (CI 05-01-41955) we are only allowed to tell you the following:

(1) The first Case Management Meeting will be held Monday April 6, 2009 at 10:00 a.m.

(2) The next Pre-Trial Conference (6th) has not yet been scheduled

(3) Dates have now been set for the trial. They are March 1, 2010 to April 9, 2010 (except for April 2 and 5 which are Easter holidays)

We apologize for not being able to provide you with more information.

Sincerely,

Clare L. Pieuk

It also appears like Mr. Pieuk is not an eligible candidate for the upcoming election - but the MMF will be spending more on legal fees then it did trying to persecute Yvon Dumont for a $1. Oops sorry meant prosecute.

At the rate this case seems to be going - Mr. Chartrand won't have a land claim trial to campaign on for the upcoming election but he will certainly have his share of the vexatious and silly kind. Maybe someone should do a sitcom on this stuff for APTN.