COUNTDOWN: 12 DAYS TO GO: STARTLING REVELATIONS FROM THE GOUDGE INQUIRY: PART ONE:

As high noon (October 1, 2008) approaches I am planning to focus on some of the more startling revelations that rocked the Goudge Inquiry;

I have already touched on several of these in recent weeks, including:

0: The introduction of an affidavit from Provincial Court jusge Patrick Dunn which contradicts evidence given by Dr. Smith to the Commission; The intervention of a judge into a public inquiry is an extremely rare event;

0: Introduction from a letter from the Ontario Provincial Police to former Chief Coroner Dr. James Young alleging that Dr. Smith had attempted to intimidate an officer into not giving him a speeding ticket.

0: Dr. Smith's admission of bias; I always viewed Dr. Smith as a cheerleader for the prosecution - but I never dreamed that he would actually admit that he believed his job was to help the prosecution win the case. My only question was how far he would go to make this happen.

0: Maxine Johnson's potentially devastating testimony that she discovered the missing Mullins-Johnson's slides on a shelf in a location in Dr. Smith's office at the Hospital for Sick Children that had been searched months earlier;

TOMORROW: The unexpected introduction by a letter from the Barrie, Ontario Police Service, which indicates that Smith, with the support of the Chief Coroner's Office, had agreed to participate in an electronic surveillance operation involving the mother of a deceased child.

Harold Levy...hlevy15@gmail.com;