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It seems that perhaps Myriam Bedard, former Olympic Gold medallist and now recently convicted of child abduction, may NOT have been so far off when she claimed that she was a victim of "bureaucratic terrorism" or governmental persecution in Canada for becoming a whistleblower and testifying before the Gomery commission into the sponsorship scandal. ("Former Olympian Myriam Bedard gets Conditional Discharge", Montreal Gazette, Oct.10,2007)

Chief Montreal Crown Prosecutor Marie-Andree Trudeau and Crown Prosecutor Cynthia Gyenizse, despite an excellent chance at conviction and a jail sentence upon going to trial given outstanding jurisprudence, instead offered my ex-wife a "two year in the community" sweetheart plea-bargain deal when she returned to Montreal 18 years after kidnapping our daughter just before I was awarded sole custody, and brainwashing her against me. ("Woman Sentenced for 1989 Kidnapping", Montreal Gazette, June 30, 2007)

Quebec Sessions Court Judge Claude Parent, who presided at the sentencing hearing on June 29, 2007 in Montreal, made sure that Esther Ruehmling Eichmann did NOT have to surrender her passport, post any kind of bond, can serve her "sentence" in Germany or anywhere else for that matter, and can come and go as she pleases.

Yet in Myriam Bedard's case, Crown Prosecutors in Quebec City originally sought a prison sentence for her having visited the United States with her daughter for two or three months in 2006. Although receiving a conditional discharge, Bedard HAD to surrender her passport which limits her to travel only within Canada.

Was Myriam Bedard offered any kind of plea-bargain before going to trial and, if so, what exactly were the conditions?

If not, then WHY NOT??