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economist sunsunjribune politics saturday march u 2006 mpp sorbara in court to clear his name by lia queen staff writer convinced there is no evidence link ing him to rcmp land fraud allegations former ontario treasurer greg sorbara wont speculate why investigators con tinue to target him in the highprofile case i dont indulge in conspiracy theo ries what i really want to do is clear my name the vaughankingaurora mpp told the york region newspaper group on the eve of his court action i think you will have to ask the other side on that i dont know i simply dont know rcmp spokesperson cpl michele paradis could not be reached to com ment on the case that involves a land sale between the mpps family firm the sor bara group and woodbridgebased royal group technologies where mr sorbara used to serve as director stonewalled by investigators to clear his name mr sorbara launched pro ceedings friday with the ontario superi or court to have his name removed from search warrants goodwill and patience has its limits he said adding he can no longer sit idly by with his integrity under a cloud of sus picion for no reason the expressions of support i have got from not only my own constituents but across the region and the province have kept me going through some pretty dark times describing his fivemonth ordeal as a nightmare mr sorbara said his court action gives him hope hundreds of pages of police docu ments fail to cast suspicion on him mr sorbara said there is no basis for my name to be included in those warrants there is no evidence in there he said you can imagine this kind of hit me like a ton of bricks it was out of left field at that time the warrants were sealed i had no idea what the basis of the war rants were we now know theyre base less to make matters worse he accused police of blocking efforts to clear his name greg sorbara former finance minister says theres no evidence linking him to fraud allegations since stepping down as treasurer oct 11 mr sorbara said he has repeatedly offered police whatever additional infor mation required for their investigation in january his lawyers gave submis sions to the department of justice but since that time he said the rcmp have cut all communication between the department and his legal team on march 1 they closed the door the rcmp said you are not to talk to the crown attorney any more on this mat ter mr sorbara said his court action comes five months after rcmp raided his family companys offices on the eve of the throne speech and on the first day of the fall legislature i said five months ago this is a terrible mistake i continue to believe it mr sor bara said the investigation centres on the sale of two properties between royal group and the sorbara group in 1996 and 1997 investigators suggest mr sorbara who served as a director of royal from 1994 to 2003 before he reentered poli tics failed to tell the company it was pur chasing the land from the sorbara group a direct financial benefit to his 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