A judge in Moncton has rejected a request to stay 19 financial crime charges against Daniel Bard, who alleged his right to a timely trial had been violated.
Retrial on 19 charges alleging financial crimes to begin in January
Shane Magee · CBC News
· Posted: Oct 15, 2025 1:48 PM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago
Daniel Bard leaving the Moncton courthouse earlier this year. (Pascal Raiche-Nogue/Radio-Canada)
A Moncton judge has rejected a request to stay the 19 charges against Daniel Bard because of delays trying the case.
Provincial court Judge Anne Richard ruled Wednesday the application was “meritless.” The ruling means Bard’s case will proceed to trial in January.
Bard, 61, is accused of theft, fraud, money laundering and possession of property obtained by crime. The charges were laid in 2022.
The crimes were allegedly committed in the Moncton area between 2016 and 2020.
Some of the allegations date to when Bard was a vice-president of a regional economic development agency in Moncton called 3+ Corp., which was municipally-funded.
Defence lawyer Nelson Peters filed the application, arguing Bard’s right to a timely trial had been violated. (CBC)
Bard’s lawyer, Nelson Peters, filed an application arguing his right to a trial within a reasonable time had been violated and asked for the charges to be stayed.
The request is known as a Jordan application after a 2016 Supreme Court of Canada decision that set out a case in provincial court should be largely complete in most cases within 18 months from the time charges are laid.
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