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Mubin Shaikh, a paid police informant, had been expected to testify Monday, but as the day's proceedings began, it was announced that he would instead be in the witness box in a week's time as lawyers discuss the admissibility of evidence.
The CBC's Nil Koksal, covering the case in Brampton, Ont., said Crown and defence lawyers are wrangling over details of Shaikh's testimony and the postponement is just the latest of many delays in the proceedings.
"This is just really the kind of stop and start that has marked this entire case," Koksal said. "In fact, today marks the two-year anniversary of when suspects were arrested.
"As the case drags on, the Crown continues to stand by the seriousness of the charges while the defence lawyers say if there was talk of a bomb plot, it was simply fantasy."
In June 2006, teams of police and Canadian Security Intelligence Service agents made a series of raids in Toronto and Mississauga, Ont., arresting 10 men and five youths. Two other suspects were already in custody. An 18th man was arrested two months later, and media began referring to the suspects as the "Toronto 18."
There were dramatic allegations of plans for attacks on Parliament, the CBC and CSIS offices in Toronto. But courts began releasing some of the suspects on bail as early as July 2006. Charges have been stayed against seven of the original 18 accused.
I did it for Islam: Shaikh
In exclusive interviews with the CBC's The Fifth Estate broadcast nearly two years ago, Shaikh said he volunteered to be an undercover police informant because he was concerned about the impact of the suspects' alleged intentions on his Islamic faith.
"The damage that this would do to Islam, to Muslims here, forget Canada even, because my interest[s] were Islam and Muslims even above Canadian interests," Shaikh told Linden MacIntyre of The Fifth Estate in July 2006.
He also gave details of his own troubled past and said he came to be "an observant Muslim" after abusing drugs and spending time in nightclubs and bars.
The Crown says it is planning to present many hours of video and audiotaped evidence to back up Shaikh's testimony about the suspects' plans. Prosecutors say the suspects aimed to detonate bombs and use firearms in attacks inspired by anger over the poor treatment of Muslims elsewhere in the world.
Defence lawyers have questioned Shaikh's credibility, as have members of southern Ontario's Muslim community.
Mohamed Boudjenane of the Canadian Arab Federation said the prosecution case is like a sensationalized Hollywood movie script and when Shaikh does testify, the public will realize the tenuousness of the Crown's arguments.
"Let's face it, this guy's credibility is not the best," Boudjenane said. "Canadians might finally see the truth.... It's about time."
Defence lawyers have also said Sheikh has indicated that some of the accused are innocent, and his testimony under oath could lead to more of the suspects being cleared of terror-related charges.
The current trial is of a 20-year-old man who cannot be identified because at the time of his arrest he was covered by the terms of the Youth Criminal Justice Act.
He has pleaded not guilty.
No other suspects are being tried at the moment.