Four years after he was arrested while Pauline Marois gave a victory of speech after being elected Premier of Quebec, Richard Henry Bain still has little regard for the sovereignist movement.
On the stand at his murder trial on Thursday morning, Bain repeated a political theory he publicly professed after his arrest, when he placed calls to both the CJAD and TVA newsrooms.
In conversations with journalists, Bain said he would like to see Montreal become a province in which Anglophons and Francophones would live in harmony without “Separatists from outside wanting to control Montreal.”
On Thursday, when his lawyer asked him how important this vision was to him, he said it was more important than his own incarceration.
Bain also expressed surprise that during his phone calls with the media outlets, reporters were more interested in his legal case than in his thoughts on Quebec politics.
Jurors were also shown a video made seven months after Bain's arrest. In the video, a police officer handed over evidence for Bain, who was representing himself at the time, to review while he prepared his case. In it, he refers to an interview Marois gave in which she referred to him as mentally disturbed.
"Here you have the premier, who's basically signing the cheques for people working here, and the people working here... like, I'm trying to get things to defend myself and I can't get them."
Bain then talks about finding religion shortly after he began taking antidepressants in 2009. He later is heard insisting all his actions are guided by God.
"Today's society is so corrupt, because today, people don't believe in Jesus Christ, they turned away from God."
Bain's lawyer argued the video is proof his client's judgment was altered by his antidepressant medication.
Bain's psychiatrist is expected to take the stand next week.
Video evidence introduced also showed Bain asking about the well-being of one the victims, Dave Courage, who suffered gunshot wounds at Bain’s hands. Courage’s friend and fellow stagehand, Denis Blanchette, was killed in the incident.
It was the first time jurors heard Bain express any concern for his victims. Until now, the accused had offered vague answers when asked if he felt remorse for his actions.
