Kafka-esque Trial Defies Justice and Rule of Law
Nothing makes my blood boil more than my supposed "legal" brethren justifying secret court procedures similar to the infamous old English Star Chamber [secret trials by the King's minions], except their characterizing such behaviour as trivial.
Instead of my wasting time and breath describing the details of this fiasco, just look at George Jonas' column on it. He calls it correctly and does a good job. See his article at: http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/columnists/story.html?id=aab8a881-0a1b-45c7-91ae-7ee57cce6fca&p=2
This also reminds me of a comment made by a senior law officer of the Crown in Manitoba in October 1970 justifying the imposition of the War Measures Act and martial law all across Canada by arguing that it was OK because it wasn't any worse than what happened normally in the Soviet Union. Trudeau's actions in 1970 were done cynically and with knowledge that such drastic action was unnecessary to stop and capture the FLQ terrorists in Quebec. The RCMP knew where they were and could have arrested them anytime, but were told not to by Ottawa and Quebec City, primarily to enable mass arrests of supporters of a left-leaning civic coalition in Montreal that were about to unseat the corrupt regime of the Montreal mayor who had provincial and federal Liberal support. Where did I get this information from? From a retired RCMP senior officer who was intimately familiar with the facts.
The rule of law and justice is always set aside whenever the powers that be think its necessary.
Instead of my wasting time and breath describing the details of this fiasco, just look at George Jonas' column on it. He calls it correctly and does a good job. See his article at: http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/columnists/story.html?id=aab8a881-0a1b-45c7-91ae-7ee57cce6fca&p=2
This also reminds me of a comment made by a senior law officer of the Crown in Manitoba in October 1970 justifying the imposition of the War Measures Act and martial law all across Canada by arguing that it was OK because it wasn't any worse than what happened normally in the Soviet Union. Trudeau's actions in 1970 were done cynically and with knowledge that such drastic action was unnecessary to stop and capture the FLQ terrorists in Quebec. The RCMP knew where they were and could have arrested them anytime, but were told not to by Ottawa and Quebec City, primarily to enable mass arrests of supporters of a left-leaning civic coalition in Montreal that were about to unseat the corrupt regime of the Montreal mayor who had provincial and federal Liberal support. Where did I get this information from? From a retired RCMP senior officer who was intimately familiar with the facts.
The rule of law and justice is always set aside whenever the powers that be think its necessary.
posted by politicalcommentariescanada | 11:49 AM
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