NO DEFENCE COUNSEL NEED APPLY – IT’S ALL ABOUT MONEY.

Do you remember when we objected to Premier Doug Ford and Attorney General Doug Downey messing with the established procedure of selecting persons for judicial appointments? Well this is the result. The last 12 out of 13 appointments were selected from the government assistant crown attorneys (ACA) and prosecutors. No defence lawyers were selected. Why? …

WHEN YOU HAVE A MINISTER OF JUSTICE LIKE THIS – “Less than two weeks into his role as Alberta Justice Minister, Tyler Shandro — who is being investigated by the law society for misconduct — has sparked controversy after making comments that the province has no criminal court cases at risk of being tossed because of unreasonable delay. In fact, Alberta has thousands of cases at risk of being tossed because of unreasonable delay.”