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? Because it’s all about the money. If you look below you’ll see that appointing an ACA generates only about $20K in annual salary increase per appointment. Benefits are already being paid so that is not a new expense. The government can then hire a junior ACA to replace the appointment at $140K per annum, saving about $100K per annum instead of hiring a defence lawyer who will cost around $240K per annum. A false economy that leaves only one pathway to a judicial appointment, stacking the court with prosecutors. Below I have listed the last 13 appointments with their qualifications and salary increases. See for yourself.
November 2021
Justice Jennifer Lynne Myers was called to the bar in 2002. Since 2021, Justice Myers was an Assistant Crown Attorney with the Guns and Gangs Prosecution Unit at the Ministry of the Attorney General.
Justice Leonard Kim was called to the bar in 2005. He is Regional Counsel to the Provincial Drugs and Impaired Driving Team, advising the Director of Crown Operations$226K (2020) to $234K (2021) as Judge
Justice Jenny Restoule-Mallozzi was called to the bar in 2002. She specializes in Indigenous law, providing legal services and report writing to facilitate First Nations land management, law and policy development and dispute resolution.
December 2021
Justice Jennifer Marie Campitelli was called to the bar in 2007. She is Senior Crown counsel and a Team Leader with the Public Prosecution Service of Canada (PPSC).
Justice Brock Jones was called to the bar in 2005. He was an assistant Crown attorney, prosecuting adult and youth criminal justice cases$210K (2020) to $227K (2021) as Judge
Justice Brian Gregory Puddington was called to the bar in 2002. He is a team leader and senior counsel of the Toronto team at Public Prosecution Service of Canada (PPSC).
Justice Michael Waby is the legal director of the Ministry of the Attorney General’s Recovery Division. From $220K (2020) to $245K (2021) as Judge
Justice Joseph Callaghan was called to the bar in 1997. He joined the North York Crown’s Office where he has worked since 1999, first as an Assistant Crown Attorney and then as Deputy Crown Attorney. From $245K (2020) as ACA to $269K (2021) as Judge
Justice Robert Wright was called to the bar in 2005. Most recently, he was the Deputy Minister’s Office Lead and Special Counsel (Backlog and Recovery) with the Ministry of the Attorney General.From $220K (2020) to $229K (2021) as Judge April 2022
Justice Nathan Neuman Baker was called to the bar in 2007. He has led his law firm, Nathan Baker Law since 2017, conducting prosecutions for the Public Prosecution Service of Canada and defence of criminal matters in the Ontario and Superior Courts of Justice.
Justice Andrew Walter Brown was called to the bar in 1992. As an assistant Crown attorney, Justice Brown prosecuted various criminal offences in the Ontario and Superior Courts of Justice.$229K (2020) to ?
Justice Julie Y. Lefebvre in 2001 became an assistant Crown attorney and has prosecuted various cases before the Ontario and Superior Courts of Justice.$229K (2020) to ?
Justice Dana Peterson was called to the bar in 2002. She has been an assistant Crown attorney since 2002.$229K (2020) to ?
FOUR MORE GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES APPOINTED JUDGES – one a part-time employee.
OUR COURTS WILL REMAIN VIRTUAL WITH TRIAL EXCEPTIONS.
WE ARE STILL CHALLENGING THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF YET ANOTHER OF HARPER’S “TOUGH ON CRIME” MANDATORY MINIMUM SENTENCES
We’ve been successfully fighting these for years.
DO YOU REMEMBER HOW RIDICULOUS THE WAR ON WEED WAS? – GA Cops Pay $1M For A Single Ounce Of Weed After Charging 64 People With Possessing It
A REMINDER: POLICE CAN DEMAND A BREATH SAMPLE WITHOUT ANY SUSPICION OF IMPAIRMENT – That’s right. Police can also pull you over for no reason and demand a breath sample without any reason or suspicion. To refuse or fail to comply, criminalizes you.
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.”
Court Interpreters have been neglected and treated badly by the Province of Ontario for a long time. They are often an essential participant in a trial. They should be supported in their quest.
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What the hell is going on here?
Feb 26 2022 Hespeler Crash