Mulroney should have known better

Kelly McParland of the National Post recounts the background to this drama fairly well.

A former prime minister takes envelopes stuffed with cash from an arms dealer, and doesn’t tell the tax authorities about it for years.  The purpose for the payments aren’t clear.  There’s no evidence he provided the services he later says he was paid to provide.

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Michael Bryant: “Extraordinary” justice?

Christie Blatchford from the Globe and Mail suggested recently that perhaps lady justice was peeking out a little from under her blindfold, when Ontario dropped some very serious criminal charges against its former Attorney-General, Michael Bryant.

By now, most Canadian legal-watchers know that Michael Bryant was charged with criminal negligence causing the death of cyclist Darcy Sheppard.

Did he get a free pass?

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