Six hours earlier, as she reminded one of the clerks, she had won bail for her client. It is with this recent anecdote that I segue to the long report released Wednesday by the Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs. Complacency is exactly what happened in my court two days ago, at the clerk’s office, and most outrageously, to the poor S.O.B. The Senate committee heard them all — 138 witnesses, including sitting and retired judges, prisoner advocates, Crown prosecutors and defence lawyers — over the past 16 months. But the thrust of the report is fabulous, because it tackles the system as a whole and recognizes certain big truths.

Source: National Post June 15, 2017 00:56 UTC