The background of the case was the long neglect of the requirements of the Royal Canadian NavyMark Norman had become the commander of the Royal Canadian Navy in 2013 after 33 years in that service. Vice-Admiral Norman is unusually deserving of the presumption of innocenceIn addition to whatever the official role may have been in trying to poison the public relations well, the government has withdrawn from Vice-Admiral Norman the benefit of its program of assisting federal government employees with the cost of legal problems. The practical utility of that presumption has been negated by the malicious and despotic instincts of those who are prosecuting him and denying Vice-Admiral Norman the benefit of a program to assist government employees with legal problems. The Royal Canadian Navy was the third largest navy in the world at the end of the Second World War, after the terrible damage done to the Japanese, French, Italian, German, and Soviet navies in the war. The shabby attempt to deny this distinguished man a fair trial must not be allowed to succeed.

Source: National Post November 23, 2018 15:22 UTC