Former Conservative cabinet minister and provincial police commissioner Julian Fantino has accused a Canadian judge, lawyers and several police forces of acting improperly and even illegally in the conviction and jailing of a man for contempt of court. “A more thorough investigation by the (judicial council), now that all the facts are known, may show that the judge was wilfully blind,” Fantino asserts. Best turned to the Canadian Judicial Council in January 2016 to complain about the judge. The council’s executive director rejected the complaint out of hand, prompting Best to ask Federal Court to review that decision. Boswell dismissed Best’s application and ordered him to pay the federal government and the judge $30,000 in legal costs.

Source: thestar December 30, 2017 00:33 UTC