Dec 2, 202218 min read
BORN AGAIN
In a first-year Canadian History course, I was made to debate the invocation of the War Measures Act and the internment of "enemy aliens"...
Nov 28, 202216 min read
FINAL SUBMISSIONS
AS I HEARD THEM: So Commissioner Rouleau, for the record, my name is Sujit Choudhry and I’m counsel for the Canadian Constitution...
Nov 26, 20226 min read
THE PM
We heard from many sources that the Emergencies Act needed to be invoked, in part, because authorities could not access the tow trucks...
Nov 25, 20229 min read
FREELAND?
COUNSEL: Today in your evidence, you talked about the economic and financial consequences of the protests. And you talked about the...
Nov 14, 20223 min read
PUBLIC SAFETY MINISTERS
Counsel Miller questioned former Deputy Minister of Public Safety Rob Stewart. Stewart had testified about the threshold needing to be...
Nov 5, 20226 min read
TWO PROTESTERS
Once again, it seems that every day of inquiry will present surprising facts seemingly contrary to everything I was led to believe about...
Nov 3, 202214 min read
SOME ORGANIZERS
Starting on November 1st, we began hearing testimony from the convoy organizers. Once again I was surprised by what came out. As the...
Nov 1, 20229 min read
MORE FROM THE TOP BRASS
The Emergencies Act Commission heard many hours of testimony from key figures within Ottawa and Ontario policing between October 21st and...
Oct 26, 20221 min read
I'D LIKE A SALOON
Karl: I’d like to start a saloon. Yarl: Oh really? Karl: Oh yes. I've got it all sorted out. Yarl: I bet. Karl: The main floor is...
Oct 22, 202215 min read
THE COMMISSION HEARS FROM CITY AND PROVINCIAL POLICE
Days six and seven offered us more illuminating inquiry. The people running police operations in Ottawa knew what was coming,...
Oct 19, 202212 min read
QUESTIONING POLICE OVERSIGHT AND INTELLIGENCE
On day five of the inquiry, October 19th, we started hearing from executives within local and provincial policing and intelligence...
Oct 14, 202221 min read
SOME KIND OF INQUIRY
Much has been learned in the opening days of the Emergencies Act inquiry. Many surprises have come out, too. I’m so glad I wrote about...
Oct 1, 20228 min read
HÔPITAL Y
A short story by Lew Roeg-Roeg, recomposed and enShortened further still for modern sensibilities– It was a year. 2021, I think. France,...
Sep 20, 20225 min read
POLAR BEAR SNOW JOB
The job would be monitoring a threatened polar bear population. Most of us new recruits were well-educated and comfortable out of doors...
Sep 5, 20222 min read
DE-FAULT
Sometimes you fall apart. Sometimes you pass out. And you can break down or log off just any old time. Apparently. This is what the...
Aug 30, 20224 min read
CONSIGNED TO MALIGN
I'd gotten a text message from a friend telling me I should listen to this podcast from someone named Ezra Klein. I didn't know the...
Jul 16, 20222 min read
IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT
David Suzuki used to have this metaphor he'd use when talking about climate change. He likened the problem and our inaction to a car...
Jul 1, 20222 min read
VARIATIONS
Margaret's grandmother, Florence, and great-uncle, Noel, built a small cedar cabin on a little lake in British Columbia’s Interior back...
