Canada's "Justice" Minister (Lametti) thwarted the purpose of the convoy inquiry
And may simultaneously have received a personal benefit he should report
What a contrast there was between lawyer Keith Wilson, who testified before the Public Order Emergency Commission on November 2, and David Lametti, Minister of Justice (also a lawyer) who testified on November 23.
Wilson had obtained permission from his client Freedom Corp (which includes Tamara Lich, Chris Barber, Tom Marazzo, Danny Bulford and others) to waive solicitor-client privilege. The waiver allowed him to make full public disclosure of everything that went on during the Ottawa convoy and protest, including conversations he had with his clients and advice he had given them. They obviously felt they had nothing to hide and that justice would be better served through honesty than through secrecy.
Lametti, on the other hand, trotted out his assertion of solicitor-client privilege and his refusal to waive it even before he was sworn in, via his Government of Canada lawyer Andrea Gonsalves. He then invoked privilege several times while under cross-examination.
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Canada's "Justice" Minister (Lametti) thwarted the purpose of the convoy inquiry
I did read on Western Standard and thank you for bringing this issue to our attention. Just a little more sleeze from our government.