In Montreal this evening fourteen light beams will rise from the top of Mount Royal, one by one into the sky. One for every woman murdered in the École Polytechnique Massacre 30-years-ago.Murdered just for being women, by a man who hated feminists. They were so young, they were so full of
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Montreal Simon: The Duffy Trial: Why the RCMP Still Doesn’t Get It
Almost two years ago Gilles Michaud, the RCMP's Assistant Commissioner, held a splashy news conference to announce that the force had laid no less than 31 charges against Mike Duffy.And despite the way the trial went, a few hours before the verdi…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Duffy Trial: Why the RCMP Owes Canadians an Explanation
When Justice Charles Vaillancourt acquitted Mike Duffy, he brought down his gavel on the head of quite a few others.He savaged Stephen Harper's PMO for the way it had tried to cover-up a scandal. He heaped scorn on the Senators who had treated Du…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Toronto’s G20 Victims Win the Right to Sue the Police
They turned my neighbourhood and much of downtown Toronto into a police state.They arrested more than a thousand people most of them peaceful protesters.They kettled them for no reason.Read more »
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Omar Khadr: The Last Post and the Happy Ending
In the last nine years I wrote more than 100 posts about the case of Omar Khadr, because I considered it one of the most shameful episodes in modern Canadian history.And could never accept that a Canadian child soldier could be tortured and jailed in…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Omar Khadr and the Monster Stephen Harper
Of all the Canadians Stephen Harper has muzzled during his reign of terror nobody was muzzled more than Omar Khadr.For years Harper prevented the media from meeting with him, hearing about his ordeal, or even taking his picture. So he could portray Khadr as a monster.And since I have never defended
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Omar Khadr: The Supreme Court Gives Stephen Harper Another Slap in the Face
It's the third time the Supreme Court of Canada has been asked to rule on the case of Omar Khadr.Twice before it has ruled in his favour, and today it did so again.And the way it did couldn't have been more of a slap in the face, or a kick
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