Onslow Belmont Memo, NSCA Adjournments, Conflicted Crown, NSP Liability, CSIS at Emergencies Act Inq

This week, I discuss some reconciliation videos being filmed, including one I did with Chief Stephen Augustine on the legacy of Donald Marshall Jr., the most impactful individual litigant in Canadian history, in my view. In the news this week, the NS Mass Casualty Commission continues to release new information, even though proceedings have concluded. This week featured a memo regarding the Onslow Belmont Fire Hall shootings, which was quite critical of the officers who did the shooting, and SiRT for clearing them of liability. The NS Court of Appeal wrote an unusual letter to the NS Bar Society complaining about the large number of appeal hearings being adjourned in recent months. A doctor from Amherst has had three sexual assault charges stayed, as the court tries to sort out whether a Crown prosecutor who had previously represented a potential victim in a civil suit against the doctor is in conflict. NS Power has extortionary legal authority by virtue of the NS Power Privatization Act. One is an insulation against liability for power outages. I discuss how that might change. Finally, this week in the Emergencies Act Inquiry, the National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister sought to re-define how the Inquiry should interpret what it means to be a "public order emergency". I discuss why I do not find her submission persuasive.