SO YOU THOUGHT THAT DEMOCRACY AND THE COURTS COULDN"T BE PERVERTED?

In the March 31/22 Waterloo Region Record is an article titled "Media letter denounces criminal trial held in secret, not on docket". "A letter signed by the newsroom leaders of the province's major media outlets, including The Canadaian Press, stated their indignation and deep concern over the "shadow trial" revealed in a judgement rendered by the Qubec Court of Appeal, which was first published by La Presse." The police informant accused in the criminal case appealed his conviction and the appeals court issued a ruling in late February critical of the lower court proceedings. But for that appeal and ruling issued in late February the original trial's existence would never have been known by the public. It was not on the docket and its' decision was not initially made public. .......................................................................................................................... Yes that is horrible in a democratic country although fairly standard in many parts of the world (China, Russia, Syria, N. Korea etc.). Here in Ontario, Canada I saw a month long trial attended daily by a Record reporter (Dianne Woods) that received exactly zero coverage during the trial itself although there was a single article published in the Record a couple of months later based solely upon the 86 page Decision without reference to the damning testimony of many witnesses against the Plaintiff and school board throughout the trial. In hindsight that was likely a deal between the Plaintiff's lawyer and the Record to protect the Record from also being named as a Defendant.