Comment:

"Justice, Judges and Rule 369

During the days of the Soviet Union’s “show trials”, Joseph’s Stalin’s chief litigator was Andrei Wyszynski. (As an aside, Andrei was the first cousin of Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski, Chief Primate of Poland and mentor to Pope John Paul 2).

Andrei’s claim to judicial fame was that the entire trial was fixed before he went in front the judge. The judge was pre selected. The evidence was pre approved. All the necessary “confessions” had been pre extorted. The Kremlin applauded the orchestrated verdict.

Fast forward to 2015 and Ottawa’s Department of Justice using Federal Court Rule 369 to avoid appearing in front of a judge in open court.

Not even Andrei Wyszynski could imagine the state crossing the line in authorizing itself to avoid the messy awkwardness of presenting evidence in a court room.

Her Majesty should not be amused."

Richard Boraks, Jan 28, 2015