Man bites dog dep’t: Last Thursday the National Magazine of the Canadian Bar Association published an op-ed praising the Ontario Court of Appeal for an act of rock-solid common sense . A couple of weeks ago, the court overturned some Superior Court acquittals for Freedom Convoy organizer Pat King, who had been successfully convicted on mischief and other charges related to the 2022 trucker protests that besieged parts of Ottawa. But the judge trying King, the Hon. Charles Hackland, had declined to convict King on three charges related to the Criminal Code offence of “intimidation,” which can carry a sentence of up to five years’ imprisonment.
Colby Cosh: How come it takes a right-wing convoy for courts to uphold law and order?
