Father Raymond J. De Souza, National Post · Feb. 2, 2012 "...the judge, seemed eager to issue a full-throated defence of Canadian values. That is easy enough when the question is murdering your
own [children]. But what about the rest of the time?"
Sometimes it really is too late to say you're sorry - Chris Selley, National Post · Feb. 16, 2012 "a pardon can go some way to healing [the] damage" of a brilliant man driven needlessly to suicide at age 41, and ... posthumous pardon is
most desirable where someone was wrongly convicted ... the most appropriate apologies, it seems to me, are issued concerning matters
where official policy wasn't followed, or where institutions ignored widespread wrongdoing. In centuries past, governments had an alarming
penchant for taking children away ..."
It takes two to raise a child - Barbara Kay National Post - Feb 15, 2012: '...In 2003 justice minister Martin Cauchon stated, “Divorced fathers have no rights, only responsibilities.” He might well have added, “Divorced
mothers have no responsibilities, only rights.” ...But anecdotes are not evidence of a rule, nor must they trump human rights. Most fathers
anguish over the loss of their children. Post-divorce suicide rates for men rise to 12-16 times those of divorced women, a direct reflection of
the grief and trauma fathers suffer from their marginalization. And since residential fathers today spend virtually the same amount of time in
hands-on parenting as mothers, their despair in exile is far more profound than it used to be...'
George Jonas, National Post · Feb. 8, 2012
"The biggest mistake, however, would be to draw the conclusion that anything [they] did right can ever mitigate what they did wrong."
Calgary Sun January 29, 2012, Paul Schliesmann: “It’s difficult to conceive of a more heinous, more despicable, more honourless crime ... a sick notion of honour that
has no place in any civilized society.”
Ezra Levant Toronto Sun January 30, 2012 :
"...Only now that they’re dead, have we roused ourselves to give a damn...Either we believe that everyone is protected by the law — that no
one is above it ... — or we don’t."
Toronto Sun February 02, 2012 "...legitimate questions about ...
pornography on its website....asking
questions any competent journalist would
ask, and should ask, when taxpayer
money is involved."
John Ivison National Post Feb 28, 2012: 'Watching [t]his performance, the image of another historic figure was conjured up – Richard Nixon – who coined the memorable political adage:
“It’s not the crime that kills you, it’s the cover up.” [ed Mar 18, 2012 - anonymouse cover up]
The government knows this story could hurt them if they don’t prove to everyone’s satisfaction that this is more like a bicycle accident than the
collapse of democracy in Canada.'
Reid Rusonik Toronto Star, May 3, 2012: Canadians have a right to expect police to tell the truth — all the time
'police perjury is “wrecking our justice system.” ... “100 or so” written judgments represent only the tip
of an iceberg of police fabrication.'