Monthly Archives: September 2024

“I Had No Option”: How John Turner Became Pierre Trudeau’s Patronage Patsy in 1984


Pulling the Thread That Unravels the Tapestry  Like many interesting stories, this begins with a mistake and a clerical error. My colleague David Brock and I wrote an article for the Saskatchewan Law Review called “Beyond the Writ: The Expansion … Continue reading

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