Hello Clive, I am a blast from the past.
Imagine having to go to us sources to hear testimony we are entitled to hear.
Great Dane.
But there is the issue of conflict of rights, to wit, the right of the public to be informed about government misconduct against the right of an accused to have a fair trial.
When these rights come into conflict, neither is absolute and the court has to strike the best balance possible in light of the facts in issue.
Both Canada and the US have confronted this issue on more than one occasion and neither considers one right to be paramount over the other although Canada tends to lean more in favour of the rights of the subject to a fair trial while the US tends to lean toward the right of the public to be informed.
US courts have issued gag orders and Canadian courts have refused gag orders although an accused is more likely to get a gag order in a Canadian Court,
As to Gomery having issued a publication ban (now lifted because the criminal trial has been postponed):
I do not see Gomery as being in the pocket of either the Grits or Mr Dithers and he certainly does not kowtow to 'ti Jean. (Note that he has on more than one occasion refused to recuse himself on 'ti Jean's motions.)
And when the accused asked for a postponement to September and only got a postponement to June, Gomery today accepted the postponement as grounds to lift his publication ban.
It is nice to see you back. Lise.
You okay?