Please support this man! The courageous story of Justice lawyer Edgar Schmidt
If anyone can get contact information on how to contact him I would appreciate it. This man needs to be commended and defended by anyone who cares about democracy and justice. In my opinion it is very important that he is supported in any way possible.
I experienced the ease in which the courts can suppress and destroy my ability to receive justice within the system. I dealt with it first hand when the courts allowed a lawyer for the Justice Department to put forward his own motion to have my motion thrown out. my motion was simple, to gain access to disclosure of information which the state has on me (in the form of a dossier in the hands of the RCMP and CSIS). They not only refused to plead to the charges, but simply had them thrown out...an absolute travesty of process. I was appalled and further thrown into an even darker place when I realized just how easily the system can circumvent and outright deny accountability to anyone working in the system.
I am at a risk of losing everything due to the actions of the state, with no avenue of support to be found. This man is courageous and on the right side when he fights this battle, please, if you can, reach out to him, write him, anything to ensure he forges on. I will be watching this case closely in hopes that he can overturn a system that is more like Eastern Germany than it is a Western democracy.
Justice department whistleblower on a crusade to sustain the rule of law
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/justice-department-whistleblower-on-a-crusade-to-sustain-the-rule-of-law/article9001991/
“As a fairly senior person toward the end of his career, it fell to me,” said Mr. Schmidt, who launched a legal action last month accusing his department of short-circuiting a legal requirement that new laws be vetted to see whether they comply with guarantees in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
Since launching his crusade to force the department to live up to its obligations, Mr. Schmidt has been suspended without pay and barred from his office.
However, in a major victory for the 60-year-old lawyer, the department on Friday backed off its legal strategy of asking a judge to throw out the case.