Canadians might ponder whether we are still a rule of law nation with prosecutorial independence as a major constitutional convention.
Vancouver M.P. Jody Wilson-Raybould was removed a few months ago as attorney general and expelled last week from the Liberal caucus by prime minister Justin Trudeau. It appears that her fate was the result of her legal opinion that as legal advisor to the government any decision on prosecutions should be made independently from political pressure, even coming from her prime minister.
