To Irwin Cotler Justice Minister of Canada

It was nice to see you bark at your opponents in the House of Commons last week "What the hell is going on here?" In some small way it did give the appearance of your wanting to oversee a judicial process of integrity.

Your predecessor Anne McLellan chipped in with "They take unsubstantiated allegations, they take fragments of testimony and information, and they do not care whose reputation they destroy."
I have enclosed a copy of the article from page 2 of the Friday April 8 Victoria Times Colonist featuring these comments.

Yet when I have questioned both of you as Justice Ministers since June of 2001, about the "unsubstantiated" findings of the Supreme Court of Canada's January 18/2001 decision. Both of you appeared clearly powerless or unwilling to request a truthful version of facts be brought forward in my situation before the Courts.

Your office was not powerless when it came time to add it's influence to the promotion of a penalty of life in prison being imposed on me, when it intervened at the Supreme Court.

Let's face it, these politicians and their helpers in this sponsorship scandal will never get any serious prison time. Why don't you put your talents toward something worthwhile, and have the "unsubstantiated" findings of the Supreme Court's January 18/2001 decision, and all of the parts of that decision that are supported by them taken out of force? This would then allow a jury to decide if my actions were criminal or not.

Your and your predecessor's failure to act on the "unsubstantiated" findings of the judicial process used against me clearly illustrates just how motivated your office is to act with integrity in matters that entrap ordinary people. Your office should be more than just a backup for people getting government paychecks.

Robert Latimer