David Smith

MBA, JD. Keep up with Bentley the legal puggle on the Bentley blog. I follow back

[David Smith @EcoSmithdl]

@oram_alan @CountryCurt @sunlorrie @Puglaas Simple: He wanted to appease indigenous and have a 50-50 gender cabinet. Also, he believes outcome differences are proof of malevolent actions that need to be avenged regardless of competency. He thought by providing her support he could cover up her incomptetence- he was wrong.

[David Smith @EcoSmithdl]

@KeechyKat @CountryCurt @sunlorrie @Puglaas At the end of the day, National Economic Interest has nothing to do with SNC. It is an OECD term and @puglaas and the DPP once again failed to understand the intent of the law, which is to rid the company of wrongdoers, admit guilt and follow a monitored remedial course of action

[David Smith @EcoSmithdl]

@Greg01Burke @CountryCurt @sunlorrie @Puglaas You can accomplish the same result with a DPA and avoid a trial, and the possibility of a not guilty verdict. What if one Quebec juror votes not guilty? Wrongdoers gone, oversight, financial penalty, admission of guilt- no risk

[David Smith @EcoSmithdl]

@eamorris_ @sunlorrie @Puglaas The DPA criteria are subjective and regardless of the circumstances in which the offence was brought to the attention of authorities, or involvement by senior officials- cleaning up the company and the lack of severity of the offense are overriding

[David Smith @EcoSmithdl]

@eamorris_ @sunlorrie @Puglaas @CPC_HQ Have read the law, and have negotiated DPAs in US. Non-trial resolutions are pragmatic and efficient ways to resolve cases that would otherwise require significant time and resources to prosecute, and that may be difficult to prove. This is a failure by an inexperienced AG

[David Smith @EcoSmithdl]

@eamorris_ @sunlorrie @Puglaas Your interpretation of economic interest directly disagrees with the OECD interpretation the Canadian language was taken from. You have been drinking @CPC_HQ kool aid too long.

[David Smith @EcoSmithdl]

@eamorris_ @sunlorrie @Puglaas Again, not true, and demonstrates how incompetent @puglaas is. National economic interest is an OECD term. OECD notes non-trial resolutions can be a pragmatic and efficient way to resolve cases that require significant time and resources to prosecute, and are difficult to prove

[David Smith @EcoSmithdl]

@thegreylady4 @CountryCurt @sunlorrie @Puglaas @JustinTrudeau Again, not a Trudeau fan, but to believe that @Puglaas is not incompetent along with @cafreeland, @cathmckenna, @SeamusORegan, etc. and somehow a bastion of fundamental justice is nonsense

[David Smith @EcoSmithdl]

@eamorris_ @sunlorrie @Puglaas The appeal had nothing to do with the merits of offering SNC a DPA, only their right to appeal prosecutors decision. All SNC wrongdoers were offered plea agreements but not the company which got rid of wrongdoers, does that make sense to you?

[David Smith @EcoSmithdl]

@RickDeckardCda @CountryCurt @sunlorrie @Puglaas I’m aware that @Puglaas failure to understand dual criminality has put Canada in China’s crosshairs, hurt trade and jailed two Canadians. Should I explain dual criminality to you?

[David Smith @EcoSmithdl]

@thegreylady4 @CountryCurt @sunlorrie @Puglaas @JustinTrudeau Her legal experience was limited at best. She prosecuted DUIs before becoming an MP. The laws she put forth violated fundamental rights and failed to consider SCt decisions

[David Smith @EcoSmithdl]

@eamorris_ @sunlorrie @Puglaas What rot. Your arguments fail as a matter of fact, law and logic. So the law professors who disagree with her are wrong because LaFond is a law professor? Her arguments were political not legal. @Puglaas can’t put on her AG hat and yell foul when she is asked advice as a Minister

[David Smith @EcoSmithdl]

@thegreylady4 @CountryCurt @sunlorrie @Puglaas I’m no @JustinTrudeau fan, but are you suggesting giving @Puglaas the opportunity and then providing her the support she needed given her limited experience, then firing her after major mistakes violates the law? AG is not an appointment for life

[David Smith @EcoSmithdl]

@sunlorrie @gmbutts @JustinTrudeau @telfordk That’s your argument? A failed politically motivated AG who has the ethics of a snake should be believed because she went to law school? No wonder no one believes the media.

[David Smith @EcoSmithdl]

@CountryCurt @sunlorrie @Puglaas Look at her record- complete failure: #Huawei, assisted dying law fails SSCt Canada holding, impaired driving law fails science. She is a failed indigenous advocate who embarrassed herself

[David Smith @EcoSmithdl]

@CountryCurt @sunlorrie @Puglaas Really? Her only experience is as a two bit prosecutor with DUI cases. Every law she wrote infringes on fundamental rights except for indigenous How does she compare to other Supreme Court justices?

[David Smith @EcoSmithdl]

@DavidWohl @rosheenamend Is there a better candidate for the Miller Lite “Big Lawyer’s Roundup” than Michael Cohen? So @realDonaldTrump hired lawyers and investigators to stop #FakeNews and offered an office to someone who said he could broker a $100 million dollar deal? #CohenHearing

[David Smith @EcoSmithdl]

@Oma8612 @ScottPresler Is there a better candidate for the Miller Lite “Big Lawyer’s Roundup” than Michael Cohen? So @realDonaldTrump hired lawyers and investigators to stop #FakeNews and offered an office to someone who said he could broker a $100 million dollar deal? #WitchHunt

[David Smith @EcoSmithdl]

Is there a better candidate for the Miller Lite “Big Lawyer’s Roundup” than Michael Cohen? So @realDonaldTrump hired lawyers and investigators to stop #FakeNews and offered an office to someone who said he could broker a $100 million dollar deal? #WitchHunt