These days, justice is in the air and it smells of fish

It would be hard to imagine a more meretricious or cynical 'comms' policy than the one that is sinking the PM and his government in the polls.
Former attorney general and justice minister Jody Wilson-Raybould and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. As for the contretemps with his former AG, the PM insists it was not undue pressure on his part, just a difference of opinion between colleagues, writes Michael Harris.
HALIFAX—These days, justice is in the air—and it smells distinctly of fish. South of the border, Jussie Smollett, Robert Kraft, and Donald Trump—celebrities all in their own way, have reinvented the legal process for their own benefit. But what is the difference between an individual celebri...

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