To the Editor: Probably more significant than serially abusing and proroguing parliament is the circulating of a dangerous perspective that stabs at the heart of fair trials in Canada. "The RCMP is calling on the Harper government to find a way to ease disclosure requirements that force the Mounties to share all of the fruits of their investigations with defence lawyers"*
Their argument is that disclosure costs too much. They apparently think that sharing already gathered and paid for information is not worth the effort to them.
In fact, handing over copies of binders, videos, and other evidence is the least expensive part of our justice system and withholding them is critically damaging.
How profoundly wrong can our government and its agencies get, one cannot say, but the attitude is more than a mere drift to the wrong side of the road and every bit as dangerous as driving on the other side of the line.
Eugene Parks, Victoria, BC.
