Deposition of a suit that might fit
Our legal system rests, in large part, on a simple premise. If I say one thing, and you say something diametrically opposite, then one of us is wrong. Up to a certain point, society accepts the air of argument that ensues. Beyond that point, the two parties appear in a court of their peers, both swear to tell the truth; one is shown to be incorrect and we apply penalties.
Which is why the deposition of a lawsuit before the PEI Supreme Court, today, sets the stage for some interesting testimony. I won’t go in to the particulars (this is already boring), but on one side you have a firm that wanted to do what business is wont to do: increase their wealth. On the other, some “Ministers of the Crown” (a fancy descriptive for politicians). The parties of the second part managed to derail what seems like just another nefarious scheme.
The rub (and there has to be one) is that those same politicians have already told the population that they knew nothing about the whole affair; ergo, it never existed.
Remember the penalty part. If the plaintiff is wrong, there are penalties for a misspoken suit. If the defendants are wrong; I don’t know! Do politicians EVER get punished for doing things that are wrong? Pardon my cynicism, but I can’t think of many cases where justice was served. This time around, the public might find the distraction of criminal activity enough to send those politicians back to a lifestyle outside of public largesse.
