It has nothing to do with being “woke”, it has to do with having the widest pool of talent available to pick from.
There was a lot of talk of my family lawyer becoming a judge when the NDP won the election, and she would make a great judge.
She also did a criminal case for my son who was arrested for stupidity as a teenager, which nearly netted him 5 years in prison. When I say he was arrested for “stupidity” all I can say in his defense is he was 19, and incredibly stupid. He’s older and smarter than that now.
He got off with no criminal record at all, a small fine and community service. And she charged us the “family and friends” rate.
I was doing her corporate work back in 1990, when my daughter was born, and I started freelancing:
Thora H. Espinet is a Barrister, Solicitor, Notary Public and Family Law Mediator. She obtained her undergraduate degree from York University and her Law Degree from the University of Windsor in 1982. She was called to the Ontario Bar in 1984. She is a former Chair of the Canada Pension Plan Tribuna
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