Can a busy female politician give reliable evidence? A judge says no
Lisa MacLeod is a young female politician who commutes to her job at Queen's Park from Ottawa and leaves her husband, Joe, and four-year-old daughter, Victoria, at home. Mr. Justice Douglas Cunningham of Ontario Superior Court said this is a big distraction for the 34-year-old woman and as a result he felt he could not accept her evidence as corroboration of the Crown's key witness in the recent high-profile, influence-peddling trial of Ottawa Mayor Larry O'Brien.
Does anyone think that this would EVER be mentioned by a judge about a male politician? Of course not.
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No. False. Sorry. The decision is here. See paragraphs 61-4.
The judge notes that the defense argued she was quite busy, and the judge agrees that this was true. He then goes on to say that he must give her testimony "little weight" because it is imprecise and unreliable.
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