He was working punishing hours, and it was taking a toll on his family, he told a Sudbury courtroom on Tuesday. Thibeault was worried about explaining to his kids the sorts of nasty things people would say about their father’s apostasy. “My constant thought was, ‘do I want to make my family go through this,’ ” Thibeault told Crown prosecutor Rick Visca. There isn’t a single embarrassing line in any of the emails in evidence, let alone a smoking gun. Whether Lougheed and Sorbara are guilty or innocent of the Elections Act offences they’re charged with, I struggle at this point to discern the point of these proceedings.

Source: National Post September 20, 2017 02:18 UTC