'A person's employment should be protected, when appropriate, by a right to contact his or her employer when held in custody.' - John McEvoy , adjudicatorIn his ruling, adjudicator John McEvoy called for prisoners to be given the right to contact their employer when in custody. On Nov. 13, Lynch pleaded guilty to having care and control of a motor vehicle while impaired. He ended up serving six weeks in jail on remand, a further six weeks in jail, and six weeks in a halfway house. "Had the rumour been that Lynch was in hospital, one wonders if the employer's response would have been the same."

Source: CBC News February 16, 2017 10:52 UTC