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The last couple of years
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have been tough, right?
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Challenging.
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We've had to fightfor the little things
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that make us feel, human.
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We've had to get usedto a life in stasis.
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Praying that you get to finish
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whatever you were in the middle of
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when the world changed.
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Don't get me wrong,
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life in the midst of apandemic wasn't all bad.
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Cheers.
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Cheers.
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We were reminded of how much,
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we love our loved ones.
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We "Bubbled" with strangersand made lifelong friends.
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Hey, hold on!
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And while most of
us were dealing with a virus
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that made being socially distant
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from loved ones the new normal,
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some of us saw our livesirrevocably changed by loss.
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Every morning, my client, Nina Francis,
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would make the journeyfrom Preston to Halifax,
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to work as a continuing care assistant
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at one of Oakland Park'slong term care facilities.
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And she did that job,
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efficiently, diligently,
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and with the greatest of care.
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During the pandemic,
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she was required to do this job
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under the worst circumstances.
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Lack of PPE,
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no access to N-95 masks,
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being shuttled across Oakland Park's
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six long term care facilities.
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My client is charged withassault with a weapon
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and criminal negligence.
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She's not guilty, ladies and gentlemen.
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Nina Francis,
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was confronted by the
complainant at her home,
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as she was taking her two
young children to school.
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Now the complainant attacked my client
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because she believed,
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that Ms. Francis gave
her mother COVID-19;
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a virus she did succumb to.
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My client attempted to escape.
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Ms. MacAskill's unrelenting attack.
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And when Ms. Eilidh MacAskill
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refused to back away
from my client's vehicle,
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she was injured.
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The Crown is gonna tell you this
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accident was purposeful.
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This case is an unwarranted
attack on a woman,
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who risked her own life every day,
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through one of the most
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unprecedented events of our lifetime.
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Ladies and gentlemen of the jury,
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COVID-19 has taken so much
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from so many people.
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Don't allow it to claim
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Nina Francis' freedom,
and her family too.
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Please find her not guilty.
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Thank you.
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Call your first witness.
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Yes your Honour.
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We call Eilidh MacAskill
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to the witness stand.
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I guess Karen ain't
calling the manager today.
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She's handling her business herself.
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Mm mm, oh! She tryin' to, oh!
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Oh man, she gonna crack the window!
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Look at her, man.
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Oh my goodness!
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She fell back, and she's drivin' off!
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Did she just hit her?
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I cannot believe what I have...
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Is she all right?
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Keep filming, I'm gonna call 911.
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All right. Oh my...
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Are you okay?
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Ms. MacAskill,
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there's no doubt that video
must be triggering for you.
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Do you need a moment?
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- I'm good.
- Okay.
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Now, can you tell the court,
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what happened after the accused's truck
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made contact with you?
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I'm not sure,
I just remember being in a lot of pain.
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Do you recall if the accused stopped
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to see if you were okay?
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She just ran off.
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- She just left the scene?- Yes.
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And she didn't come to your aid?
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No. She ran inside her house.
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Two guys came from I don't know where
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and I guess they called an ambulance.
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An ambulance?
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So you must've been hurt pretty badly?
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My leg was broken in three places
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and I suffered a concussion.
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I'm a CPA.
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I've had trouble focusing
since what happened.
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Get headaches.
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I haven't been able to go back to work.
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How long have you been off work?
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Almost 13 months.
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Do you have a sense from your doctor
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when you'll be able to go back?
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They don't know if
I'll be able to go back.
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So you heard that Gregor's
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stepping down as Chair?
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I'll believe that when I see it.
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Gregor's gone.
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He's not even in the country.
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He handed me his proxy just in case.
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Still playing the puppet master.
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Unbelievable.
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So who's gonna replace him?
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Well, there's Eugene Alfreds,
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Quinta Tyson,
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Percy Lincoln.
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Percy Lincoln? Seriously?
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I wouldn't sweat it.
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He's viewed as too radical.
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Even the "left" has its limits.
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Thinking about tossing
your hat in the ring?
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Give your head a shake.
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You know how long I've
been trying to reform.
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Halifax Legal Aid?
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Well, it sounds like you have ideas.
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And the added bonus
is you have history,
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AKA you're old.
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Thanks, Colleen.
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I'll think about it.
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There the big talking man is.
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With your cheap settler promises.
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I thought you were gonna
do something for us.
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Now, I'm just getting this.
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We waited five months for a no?
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The government's not getting
their hands on my niece's kid.
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- Hey.
- Hey, Colleen.
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You got a minute to talk about this?
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You the boss?
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I am, yeah. How can I help?
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Stop screwing us with
your "Nos" for a start.
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We rejected her claim.
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Okay, well you can always appeal.
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Damn it!
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My niece is 16.
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She's in the system.
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Me and her mother,we grew up in the system.
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After my sister died,
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I swore I wouldn't let Ivy...
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She wasn't supposed to
end up in foster care.
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I let her down.
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How many more of us
do they get to claim?
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That child of hersbelongs with her people.
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I need to bring her home.
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Here, I want you to
write down your number.
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I'll call you this afternoon,
I promise.
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Look,
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I know you said "No" but this file...
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There's always a "file" Doug.
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We don't have the resources
to take on every case.
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It's six or seven hours, Colleen.
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Ronnie's niece is in foster care.
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She's 16 and eight months pregnant.
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Ronnie just wants to be appointed
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guardian of her grand-nephew,
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keep the child out of care.
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It's six or seven hours.
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If she registers an
appeal I'll expedite it.
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You're not getting this, Colleen.
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I'm sorry for taking this out on you,
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but she applied for legal
aid nearly five months ago.
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We should be embarrassed
it takes this long
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to respond to people.
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Wow, that's what passes as an apology?
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Why does this woman
have to fight for help?
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We'll give a legal aid certificate
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to a murderer just like that.
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We have to be better.
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You have no idea what
I deal with on the daily.
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Do more with less,
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take from "Peter" to pay "Paul".
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The focus this quarter
is women not men,
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Black not White.
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Agendas are constantly shifting.
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And every time I ask for more,
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I'm told to make it work.
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And that's exactly whatI'm doing, every day.
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So don't...
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Don't come at me suggesting otherwise.
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You're right.
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I shouldn't have said that, I'm just...
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Ten hours, Doug.
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I'll give you ten hours
to work this out.
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Thank you. Thank you, Colleen.
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And don't get too excited,
I'm not sanctioning
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court time on this, all right?
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Couple of phone calls, some meetings,
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keep this really short and simple.
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Why did you choose
Oakland Park for your mom?
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It seemed nice.
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I thought they'd take good care of her,
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that she'd be safe.
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And was that the case?
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Uh, for the first couple months.
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But then, once she, the accused,
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um, became my mom's
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continuing care assistant, it's like,
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everything just went to hell.
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I'd show up and mom would
be sitting in her own mess
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or, she'd need an extra pillow
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and Nina would look at
me like I had two heads.
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- Hearsay.- Move along, Ms. Mayle.
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Did you speak to anyone,
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about your mom's care?
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Not at first but once she pushed me...
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Objection, your Honour.
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It is our intention,
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to present evidence
of a prior altercation
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between Ms. MacAskill and the accused.
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Hmm.
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The witness can continue.
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She's lying.
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- I never touched her.
- I know.
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Nina, we're gonna get our turn.
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Once that woman pushed me,
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I complained to her boss,
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and the accused was taken
off my mother's care.
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So that was the end of the defendant's
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interaction with your mother?
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No...
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As a result of COVID,
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Oakland Park was short staffed, so...
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The accused was put
back on my mom's team.
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How did your mother respond to that?
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I don't know.
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Oakland Park was on lockdown.
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I didn't get to see her.
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My mother died of COVID.
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That woman gave her COVID-19...
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Objection! This is highly prejudicial.
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I'm as surprised as Ms. Diggs
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to hear this from my witness.
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However, we intend to
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- call evidence...
- And,
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I will consider the
relevance of that evidence
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when it's put before the court.
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Your Honour,
the complainant's allegations
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are entirely without basis.
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The jury needs to be cautioned.
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She's a "hotspotter".
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From Preston.
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Even the government
said that that community
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was a hotspot for COVID.
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- Seriously, your Honour.
- Ms. MacAskill,
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I need you to simplyanswer the questions.
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Ms. Mayle asks of you.
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Don't editorialize, don't present facts
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you don't know as facts.
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Ms. Diggs, I will take
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your request, for a caution to the jury
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under advisement.
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Let's move this along.
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Let's go back to the day that
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the accused's vehicle
made contact with you.
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Did you have a weapon in your hand
270
00:10:11,390 --> 00:10:12,823
when you approached the defendant?
271
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No.
272
00:10:14,046 --> 00:10:15,446
Were you planning to physically
273
00:10:15,494 --> 00:10:16,559
harm the defendant?
274
00:10:16,710 --> 00:10:18,110
I was upset,
275
00:10:18,573 --> 00:10:20,049
but I just wanted to talk to her,
276
00:10:20,098 --> 00:10:22,033
to understand what
happened to my mother.
277
00:10:22,134 --> 00:10:23,728
I wasn't going to hurt her.
278
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I have no further questions.
279
00:10:26,338 --> 00:10:28,602
Ms. Diggs, cross.
280
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Your mother died.
281
00:10:33,690 --> 00:10:35,231
This is someone you idolized,
282
00:10:35,280 --> 00:10:36,884
someone you loved.
283
00:10:37,021 --> 00:10:38,075
And,
284
00:10:38,123 --> 00:10:39,450
you blame Nina Francis
285
00:10:39,498 --> 00:10:41,010
- for her death?
- Yes.
286
00:10:41,059 --> 00:10:42,186
Yes I do.
287
00:10:42,287 --> 00:10:43,835
And, when you confronted her,
288
00:10:43,883 --> 00:10:45,167
at her home
289
00:10:45,941 --> 00:10:47,262
you were angry.
290
00:10:47,349 --> 00:10:48,915
I wouldn't say angry, no.
291
00:10:48,966 --> 00:10:50,017
No?
292
00:10:50,066 --> 00:10:52,005
Just thirty minutes before
you were asking
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00:10:52,053 --> 00:10:54,932
staff members for my
client's home address.
294
00:10:54,994 --> 00:10:56,770
I wanted to talk to her, yes.
295
00:10:56,818 --> 00:10:58,390
- But...
- But you were angry?
296
00:10:59,638 --> 00:11:01,852
Nobody would give me a straight answer.
297
00:11:02,774 --> 00:11:04,252
I just wanted to talk.
298
00:11:04,301 --> 00:11:05,468
Talk?
299
00:11:18,190 --> 00:11:20,191
This doesn't look like
somebody who wants to talk.
300
00:11:20,240 --> 00:11:21,310
Objection,
301
00:11:21,410 --> 00:11:23,645
we're not here for Ms. Diggs opinion.
302
00:11:24,432 --> 00:11:26,183
I'm done with the witness.
303
00:11:35,451 --> 00:11:36,870
So she just gets to lie like that?
304
00:11:36,919 --> 00:11:38,950
The jury knows that
she's being dishonest.
305
00:11:38,998 --> 00:11:40,198
Do they Marcie?
306
00:11:40,247 --> 00:11:41,314
The media has
307
00:11:41,362 --> 00:11:42,924
half the city believing I'm the one
308
00:11:42,972 --> 00:11:45,006
responsible for the
outbreak at Oakland Park,
309
00:11:45,380 --> 00:11:47,419
- like I'm some serial killer.
- Nina!
310
00:11:47,468 --> 00:11:48,558
What, Earl?
311
00:11:48,607 --> 00:11:50,158
Eilidh MacAskill gets to
312
00:11:50,206 --> 00:11:52,285
spew her lies to
anyone willing to listen.
313
00:11:52,334 --> 00:11:53,468
What about us?
314
00:11:53,517 --> 00:11:54,884
I can't get a job,
315
00:11:54,947 --> 00:11:57,240
no one will hire you because of me.
316
00:11:57,449 --> 00:11:59,143
And I'm sending the
girls to my brothers
317
00:11:59,192 --> 00:12:01,303
just so they don't have
to be hassled every day.
318
00:12:01,487 --> 00:12:04,022
Nina, I need you to
maintain a positive attitude...
319
00:12:04,123 --> 00:12:05,723
You be positive, Marcie.
320
00:12:05,825 --> 00:12:09,027
All being positive has ever
gotten me was disappointment.
321
00:12:09,128 --> 00:12:10,278
These people have made it so
322
00:12:10,326 --> 00:12:12,568
I can't hold my head
up in my own community.
323
00:12:13,405 --> 00:12:15,472
And who knows if I'll ever be able to.
324
00:12:18,685 --> 00:12:20,402
- Hi Ona.- Sorry Iris,
325
00:12:20,450 --> 00:12:21,506
I was just getting up to speed.
326
00:12:21,607 --> 00:12:23,304
Uh, can you just give
us a moment please?
327
00:12:23,353 --> 00:12:24,573
Thanks.
328
00:12:25,036 --> 00:12:26,859
I didn't realize your
roomie was joining us.
329
00:12:26,908 --> 00:12:28,489
Oh, it's for our client.
330
00:12:28,685 --> 00:12:29,927
Yes, I was hoping that we could all
331
00:12:29,975 --> 00:12:31,053
work together on this one.
332
00:12:31,102 --> 00:12:33,304
I like to think we're
always on the same side.
333
00:12:33,552 --> 00:12:35,253
I don't think that's what Doug meant.
334
00:12:35,354 --> 00:12:36,958
I'm just messing with your roomie.
335
00:12:37,007 --> 00:12:38,343
So,
336
00:12:38,391 --> 00:12:39,974
your client's aunt wants to be
337
00:12:40,022 --> 00:12:41,559
the guardian of her unborn child?
338
00:12:41,833 --> 00:12:43,446
What's the full name
of the mother-to-be?
339
00:12:43,495 --> 00:12:45,982
Ivy Lynn, no "e", Maloney.
340
00:12:50,089 --> 00:12:51,390
Is there something wrong?
341
00:12:51,489 --> 00:12:52,731
No, no,
342
00:12:52,779 --> 00:12:54,743
it's just a birth alert
on Ivy Lynn's file.
343
00:12:54,792 --> 00:12:56,785
Why is there a
birth alert on Ivy's file?
344
00:12:56,942 --> 00:12:58,192
I'd have to check with whoever
345
00:12:58,240 --> 00:13:00,089
entered this into the system.
346
00:13:00,911 --> 00:13:02,239
I mean, she's a minor,
347
00:13:02,287 --> 00:13:03,557
living in foster care,
348
00:13:03,606 --> 00:13:05,723
with a juvenile history and
some learning exceptionalities.
349
00:13:05,772 --> 00:13:06,822
It could be that simple.
350
00:13:06,871 --> 00:13:08,542
Is it too late to submit a safety plan?
351
00:13:08,591 --> 00:13:09,958
To have her aunt appointed
as the person
352
00:13:10,007 --> 00:13:11,229
who takes custody of Ivy's child,
353
00:13:11,278 --> 00:13:12,557
instead of social services?
354
00:13:12,658 --> 00:13:14,427
I can try and push one through.
355
00:13:14,601 --> 00:13:16,446
But she can also make her
application for guardianship
356
00:13:16,495 --> 00:13:17,677
once the child is born.
357
00:13:17,726 --> 00:13:19,355
So you guys can just
358
00:13:19,449 --> 00:13:21,144
take someone's baby,
359
00:13:21,434 --> 00:13:22,519
for nothing?
360
00:13:22,611 --> 00:13:24,292
Don't get it twisted, Iris.
361
00:13:24,341 --> 00:13:25,770
Look, the whole basis of the policy
362
00:13:25,818 --> 00:13:27,009
is the best interest of the child.
363
00:13:27,058 --> 00:13:28,121
Especially if the mother
364
00:13:28,170 --> 00:13:29,638
of that child is Indigenous or Black.
365
00:13:29,716 --> 00:13:31,293
- Hmm.
- Look, we can,
366
00:13:31,342 --> 00:13:33,413
run this over till the cows come home,
but,
367
00:13:33,578 --> 00:13:35,480
it sounds like you guys are on a clock.
368
00:13:35,900 --> 00:13:37,000
We are.
369
00:13:37,130 --> 00:13:39,140
We'll have the safety
plan in this afternoon.
370
00:13:39,551 --> 00:13:41,122
Ronnie does not want her niece's child
371
00:13:41,170 --> 00:13:42,568
spending a day in the system.
372
00:13:42,888 --> 00:13:45,123
- Thank you, Ona.
- Yeah.
373
00:13:45,925 --> 00:13:47,292
- See ya.
- Okay.
374
00:13:51,356 --> 00:13:53,984
Look, our legal aid system is a mess,
375
00:13:54,033 --> 00:13:56,401
underfunded, overworked, inefficient.
376
00:13:56,502 --> 00:13:59,971
It is supposed to be about
increasing access to justice,
377
00:14:00,115 --> 00:14:02,216
and that shouldn't just mean family,
378
00:14:02,264 --> 00:14:03,325
- and criminal.
- No.
379
00:14:03,403 --> 00:14:04,628
Come on, we do more than that.
380
00:14:04,677 --> 00:14:06,623
I got you, I do, but,
381
00:14:06,725 --> 00:14:09,156
I'm talking civil litigation,
382
00:14:09,205 --> 00:14:10,949
wills and estates.
383
00:14:11,102 --> 00:14:13,253
If I'm elected newchair of the HLA board,
384
00:14:13,302 --> 00:14:15,453
I will bring everyone under one roof.
385
00:14:15,554 --> 00:14:17,956
We're wasting money with
leases across the city.
386
00:14:18,057 --> 00:14:19,158
Also...
387
00:14:19,258 --> 00:14:21,700
We only need one "Colleen",
388
00:14:21,748 --> 00:14:23,179
managing everyone,
389
00:14:23,228 --> 00:14:25,279
instead of being top heavy with
390
00:14:25,327 --> 00:14:27,301
administrative salaries.
391
00:14:27,566 --> 00:14:30,134
And that savings will
go to fund more lawyers,
392
00:14:30,183 --> 00:14:32,396
who will earn more than
just a living wage.
393
00:14:32,474 --> 00:14:34,033
Hive mind.
394
00:14:34,286 --> 00:14:36,073
What about negotiating with government?
395
00:14:36,174 --> 00:14:37,334
You can't throw a press conference
396
00:14:37,382 --> 00:14:38,780
every time you get in a spat.
397
00:14:38,829 --> 00:14:41,409
The house, needs to be cleaned.
398
00:14:41,613 --> 00:14:43,815
I can't do that if I'm locked outside.
399
00:14:44,650 --> 00:14:47,352
Stand next to me, Colleen.
400
00:14:47,453 --> 00:14:48,579
The two of us
401
00:14:48,627 --> 00:14:50,739
working together can usher in
402
00:14:50,787 --> 00:14:52,520
an entirely new era
403
00:14:52,568 --> 00:14:54,262
in Halifax Legal Aid.
404
00:14:56,379 --> 00:14:57,839
Let's keep talking.
405
00:14:58,996 --> 00:15:00,754
Tell me that's a yes.
406
00:15:02,027 --> 00:15:03,362
We investigated the incident
407
00:15:03,411 --> 00:15:04,745
between Nina and Ms. MacAskill,
408
00:15:04,794 --> 00:15:07,017
but, as it was really
a she said/she said,
409
00:15:07,066 --> 00:15:08,214
we just decided moving Nina
410
00:15:08,262 --> 00:15:09,468
would be best for everyone.
411
00:15:09,517 --> 00:15:10,737
But then COVID hit,
412
00:15:10,793 --> 00:15:12,045
and the accused ended up back
413
00:15:12,094 --> 00:15:13,528
on the late Mona MacAskill's team?
414
00:15:13,577 --> 00:15:14,629
Yes.
415
00:15:14,678 --> 00:15:15,799
When did Mona MacAskill
416
00:15:15,847 --> 00:15:17,997
first exhibit symptoms of COVID-19?
417
00:15:18,082 --> 00:15:20,224
Objection, relevance?
418
00:15:20,275 --> 00:15:22,036
Your Honour, the defence is arguing
419
00:15:22,085 --> 00:15:23,957
that the complainant
attacked the accused,
420
00:15:24,006 --> 00:15:25,815
because she gave her mother COVID-19.
421
00:15:25,864 --> 00:15:27,242
They've made this relevant.
422
00:15:28,274 --> 00:15:29,778
Go ahead, Ms. Mayle.
423
00:15:29,879 --> 00:15:31,388
Objection overruled.
424
00:15:31,524 --> 00:15:33,143
Do you need me to repeat the question?
425
00:15:33,208 --> 00:15:34,272
According to our records,
426
00:15:34,321 --> 00:15:36,660
she started exhibiting
symptoms April 21st.
427
00:15:36,709 --> 00:15:38,710
And was the accused part of her team?
428
00:15:38,759 --> 00:15:39,797
Yes, but,
429
00:15:39,845 --> 00:15:41,965
she'd only just returned
to work days earlier.
430
00:15:42,066 --> 00:15:43,467
Nina was off for two weeks.
431
00:15:43,758 --> 00:15:45,625
- Vacation.- She took a vacation?
432
00:15:45,673 --> 00:15:47,137
At the height of the pandemic?
433
00:15:47,290 --> 00:15:49,024
Nina said her husband
had to go out of town
434
00:15:49,073 --> 00:15:50,340
for a family emergency.
435
00:15:50,441 --> 00:15:51,675
How long before the outbreak
436
00:15:51,724 --> 00:15:53,113
had the accused returned to work?
437
00:15:53,162 --> 00:15:54,222
Objection!
438
00:15:54,271 --> 00:15:55,575
Ms. Mayle is attempting to link
439
00:15:55,623 --> 00:15:57,017
the outbreak to my client.
440
00:15:57,066 --> 00:15:59,808
I'm as dismayed as you are, Ms. Diggs.
441
00:16:00,017 --> 00:16:01,544
We're gonna take fifteen.
442
00:16:01,609 --> 00:16:03,920
Sheriff, please excuse the jury.
443
00:16:04,021 --> 00:16:05,255
All rise.
444
00:16:05,356 --> 00:16:06,756
I want a mistrial.
445
00:16:06,858 --> 00:16:08,250
Every time Ms. Mayle mentions
446
00:16:08,298 --> 00:16:10,073
COVID in connection to my client,
447
00:16:10,122 --> 00:16:12,047
the Jury looks at herlike she's a murderer.
448
00:16:12,148 --> 00:16:13,882
She's deliberately
feeding them information
449
00:16:13,931 --> 00:16:15,114
that's completely
450
00:16:15,162 --> 00:16:16,333
- false.
- False?
451
00:16:16,402 --> 00:16:17,872
Every news outlet in the country
452
00:16:17,921 --> 00:16:20,018
has reported on the
outbreak at Oakland Park,
453
00:16:20,067 --> 00:16:21,909
and several of them mention your client
454
00:16:21,958 --> 00:16:23,392
as the source of the outbreak.
455
00:16:23,448 --> 00:16:25,192
Ms. Mayle, I'm astonished,
456
00:16:25,240 --> 00:16:27,210
that you would engage
in this line of questioning.
457
00:16:27,311 --> 00:16:29,346
The outbreak atOakland Park is irrelevant.
458
00:16:29,447 --> 00:16:31,081
This is behaviour I might expect to see
459
00:16:31,130 --> 00:16:33,794
from a prosecutor with zero experience.
460
00:16:34,118 --> 00:16:35,719
I want a mistrial, your Honour.
461
00:16:35,820 --> 00:16:36,987
I don't see how my client
462
00:16:37,036 --> 00:16:38,759
can get a fair trial going forward?
463
00:16:38,808 --> 00:16:40,651
You're not getting a
mistrial, Ms. Diggs.
464
00:16:40,825 --> 00:16:42,075
The Jury will be given
465
00:16:42,123 --> 00:16:43,380
specific instructions regarding
466
00:16:43,428 --> 00:16:45,061
the comments made by Ms. Mayle.
467
00:16:45,163 --> 00:16:46,754
Bring the jury back.
468
00:16:48,213 --> 00:16:50,020
They just get to do this
469
00:16:50,068 --> 00:16:51,700
without even telling us?
470
00:16:51,783 --> 00:16:54,304
I'm so sick of these people
and their damn traps.
471
00:16:54,405 --> 00:16:56,039
They just get to take my baby?
472
00:16:56,140 --> 00:16:57,878
We can get around this.
473
00:16:58,312 --> 00:16:59,713
You keep saying that.
474
00:16:59,762 --> 00:17:01,378
But history keeps repeating, don't it?
475
00:17:03,648 --> 00:17:06,310
Ivy, Ronnie...
476
00:17:06,523 --> 00:17:08,992
Doug and I,
we're gonna file a safety plan,
477
00:17:09,406 --> 00:17:11,869
where Ronnie is your baby's guardian.
478
00:17:13,424 --> 00:17:16,497
You get to choose who
takes care of your baby.
479
00:17:16,661 --> 00:17:19,863
Social Services won't beable to take your child.
480
00:17:19,964 --> 00:17:22,263
Doug and I, we won't let that happen.
481
00:17:23,467 --> 00:17:24,896
Iris is right.
482
00:17:25,065 --> 00:17:26,704
We'll settle this.
483
00:17:30,099 --> 00:17:31,227
Dr. Jones,
484
00:17:31,275 --> 00:17:33,214
can you state your
occupation for the record?
485
00:17:33,263 --> 00:17:35,090
I'm the Chief Physician
for Oakland Group,
486
00:17:35,139 --> 00:17:36,245
the owner of Oakland Park,
487
00:17:36,294 --> 00:17:38,178
the long term care home where the
488
00:17:38,226 --> 00:17:39,280
defendant worked.
489
00:17:39,329 --> 00:17:40,405
Can you describe
490
00:17:40,460 --> 00:17:42,334
the COVID protocols that Oakland Group
491
00:17:42,382 --> 00:17:43,961
put in place for their facilities?
492
00:17:44,055 --> 00:17:46,324
The COVID protocols I put in place, uh,
493
00:17:46,373 --> 00:17:47,662
across the Oakland suite of homes,
494
00:17:47,711 --> 00:17:50,179
were based in the science
available at the time.
495
00:17:50,444 --> 00:17:52,581
PPE, facial shields, masks,
496
00:17:52,630 --> 00:17:54,531
increased ventilation, distancing.
497
00:17:54,632 --> 00:17:57,363
Unfortunately, with the
staff coming and going,
498
00:17:57,412 --> 00:17:59,598
it proved impossible
to keep the "hotspotters"
499
00:17:59,647 --> 00:18:02,038
from bringing COVID into our facility.
500
00:18:02,139 --> 00:18:05,041
Can you clarify for the jury
what you mean by "hotspotter"?
501
00:18:05,142 --> 00:18:07,340
Ah, we have a lot of CCAs,
502
00:18:07,389 --> 00:18:09,998
janitorial staff,
cafeteria workers, who
503
00:18:10,054 --> 00:18:11,514
live in or have connections,
504
00:18:11,562 --> 00:18:13,608
to family living in COVID hotspots,
505
00:18:13,656 --> 00:18:15,137
like the Preston area,
506
00:18:15,473 --> 00:18:16,645
"Hotspotters".
507
00:18:16,694 --> 00:18:17,756
So you believe
508
00:18:17,804 --> 00:18:18,877
that one of the support staff
509
00:18:18,926 --> 00:18:20,792
is responsible for the outbreak?
510
00:18:20,841 --> 00:18:21,910
Objection.
511
00:18:21,959 --> 00:18:23,168
Speculation.
512
00:18:23,327 --> 00:18:25,042
I have no further questions.
513
00:18:26,364 --> 00:18:27,676
Let's talk about this report
514
00:18:27,725 --> 00:18:30,232
from Oakland Group's
human resources department.
515
00:18:30,554 --> 00:18:32,158
Would you mind reading
516
00:18:32,206 --> 00:18:33,956
the highlighted portion to the court?
517
00:18:34,005 --> 00:18:36,225
Ah, it says 35%
518
00:18:36,273 --> 00:18:37,655
of Oakland Group's employees work
519
00:18:37,703 --> 00:18:39,152
across the various facilities.
520
00:18:39,201 --> 00:18:40,482
And how many employees work at
521
00:18:40,530 --> 00:18:42,611
the North End Halifax facility?
522
00:18:42,796 --> 00:18:43,863
Thirty, give or take.
523
00:18:43,912 --> 00:18:45,607
And your Clayton Park facility?
524
00:18:46,050 --> 00:18:47,369
Thirty-six, I believe.
525
00:18:47,418 --> 00:18:48,952
And your Bedford facility?
526
00:18:49,252 --> 00:18:50,505
Fifty-four.
527
00:18:50,554 --> 00:18:53,723
According to my quick
math that's 120 people.
528
00:18:53,824 --> 00:18:57,254
And according to your ownhuman resources report,
529
00:18:57,303 --> 00:18:59,215
thirty-five percent of those people,
530
00:18:59,264 --> 00:19:01,488
so forty-two staff,
531
00:19:01,537 --> 00:19:03,149
are coming in and out
532
00:19:03,197 --> 00:19:04,889
of the various facilities
533
00:19:05,007 --> 00:19:06,908
in the midst of a pandemic.
534
00:19:07,381 --> 00:19:08,756
And these numbers include
535
00:19:08,804 --> 00:19:10,307
doctors and nurses?
536
00:19:10,356 --> 00:19:11,392
Yes.
537
00:19:11,441 --> 00:19:12,928
And do these doctors and nurses
538
00:19:12,976 --> 00:19:14,668
work at other hospitals
539
00:19:14,717 --> 00:19:16,911
or other long term care facilities?
540
00:19:16,960 --> 00:19:18,035
Some of them, yes.
541
00:19:18,084 --> 00:19:19,287
So isn't it true,
542
00:19:19,335 --> 00:19:20,928
you have no idea,
543
00:19:20,976 --> 00:19:22,373
what the source of the outbreak
544
00:19:22,421 --> 00:19:24,442
might've been at
the North End facility?
545
00:19:24,491 --> 00:19:26,632
- Objection, your Honour.
- We'll continue.
546
00:19:26,681 --> 00:19:27,731
Sit down, Ms. Mayle.
547
00:19:27,780 --> 00:19:29,411
We acted in accordance
with the protocols,
548
00:19:29,460 --> 00:19:30,966
set by the government at the time.
549
00:19:31,015 --> 00:19:32,790
Right, so the bare minimum.
550
00:19:33,698 --> 00:19:35,256
Are you currently being sued,
551
00:19:35,304 --> 00:19:36,606
by Ms. MacAskill,
552
00:19:36,655 --> 00:19:38,342
for negligence in connection
553
00:19:38,390 --> 00:19:39,521
with the death of her mother?
554
00:19:39,570 --> 00:19:40,781
Objection, your Honour.
555
00:19:40,830 --> 00:19:42,224
Where is Ms. Diggs getting this from?
556
00:19:42,273 --> 00:19:43,892
Did you insinuate, to Ms. MacAskill,
557
00:19:43,941 --> 00:19:45,675
during your settlement discussions,
558
00:19:45,724 --> 00:19:46,790
that my client
559
00:19:46,838 --> 00:19:48,069
exposed her mother
560
00:19:48,117 --> 00:19:49,808
- to COVID-19?
- Your Honour,
561
00:19:50,201 --> 00:19:51,379
Orlando Beam,
562
00:19:51,428 --> 00:19:53,244
counsel for Oakland Park,
563
00:19:53,293 --> 00:19:54,688
and, I've instructed Dr. Jones
564
00:19:54,737 --> 00:19:56,280
that conversations between the group
565
00:19:56,328 --> 00:19:58,942
and Ms. MacAskill,
are privileged communication.
566
00:19:59,139 --> 00:20:01,191
I'm sorry, who are you again?
567
00:20:01,292 --> 00:20:02,359
Orlando Bloom?
568
00:20:02,460 --> 00:20:03,522
Orlando Beam.
569
00:20:03,585 --> 00:20:04,685
Okay.
570
00:20:06,467 --> 00:20:08,740
Members of the jury, I apologize for
571
00:20:08,788 --> 00:20:10,609
the workout today, but,
572
00:20:10,657 --> 00:20:14,104
Ms. Diggs, Ms. Mayle, Mr. Beam and I
573
00:20:14,205 --> 00:20:15,905
will need to have a
private conversation.
574
00:20:20,923 --> 00:20:22,157
I cannot allow Dr. Jones
575
00:20:22,206 --> 00:20:23,264
to answer questions,
576
00:20:23,312 --> 00:20:25,081
related to ongoing litigation.
577
00:20:25,182 --> 00:20:27,074
Your Honour, if I'm not
allowed to conduct
578
00:20:27,123 --> 00:20:28,704
a full cross examination
579
00:20:28,753 --> 00:20:31,139
of the evidence that Dr. Jones
provided then I can't...
580
00:20:31,188 --> 00:20:33,590
Ms. Diggs is attempting
to establish some proximity...
581
00:20:33,639 --> 00:20:35,039
I don't have to attempt.
582
00:20:35,192 --> 00:20:38,480
Ms. MacAskill met with
Dr. Jones and Mr. Beam,
583
00:20:38,529 --> 00:20:41,097
immediately prior to confronting
my client at her home,
584
00:20:41,198 --> 00:20:42,832
with her small children.
585
00:20:42,933 --> 00:20:45,101
Something happened, at that meeting,
586
00:20:45,150 --> 00:20:47,014
that set her off in my
client's direction.
587
00:20:47,063 --> 00:20:48,113
Unfortunately,
588
00:20:48,162 --> 00:20:50,935
that's information Dr. Jones
will be unable to share.
589
00:20:51,142 --> 00:20:52,862
Ms. Diggs, the court acknowledges
590
00:20:52,910 --> 00:20:54,144
solicitor-client privilege...
591
00:20:54,245 --> 00:20:55,699
With respect your Honour,
592
00:20:55,748 --> 00:20:58,529
Mr. Beam has no standing
in this proceeding.
593
00:21:00,339 --> 00:21:02,337
Dr. Jones will not answer any questions
594
00:21:02,386 --> 00:21:04,154
related to the ongoing litigation
595
00:21:04,203 --> 00:21:06,062
between Oakland Park,
596
00:21:06,117 --> 00:21:08,053
- and Ms. MacAskill.- Your Honour,
597
00:21:08,101 --> 00:21:09,661
your ruling interferes with my ability
598
00:21:09,709 --> 00:21:10,785
to defend my client...
599
00:21:10,834 --> 00:21:11,899
Enough!
600
00:21:11,948 --> 00:21:13,772
Move along to your next witness.
601
00:21:14,045 --> 00:21:15,173
Sheriff,
602
00:21:15,221 --> 00:21:16,852
bring the jury back please.
603
00:21:21,358 --> 00:21:23,295
That coffee smells incredible.
604
00:21:23,404 --> 00:21:25,304
You didn't get that from around here,
did you?
605
00:21:25,353 --> 00:21:26,586
I know a guy.
606
00:21:26,966 --> 00:21:28,622
You want one? It's high protein.
607
00:21:28,723 --> 00:21:29,842
Oh, for sure.
608
00:21:33,100 --> 00:21:34,648
Ona's calling.
609
00:21:35,196 --> 00:21:36,904
- Hey.
- Hey, baby.
610
00:21:37,698 --> 00:21:38,965
Bad news.
611
00:21:39,066 --> 00:21:41,468
The safety plan you filed,
we can't approve it.
612
00:21:41,569 --> 00:21:43,103
Ronnie Maloney has been deemed unfit.
613
00:21:43,152 --> 00:21:44,158
What?
614
00:21:44,207 --> 00:21:45,257
Hang on.
615
00:21:45,306 --> 00:21:46,880
Doug's here, I'm gonnaput you on speaker.
616
00:21:46,929 --> 00:21:48,014
Okay, go ahead.
617
00:21:48,062 --> 00:21:49,975
- Hey Ona.
- Hey Doug.
618
00:21:50,023 --> 00:21:52,092
So, like I was telling Iris,
619
00:21:52,170 --> 00:21:54,080
they're not able to
approve the safety plan.
620
00:21:54,181 --> 00:21:56,086
Ronnie's criminal recorddisqualifies her.
621
00:21:56,135 --> 00:21:57,434
Ona, we're talking a couple of
622
00:21:57,483 --> 00:21:59,124
resisting and public
disturbance convictions,
623
00:21:59,172 --> 00:22:00,639
from over twelve years ago,
624
00:22:00,688 --> 00:22:03,094
back when her partner wasstruggling with alcohol.
625
00:22:03,143 --> 00:22:04,977
He's been clean eleven years.
626
00:22:05,026 --> 00:22:06,826
They don't even live in the same house.
627
00:22:06,927 --> 00:22:08,647
I'm just the messenger, Doug.
628
00:22:08,891 --> 00:22:10,930
Let me know if I can helpwith anything else, okay?
629
00:22:11,032 --> 00:22:12,098
I'll talk to you soon.
630
00:22:12,199 --> 00:22:13,592
Dammit!
631
00:22:14,584 --> 00:22:16,273
You're gonna challenge this, right?
632
00:22:16,368 --> 00:22:17,769
It's a long shot.
633
00:22:18,147 --> 00:22:20,619
At this point, I'll probably
wait till the baby's born, but,
634
00:22:21,417 --> 00:22:23,309
I got to try and help these guys.
635
00:22:23,411 --> 00:22:25,099
And what about what Colleen said?
636
00:22:25,446 --> 00:22:27,691
She didn't approve court time for this.
637
00:22:29,053 --> 00:22:30,654
I won't tell if you won't.
638
00:22:32,620 --> 00:22:34,312
I've got some good news, I hope.
639
00:22:34,662 --> 00:22:35,865
I've decided to step up,
640
00:22:35,913 --> 00:22:37,824
and put my hat into the ring,
for position of Chair.
641
00:22:37,873 --> 00:22:38,929
Awesome.
642
00:22:38,978 --> 00:22:40,004
I know you're really gonna help
643
00:22:40,053 --> 00:22:41,395
transform how legal aid operates.
644
00:22:41,444 --> 00:22:42,332
Definitely.
645
00:22:42,381 --> 00:22:43,731
The first thing I want to look at,
646
00:22:43,780 --> 00:22:46,599
is turning the indigenous
offices into regional offices.
647
00:22:46,701 --> 00:22:49,335
That way everyone has greateraccess to our services.
648
00:22:49,437 --> 00:22:50,487
And docketing,
649
00:22:50,538 --> 00:22:51,983
I want to eliminate docketing.
650
00:22:52,032 --> 00:22:53,992
It makes our lawyers too
focused on time management
651
00:22:54,041 --> 00:22:56,276
when they should be
thinking of the clients.
652
00:22:56,732 --> 00:22:58,734
I hope I can rely on your support.
653
00:22:59,442 --> 00:23:01,010
You got it, yeah.
654
00:23:05,376 --> 00:23:07,987
Finish up, girls, we gotta get moving.
655
00:23:16,719 --> 00:23:18,565
I hope this is still okay.
656
00:23:18,666 --> 00:23:20,633
- Lot going on.
- Yeah.
657
00:23:20,682 --> 00:23:22,869
Earl got an industrial
mechanical job in Quebec.
658
00:23:23,022 --> 00:23:24,623
He's leaving tomorrow morning.
659
00:23:24,672 --> 00:23:26,740
So the girls need to be settled.
660
00:23:27,055 --> 00:23:29,275
- I hate this.
- It'll be better for the girls.
661
00:23:29,376 --> 00:23:30,532
They won't have to see people
662
00:23:30,580 --> 00:23:32,724
coming at their momma every day.
663
00:23:33,376 --> 00:23:34,435
Besides,
664
00:23:34,484 --> 00:23:36,262
they love hanging in the
country with Aunt Glennie,
665
00:23:36,310 --> 00:23:37,415
Uncle Alvin.
666
00:23:37,659 --> 00:23:38,826
Come on, girls.
667
00:23:47,261 --> 00:23:49,491
I was hoping we could
skate through this,
668
00:23:49,540 --> 00:23:51,376
without addressing
669
00:23:51,508 --> 00:23:53,783
the question of your COVID status.
670
00:23:53,934 --> 00:23:56,336
That lawyer's not making
it easy for you, is she?
671
00:23:56,437 --> 00:23:58,434
No, she's not.
672
00:23:59,673 --> 00:24:02,297
She keeps hammering
it in front of the Jury,
673
00:24:02,345 --> 00:24:03,910
- and...
- The other day,
674
00:24:04,079 --> 00:24:05,430
two kids, at my daughter's school,
675
00:24:05,479 --> 00:24:07,615
told them their mother was poison.
676
00:24:09,517 --> 00:24:11,289
Poison, Marcie.
677
00:24:12,319 --> 00:24:13,817
I'm being crucified,
678
00:24:14,060 --> 00:24:15,515
based on a lie.
679
00:24:16,157 --> 00:24:17,261
Another day,
680
00:24:17,309 --> 00:24:18,714
another death threat.
681
00:24:19,994 --> 00:24:21,928
What do you think
they'll do with my truth?
682
00:24:23,731 --> 00:24:25,274
Honestly, Nina,
683
00:24:26,831 --> 00:24:29,166
I don't think we have
a chance without it.
684
00:24:30,389 --> 00:24:32,149
The fact that
my client was disqualified
685
00:24:32,197 --> 00:24:33,573
as a guardian of her niece's child
686
00:24:33,674 --> 00:24:36,001
due to minor summary convictions from
687
00:24:36,049 --> 00:24:37,347
over twelve years ago
688
00:24:37,396 --> 00:24:40,332
exposes the flaws at the heart
of the Birth Alert system.
689
00:24:40,381 --> 00:24:41,514
Your Honour,
690
00:24:41,781 --> 00:24:43,741
the best interest of the child
is our guiding principle...
691
00:24:43,789 --> 00:24:45,337
Best interest of the child?
692
00:24:45,438 --> 00:24:46,836
Best interest of the child has become
693
00:24:46,884 --> 00:24:48,133
a tool for governments to steal
694
00:24:48,181 --> 00:24:50,040
Indigenous kids from their parents,
695
00:24:50,110 --> 00:24:51,424
from their communities,
696
00:24:51,577 --> 00:24:53,825
and place them in a system
that for many becomes
697
00:24:53,946 --> 00:24:55,434
inescapable.
698
00:24:55,663 --> 00:24:57,235
I'd argue that this policy,
699
00:24:57,283 --> 00:24:58,336
is just an extension of
700
00:24:58,384 --> 00:24:59,732
what happened at residential schools
701
00:24:59,834 --> 00:25:01,100
and the '60s scoop.
702
00:25:01,254 --> 00:25:03,211
Policies that have,
and will continue to lead,
703
00:25:03,259 --> 00:25:04,771
to the extermination of our culture.
704
00:25:04,872 --> 00:25:06,697
That's a bit dramatic.
705
00:25:07,555 --> 00:25:10,107
You don't believe birthalerts have saved lives?
706
00:25:10,364 --> 00:25:11,780
There's no oversight, your Honour,
707
00:25:11,829 --> 00:25:12,883
no transparency and...
708
00:25:12,931 --> 00:25:14,437
That's not what I asked you.
709
00:25:14,603 --> 00:25:16,851
Answer my question, Mr. Paul.
710
00:25:18,282 --> 00:25:19,751
Yes, they do save lives,
711
00:25:19,799 --> 00:25:22,121
but they also ruin families,
712
00:25:22,223 --> 00:25:24,290
stigmatize communities,
713
00:25:24,391 --> 00:25:27,026
and they perpetuate a cycle
of poverty and dysfunction.
714
00:25:27,127 --> 00:25:28,995
The court acknowledges your agreement
715
00:25:29,096 --> 00:25:31,408
that birth alerts save lives.
716
00:25:31,932 --> 00:25:34,543
Don't bring politics into my courtroom.
717
00:25:34,735 --> 00:25:36,649
You want to give a sociology lesson?
718
00:25:36,811 --> 00:25:38,557
We've got a lot of universities.
719
00:25:38,737 --> 00:25:40,270
I was just arguing my case,
your Honour.
720
00:25:40,319 --> 00:25:41,971
Then argue the law.
721
00:25:42,743 --> 00:25:44,010
In that regard,
722
00:25:44,111 --> 00:25:45,827
this court has no authority,
723
00:25:45,875 --> 00:25:47,782
to take any action until after
724
00:25:47,830 --> 00:25:50,149
young Ms. Maloney's child is born.
725
00:25:50,303 --> 00:25:51,549
Your client,
726
00:25:51,597 --> 00:25:53,038
the elder Maloney,
727
00:25:53,140 --> 00:25:55,358
will be able to apply for guardianship,
728
00:25:55,407 --> 00:25:58,247
thirty days following
the child's birth.
729
00:25:58,559 --> 00:26:01,294
Mr. Paul, it is galling.
730
00:26:01,386 --> 00:26:03,500
You knew this would be the outcome,
but still,
731
00:26:03,556 --> 00:26:04,985
you decided to waste the courts,
732
00:26:05,033 --> 00:26:06,699
and Mr. Biden's time.
733
00:26:06,924 --> 00:26:08,313
We're adjourned.
734
00:26:11,405 --> 00:26:13,856
Auntie, do they get to take my son?
735
00:26:14,141 --> 00:26:15,375
We're gonna keep fighting.
736
00:26:15,476 --> 00:26:16,709
You don't get it.
737
00:26:16,810 --> 00:26:18,300
You grew up on reserve,
738
00:26:18,485 --> 00:26:20,680
had the privilege of community.
739
00:26:21,071 --> 00:26:22,515
Ivy didn't have that.
740
00:26:22,616 --> 00:26:24,350
Her mother didn't. I didn't.
741
00:26:24,451 --> 00:26:25,718
This isn't over.
742
00:26:25,819 --> 00:26:27,353
We have options.
743
00:26:27,454 --> 00:26:28,834
This whole system's set up
744
00:26:28,883 --> 00:26:31,414
'cause of White people's
need to control us,
745
00:26:31,625 --> 00:26:33,214
treat us like children.
746
00:26:34,075 --> 00:26:35,743
We're not children, Doug.
747
00:26:35,837 --> 00:26:36,894
We don't need,
748
00:26:36,942 --> 00:26:38,829
nor will I let, their courts
749
00:26:38,877 --> 00:26:41,177
tell us who gets to raise our kids.
750
00:26:41,468 --> 00:26:44,043
I'm done waiting for them
to give us a fair deal.
751
00:26:44,720 --> 00:26:46,121
What does that mean?
752
00:26:46,170 --> 00:26:47,532
You're a good man,
753
00:26:47,806 --> 00:26:49,275
wo'gumal.
754
00:26:53,296 --> 00:26:54,630
She was angry.
755
00:26:55,164 --> 00:26:56,664
And how did you feel?
756
00:26:57,559 --> 00:26:59,108
I was scared.
757
00:26:59,653 --> 00:27:01,354
I just wanted to get out of there.
758
00:27:02,025 --> 00:27:03,075
Did she have a,
759
00:27:03,123 --> 00:27:04,219
a weapon?
760
00:27:04,285 --> 00:27:05,868
I thought she had a rock in her hand,
761
00:27:05,917 --> 00:27:07,007
at first.
762
00:27:07,214 --> 00:27:10,033
She nearly shattered the
driver's side window of my car.
763
00:27:10,965 --> 00:27:12,606
But now I know it was just car keys.
764
00:27:12,806 --> 00:27:14,148
And then what happened?
765
00:27:14,322 --> 00:27:15,855
She started yelling.
766
00:27:17,383 --> 00:27:18,755
"You bitch."
767
00:27:19,126 --> 00:27:20,829
"You f-ing bitch."
768
00:27:21,308 --> 00:27:22,725
"My mother's dead because of you,"
769
00:27:22,774 --> 00:27:24,210
"I'm gonna kill you."
770
00:27:24,311 --> 00:27:25,545
What did you do?
771
00:27:25,646 --> 00:27:27,237
I opened my window.
772
00:27:27,927 --> 00:27:29,161
Just a little.
773
00:27:30,851 --> 00:27:32,526
I asked her to move.
774
00:27:33,801 --> 00:27:36,146
I told her I was taking
my girls to school.
775
00:27:38,025 --> 00:27:39,719
They were so freaked out.
776
00:27:41,213 --> 00:27:42,580
But she...
777
00:27:43,197 --> 00:27:45,049
She seemed not in control.
778
00:27:45,599 --> 00:27:46,780
I just needed to get out of there
779
00:27:46,829 --> 00:27:48,502
so I put my truck,
780
00:27:48,805 --> 00:27:50,311
in reverse.
781
00:27:50,630 --> 00:27:52,194
Did you intend for your vehicle
782
00:27:52,243 --> 00:27:54,440
to make contact with Ms. MacAskill?
783
00:27:54,594 --> 00:27:55,644
No.
784
00:27:55,693 --> 00:27:56,933
Did you know that you hit her?
785
00:27:56,982 --> 00:27:58,319
Not until I looked out the window
786
00:27:58,368 --> 00:27:59,798
and saw her lying on the ground.
787
00:27:59,899 --> 00:28:01,633
And when you realized, what did you do?
788
00:28:01,682 --> 00:28:03,082
I ran inside with my girls.
789
00:28:03,131 --> 00:28:04,293
I was scared.
790
00:28:04,342 --> 00:28:05,532
Did you know why
791
00:28:05,580 --> 00:28:07,320
Eilidh MacAskill came after you?
792
00:28:07,459 --> 00:28:09,121
I didn't at the time,
793
00:28:09,426 --> 00:28:10,714
but now I do.
794
00:28:12,026 --> 00:28:14,473
She believes I gave her mother COVID.
795
00:28:14,695 --> 00:28:16,711
So a great deal has been made
796
00:28:16,759 --> 00:28:18,998
about your COVID status
797
00:28:19,192 --> 00:28:20,633
by Ms. Mayle.
798
00:28:21,502 --> 00:28:22,877
Let's just,
799
00:28:22,925 --> 00:28:24,504
go ahead and clear that up.
800
00:28:24,605 --> 00:28:26,189
You took off work,
801
00:28:26,237 --> 00:28:29,217
from April 5th until April 19th.
802
00:28:29,266 --> 00:28:30,916
Can you tell the court why?
803
00:28:30,965 --> 00:28:33,333
There was an outbreak
at my daughter's school.
804
00:28:34,851 --> 00:28:36,592
My husband was on the road.
805
00:28:37,497 --> 00:28:39,194
They needed to self-isolate,
806
00:28:39,281 --> 00:28:40,911
so I stayed home with them.
807
00:28:41,989 --> 00:28:43,219
I asked Cathy Collins,
808
00:28:43,267 --> 00:28:45,745
my supervisor, to use sick days,
809
00:28:46,641 --> 00:28:48,290
but the only way she'd agree
810
00:28:48,338 --> 00:28:49,962
is if I took vacation.
811
00:28:50,116 --> 00:28:51,349
So you did the right thing,
812
00:28:51,450 --> 00:28:53,818
you self-isolated with
your daughters for 14 days.
813
00:28:53,867 --> 00:28:55,504
The responsible thing.
814
00:28:56,270 --> 00:28:57,820
And did your daughters
815
00:28:57,920 --> 00:28:59,324
end up having COVID?
816
00:28:59,373 --> 00:29:01,174
No. Thank God.
817
00:29:01,275 --> 00:29:02,442
How do you know?
818
00:29:02,543 --> 00:29:04,173
Well ain't nobody got sick.
819
00:29:05,379 --> 00:29:07,352
Have you ever had a COVID test?
820
00:29:07,508 --> 00:29:08,561
Yes.
821
00:29:08,610 --> 00:29:09,675
When was that test,
822
00:29:09,723 --> 00:29:11,050
and what were the results?
823
00:29:11,203 --> 00:29:13,472
I took the test on April 25th.
824
00:29:14,069 --> 00:29:15,868
After I returned to work.
825
00:29:17,958 --> 00:29:19,325
I was positive.
826
00:29:20,157 --> 00:29:22,225
So let's review the timeline.
827
00:29:22,662 --> 00:29:24,415
On April 20th,
828
00:29:24,464 --> 00:29:25,633
you returned to work,
829
00:29:25,681 --> 00:29:27,887
after self-isolating
with your daughters,
830
00:29:27,935 --> 00:29:29,235
for 14 days.
831
00:29:29,336 --> 00:29:31,671
And then on April 21st,
832
00:29:31,824 --> 00:29:33,352
Mona MacAskill
833
00:29:33,400 --> 00:29:36,094
started exhibiting COVID symptoms,
834
00:29:36,197 --> 00:29:38,078
less than 48 hours.
835
00:29:44,016 --> 00:29:47,195
Could you read the
highlighted section of
836
00:29:47,243 --> 00:29:49,274
Exhibit D-28?
837
00:29:49,323 --> 00:29:53,559
This is a CDC report regarding
the transmission of COVID.
838
00:29:53,660 --> 00:29:55,638
"Symptoms may appear"
839
00:29:55,738 --> 00:29:57,506
"two to fourteen days"
840
00:29:57,555 --> 00:29:59,383
"after exposure"
841
00:30:00,266 --> 00:30:02,101
- "to the virus".
- Thank you.
842
00:30:02,254 --> 00:30:03,855
Less than two days.
843
00:30:03,904 --> 00:30:05,415
And yet the complainant
844
00:30:05,463 --> 00:30:08,923
believes that you gave
her mother COVID-19?
845
00:30:09,261 --> 00:30:10,666
No.
846
00:30:12,407 --> 00:30:14,113
I was infected by her.
847
00:30:14,205 --> 00:30:15,483
You're a liar!
848
00:30:15,532 --> 00:30:17,547
She's lying!
849
00:30:17,641 --> 00:30:18,694
Tell them she's lying!
850
00:30:18,743 --> 00:30:20,505
She gave my mother COVID!
851
00:30:20,606 --> 00:30:21,926
- Tell them!
- Sheriff,
852
00:30:21,974 --> 00:30:24,215
get Ms. MacAskill out of my courtroom.
853
00:30:24,263 --> 00:30:26,459
She's lying!
854
00:30:33,118 --> 00:30:34,821
I have no further questions.
855
00:30:38,906 --> 00:30:40,334
Did you tell your employer
856
00:30:40,383 --> 00:30:42,585
that you tested positive for COVID-19?
857
00:30:42,634 --> 00:30:44,141
- No, I...
- Weren't you concerned
858
00:30:44,190 --> 00:30:45,635
that you may have infected,
859
00:30:45,829 --> 00:30:47,947
your co-workers? Other patients?
860
00:30:48,048 --> 00:30:49,883
- I called in sick.
- Right.
861
00:30:49,931 --> 00:30:51,236
You'd just returned to work
862
00:30:51,285 --> 00:30:52,785
after being off for two weeks
863
00:30:52,886 --> 00:30:54,929
and then you tested positive,
864
00:30:55,029 --> 00:30:56,374
and you just fled.
865
00:30:56,423 --> 00:30:58,491
I didn't mean to, I was scared.
866
00:30:58,592 --> 00:30:59,672
Scared?
867
00:30:59,726 --> 00:31:02,106
COVID was making everybody crazy.
868
00:31:04,679 --> 00:31:06,586
The numbers were going up...
869
00:31:07,813 --> 00:31:09,261
And up...
870
00:31:10,237 --> 00:31:12,283
And people were dying.
871
00:31:16,462 --> 00:31:18,274
Telling someone you had COVID was like
872
00:31:18,322 --> 00:31:20,418
walking around with a mark on ya.
873
00:31:22,367 --> 00:31:24,834
You felt like you did something wrong,
874
00:31:26,153 --> 00:31:27,721
like you were bad,
875
00:31:28,937 --> 00:31:30,711
some kind of criminal.
876
00:31:32,326 --> 00:31:33,693
I was ashamed.
877
00:31:33,794 --> 00:31:35,102
Were you ashamed,
878
00:31:35,203 --> 00:31:36,595
or selfish?
879
00:31:36,963 --> 00:31:39,274
You just cared about what
people would say about you.
880
00:31:39,356 --> 00:31:40,665
- No.
- You didn't care,
881
00:31:40,713 --> 00:31:42,954
you'd exposed your co-workers to COVID.
882
00:31:43,003 --> 00:31:45,170
You didn't care you may
have infected other patients
883
00:31:45,219 --> 00:31:46,872
- at Oakland Park.
- I did.
884
00:31:46,921 --> 00:31:48,342
Just like you didn't care
885
00:31:48,391 --> 00:31:50,695
when you hit Ms. MacAskill
with your vehicle.
886
00:31:50,920 --> 00:31:53,077
I wasn't trying to hurt her.
887
00:31:53,580 --> 00:31:55,681
I wasn't trying to hurt anyone.
888
00:31:56,024 --> 00:31:57,219
But you did,
889
00:31:57,267 --> 00:31:59,018
- didn't ya?
- Objection!
890
00:31:59,119 --> 00:32:00,753
I'm done with the accused, your Honour.
891
00:32:08,478 --> 00:32:10,817
In the time it takes that
man to make a sandwich,
892
00:32:10,866 --> 00:32:12,767
I could have been to Halifax and back.
893
00:32:12,952 --> 00:32:15,524
I wish you and Dad would
stop acting so foolish.
894
00:32:15,573 --> 00:32:17,140
So now you're taking his side?
895
00:32:17,241 --> 00:32:18,436
Mom, no sides,
896
00:32:18,485 --> 00:32:20,276
we just don't want our
parents divorcing.
897
00:32:20,564 --> 00:32:22,204
Ain't about what you want, is it?
898
00:32:22,322 --> 00:32:24,023
Come on, there ain't no talking to you.
899
00:32:24,130 --> 00:32:25,667
Whatever you do, just...
900
00:32:25,847 --> 00:32:26,946
Be nice.
901
00:32:29,446 --> 00:32:31,396
Oh that's Avery.
902
00:32:31,922 --> 00:32:33,157
- Avery! Avery.
- Oh...
903
00:32:33,206 --> 00:32:35,795
Smile on her face says it all.
904
00:32:38,596 --> 00:32:40,997
Hey, what time is it there?
905
00:32:41,046 --> 00:32:43,507
Um, well it's late, but, uh,
906
00:32:44,122 --> 00:32:46,120
I wanted you to see this view.
907
00:32:46,486 --> 00:32:48,918
Definitely makes being sober easier.
908
00:32:49,508 --> 00:32:51,307
Wow.
909
00:32:51,612 --> 00:32:53,258
Emily and Mom are here,
910
00:32:53,306 --> 00:32:54,611
I should, uh, I should go.
911
00:32:54,712 --> 00:32:56,312
They're teasing you, aren't they?
912
00:32:56,413 --> 00:32:58,495
Yes.
913
00:32:59,047 --> 00:33:00,097
I'll see you soon.
914
00:33:00,145 --> 00:33:01,445
You be good.
915
00:33:01,860 --> 00:33:03,868
No, "I love you"?
916
00:33:04,866 --> 00:33:07,768
- Te quiero mucho, papi.
- Oh my God.
917
00:33:07,817 --> 00:33:09,952
So, when's your man coming back?
918
00:33:10,001 --> 00:33:11,110
What man?
919
00:33:11,159 --> 00:33:12,559
I don't have a man, we're just friends.
920
00:33:12,630 --> 00:33:14,001
- Mmm.
- Ohhh...
921
00:33:14,049 --> 00:33:15,832
- Okay.
- Hello friend!
922
00:33:19,102 --> 00:33:21,315
But ethically, doesn't it bother you?
923
00:33:21,472 --> 00:33:22,813
I mean, you show up to the hospital,
924
00:33:22,861 --> 00:33:24,215
and take someone's kid.
925
00:33:24,329 --> 00:33:26,113
I don't see it that way.
926
00:33:26,516 --> 00:33:29,519
Whenever I've had to
enforce a birth alert,
927
00:33:29,613 --> 00:33:31,714
I make sure the mom
understands what's happening
928
00:33:31,763 --> 00:33:33,243
and she's got time to
make a safety plan.
929
00:33:33,390 --> 00:33:34,821
I don't want these kids in the system.
930
00:33:34,870 --> 00:33:36,171
Yeah, but even that.
931
00:33:36,220 --> 00:33:37,887
Why is it the luck of the draw?
932
00:33:38,206 --> 00:33:39,612
And we still don't
even know why there's
933
00:33:39,660 --> 00:33:41,257
a birth alert on Ivy's file.
934
00:33:41,358 --> 00:33:42,431
The system needs to change,
935
00:33:42,480 --> 00:33:44,089
you'll get no argument from me.
936
00:33:44,662 --> 00:33:46,591
Now, tell me,
937
00:33:47,222 --> 00:33:49,744
what is going on with you and that...
938
00:33:50,167 --> 00:33:52,331
Gentle giant of a man?
939
00:33:52,658 --> 00:33:53,741
What, I'd love to have those
940
00:33:53,798 --> 00:33:55,942
big old arms wrapped
around me for a night.
941
00:33:56,145 --> 00:33:57,826
It's not like that.
942
00:33:58,590 --> 00:34:00,214
Doug is...
943
00:34:01,807 --> 00:34:03,283
You know how I grew up.
944
00:34:03,339 --> 00:34:04,689
We moved around a lot.
945
00:34:04,755 --> 00:34:06,963
It was never stable, I never felt...
946
00:34:07,854 --> 00:34:09,594
Safe.
947
00:34:09,981 --> 00:34:11,926
And I feel safe with Doug.
948
00:34:13,120 --> 00:34:15,243
And you're not sleeping with him?
949
00:34:17,458 --> 00:34:18,692
No!
950
00:34:18,793 --> 00:34:19,954
He's not my type.
951
00:34:20,003 --> 00:34:21,280
He's right up my alley.
952
00:34:21,329 --> 00:34:22,596
- Good for you.
- Mmhmm.
953
00:34:32,901 --> 00:34:33,979
I think we need to have
954
00:34:34,027 --> 00:34:35,788
all our ducks in a row,
for the permanent care hearing
955
00:34:35,836 --> 00:34:37,339
- once Ivy's son is born.
- Judge Dewey's
956
00:34:37,388 --> 00:34:39,043
- Clerk called.
- Colleen.
957
00:34:39,128 --> 00:34:40,620
I specifically told
you I didn't want you
958
00:34:40,668 --> 00:34:41,725
in court on this file.
959
00:34:41,774 --> 00:34:43,495
- Listen I'm...
- You're testing me, Doug.
960
00:34:43,543 --> 00:34:45,257
Pam tested me.
Do I have to fire you too?
961
00:34:45,306 --> 00:34:46,685
The case got complicated.
962
00:34:46,738 --> 00:34:48,672
I'm not just gonna abandon this family.
963
00:34:48,773 --> 00:34:50,407
It's always complicated, Doug.
964
00:34:50,456 --> 00:34:51,860
That's my point.
965
00:34:51,909 --> 00:34:53,423
Every case, every file.
966
00:34:53,472 --> 00:34:54,697
When is it ever simple?
967
00:34:54,746 --> 00:34:56,837
Everybody needs more,
and we don't have it.
968
00:34:56,886 --> 00:34:58,734
So we're just letting
people fall off the table?
969
00:34:58,783 --> 00:35:01,676
- Is that what we're doing?
- Oh, you drive me, Doug.
970
00:35:02,432 --> 00:35:03,590
Look...
971
00:35:03,638 --> 00:35:05,425
Tell your client to
find another lawyer.
972
00:35:14,222 --> 00:35:15,543
Hey, it's Ronnie.
973
00:35:15,591 --> 00:35:17,110
Leave a message. I'll holla back.
974
00:35:17,168 --> 00:35:18,258
Ronnie...
975
00:35:18,633 --> 00:35:20,859
It's Doug Paul, call me back.
976
00:35:22,507 --> 00:35:24,374
We are leaving behind,
977
00:35:24,475 --> 00:35:27,526
the very folks this system
was intended to protect.
978
00:35:27,659 --> 00:35:30,685
The system has been
crippled by special interests.
979
00:35:30,734 --> 00:35:32,935
The only consideration should be need.
980
00:35:32,984 --> 00:35:34,951
Our clients are stigmatized
981
00:35:35,053 --> 00:35:38,388
by the fact that our range
of services are so limited.
982
00:35:38,489 --> 00:35:40,055
Employment law...
983
00:35:40,155 --> 00:35:41,327
Wills...
984
00:35:41,375 --> 00:35:42,539
Civil litigation,
985
00:35:42,588 --> 00:35:44,276
why not provide these services?
986
00:35:44,393 --> 00:35:45,800
Why are we picking and choosing?
987
00:35:45,849 --> 00:35:47,816
We are not a private law firm.
988
00:35:47,865 --> 00:35:49,433
We need to abolish docketing.
989
00:35:49,534 --> 00:35:51,094
And I would suggest a wage freeze,
990
00:35:51,143 --> 00:35:53,036
until we can complete
an internal review.
991
00:35:53,137 --> 00:35:55,372
We need to hold the
government's feet to the fire.
992
00:35:55,473 --> 00:35:57,612
Legal Aid has been underfunded
993
00:35:57,660 --> 00:35:59,242
for the last twenty years.
994
00:35:59,343 --> 00:36:01,956
It is time for the
government to recommit,
995
00:36:02,108 --> 00:36:03,884
and reinvest in Legal Aid.
996
00:36:03,933 --> 00:36:05,634
We do not have a future without it.
997
00:36:05,729 --> 00:36:07,013
Without these steps,
998
00:36:07,061 --> 00:36:09,417
we do not have a viable path forward.
999
00:36:13,209 --> 00:36:14,487
Ms. MacAskill,
1000
00:36:14,535 --> 00:36:16,071
why were you at Oakland Park,
1001
00:36:16,120 --> 00:36:18,393
on the day of the incidentbetween you and my client?
1002
00:36:18,643 --> 00:36:20,630
I had a meeting
scheduled with Dr. Jones.
1003
00:36:20,732 --> 00:36:22,652
And what was your state of mind
coming out of that meeting?
1004
00:36:22,734 --> 00:36:23,934
Your Honour,
1005
00:36:24,042 --> 00:36:26,322
I must remind the court the
meeting was privileged.
1006
00:36:26,379 --> 00:36:27,807
Your Honour, I'm not asking
1007
00:36:27,855 --> 00:36:29,410
about the subject
matter of the meeting.
1008
00:36:29,459 --> 00:36:32,161
Mr. Beam,
your privilege is with Dr. Jones,
1009
00:36:32,210 --> 00:36:34,111
who's an employee of Oakland Group.
1010
00:36:34,212 --> 00:36:36,889
Ms. MacAskill can answerMs. Digg's questions.
1011
00:36:37,498 --> 00:36:38,659
What was your state of mind
1012
00:36:38,707 --> 00:36:39,757
coming out of that meeting?
1013
00:36:39,850 --> 00:36:41,150
I was angry.
1014
00:36:42,214 --> 00:36:43,604
I had asked about the people who'd
1015
00:36:43,652 --> 00:36:44,825
been in contact with my mother
1016
00:36:44,874 --> 00:36:46,862
and they kept giving me the run around.
1017
00:36:46,991 --> 00:36:48,094
I asked about the accused,
1018
00:36:48,143 --> 00:36:49,962
they said she'd quit out of the blue.
1019
00:36:50,213 --> 00:36:52,047
So I asked why.
1020
00:36:52,449 --> 00:36:54,067
They said they didn't know.
1021
00:36:54,365 --> 00:36:57,632
I asked if she tested
positive for COVID.
1022
00:36:58,870 --> 00:37:00,604
They couldn't even look at me,
1023
00:37:00,872 --> 00:37:03,330
went on about privacy.
1024
00:37:04,242 --> 00:37:06,834
My mother was dead and they
were still protecting her.
1025
00:37:07,044 --> 00:37:08,225
And so...
1026
00:37:08,325 --> 00:37:10,532
You confronted my client at her home?
1027
00:37:10,581 --> 00:37:11,805
Yea...
1028
00:37:12,261 --> 00:37:14,570
I wanted her to take responsibility.
1029
00:37:14,619 --> 00:37:16,094
And you were angry...
1030
00:37:16,565 --> 00:37:18,006
Riled up.
1031
00:37:18,148 --> 00:37:20,473
I'd just seen my mother that Sunday.
1032
00:37:24,395 --> 00:37:25,826
She was gone that fast.
1033
00:37:25,875 --> 00:37:27,621
I didn't even get to hold her.
1034
00:37:29,934 --> 00:37:31,891
And no one's responsible.
1035
00:37:32,474 --> 00:37:34,144
No one's accountable.
1036
00:37:35,439 --> 00:37:37,468
Someone gave my mom COVID.
1037
00:37:39,010 --> 00:37:40,608
No one will take responsibility.
1038
00:37:40,657 --> 00:37:42,367
Not them, not Nina.
1039
00:37:44,048 --> 00:37:45,718
Someone did this.
1040
00:37:48,553 --> 00:37:50,413
Someone killed my mother.
1041
00:37:52,957 --> 00:37:55,025
Someone is responsible.
1042
00:37:58,396 --> 00:38:00,447
Yes, Eilidh.
1043
00:38:01,654 --> 00:38:03,007
But it's pretty clear,
1044
00:38:03,055 --> 00:38:04,724
given yesterday's testimony,
1045
00:38:04,773 --> 00:38:06,547
that there is no way,
1046
00:38:06,595 --> 00:38:09,535
my client gave your mother COVID.
1047
00:38:09,774 --> 00:38:11,399
That's not true.
1048
00:38:18,139 --> 00:38:19,936
You're right.
1049
00:38:20,618 --> 00:38:22,739
I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
1050
00:38:23,742 --> 00:38:25,420
You're right.
1051
00:38:31,047 --> 00:38:32,935
I'm so sorry, Nina.
1052
00:38:39,546 --> 00:38:40,857
Your Honour,
1053
00:38:40,957 --> 00:38:43,725
in light of Ms. MacAskill's testimony,
1054
00:38:43,774 --> 00:38:46,215
the Crown is willing to
enter a stay of proceedings,
1055
00:38:46,264 --> 00:38:47,896
against the defendant.
1056
00:38:47,997 --> 00:38:49,210
What does that mean?
1057
00:38:49,259 --> 00:38:51,525
Ms. Diggs, I take it you don't object?
1058
00:38:56,320 --> 00:38:58,255
I strenuously object, your Honour.
1059
00:39:05,327 --> 00:39:06,411
Your Honour,
1060
00:39:06,460 --> 00:39:08,393
my client's been maligned in the media.
1061
00:39:08,573 --> 00:39:10,356
Her life's been harmed,
1062
00:39:10,404 --> 00:39:11,684
perhaps irreparably,
1063
00:39:11,733 --> 00:39:13,511
by this court proceeding.
1064
00:39:13,612 --> 00:39:15,139
Ms. Mayle's offer to
1065
00:39:15,219 --> 00:39:17,479
stay the charge does nothing
1066
00:39:17,527 --> 00:39:19,220
to begin repairing the damage
1067
00:39:19,269 --> 00:39:20,670
to my client's reputation.
1068
00:39:20,719 --> 00:39:22,319
Is there an ask, Ms. Diggs?
1069
00:39:22,472 --> 00:39:23,833
The public understands
1070
00:39:23,882 --> 00:39:26,429
the meaning of a not guilty verdict,
1071
00:39:26,477 --> 00:39:27,663
your Honour.
1072
00:39:27,850 --> 00:39:29,171
I'd ask the Crown,
1073
00:39:29,219 --> 00:39:30,395
to direct the Jury,
1074
00:39:30,444 --> 00:39:34,020
to enter a not guilty
verdict against my client.
1075
00:39:34,266 --> 00:39:35,615
Ms. Mayle?
1076
00:39:35,819 --> 00:39:37,868
Your Honour, the Crown does not oppose.
1077
00:39:37,917 --> 00:39:39,076
Ms. Digg's request,
1078
00:39:39,124 --> 00:39:40,452
on behalf of the accused.
1079
00:39:40,605 --> 00:39:43,207
We thank the
Crown for your position on that,
1080
00:39:43,256 --> 00:39:44,487
and we concur.
1081
00:39:44,536 --> 00:39:47,234
While the
court takes no opinion on this, but,
1082
00:39:47,282 --> 00:39:48,965
given the unanimity of counsel,
1083
00:39:49,014 --> 00:39:51,749
we would ask the Jury to
return with that verdict.
1084
00:39:57,264 --> 00:39:58,821
We find the defendant,
1085
00:39:58,869 --> 00:40:00,202
Nina Francis,
1086
00:40:00,250 --> 00:40:02,295
not guilty.
1087
00:40:05,178 --> 00:40:06,764
This is over.
1088
00:40:06,958 --> 00:40:08,199
Members of the jury,
1089
00:40:08,247 --> 00:40:10,904
we thank you for your
service in this matter.
1090
00:40:11,034 --> 00:40:12,084
Nina,
1091
00:40:12,132 --> 00:40:13,764
the court wishes nothing but
1092
00:40:13,812 --> 00:40:15,272
rest and restoration for you
1093
00:40:15,320 --> 00:40:17,235
and your family moving forward.
1094
00:40:17,709 --> 00:40:18,809
We did it.
1095
00:40:18,910 --> 00:40:20,472
Court is adjourned.
1096
00:40:32,600 --> 00:40:34,043
Hey.
1097
00:40:34,279 --> 00:40:35,537
What are you doing here?
1098
00:40:35,586 --> 00:40:36,881
I, uh,
1099
00:40:36,929 --> 00:40:39,229
thought I'd get a little head start
setting up an office.
1100
00:40:39,331 --> 00:40:40,531
An office here?
1101
00:40:40,632 --> 00:40:42,066
Yeah.
1102
00:40:42,350 --> 00:40:44,068
Oh, I thought you knew Colleen.
1103
00:40:44,169 --> 00:40:45,402
I'm not Gregor.
1104
00:40:45,503 --> 00:40:46,956
You are going to be seeing a lot of me,
1105
00:40:47,005 --> 00:40:48,472
more than you want to.
1106
00:40:48,573 --> 00:40:50,573
I like to get my hands dirty.
1107
00:40:51,076 --> 00:40:53,243
- Okay.
- Ah, first things first,
1108
00:40:53,345 --> 00:40:54,705
we need to talk about
getting the lawyers
1109
00:40:54,753 --> 00:40:56,080
to increase their weekly billings.
1110
00:40:56,129 --> 00:40:58,363
Oh, we're already working
way beyond capacity.
1111
00:40:58,516 --> 00:41:00,150
Ooh, easy now.
1112
00:41:00,199 --> 00:41:01,579
There is a method,
1113
00:41:01,701 --> 00:41:02,757
to the madness.
1114
00:41:02,806 --> 00:41:05,469
We can agree that the system
is on the verge of breaking.
1115
00:41:05,817 --> 00:41:08,973
Well no one will payattention until we break it.
1116
00:41:09,361 --> 00:41:11,143
Then we build it better.
1117
00:41:48,366 --> 00:41:50,109
Is this what do you really want?
1118
00:41:50,769 --> 00:41:53,257
It's just not working.
1119
00:41:58,462 --> 00:42:00,429
Police are looking for
an Indigenous woman,
1120
00:42:00,478 --> 00:42:01,816
travelling with a newborn,
1121
00:42:01,865 --> 00:42:04,100
driving a late model Honda Civic.
1122
00:42:04,149 --> 00:42:05,883
Residents are advised to contact police
1123
00:42:05,984 --> 00:42:08,652
if they have any information
regarding this case.
1124
00:42:19,120 --> 00:42:24,599
♪ Some day, say you'll miss me too
1125
00:42:26,471 --> 00:42:28,464
♪ We're out in your world
1126
00:42:28,513 --> 00:42:32,137
♪ There is no look as good as you
1127
00:42:44,215 --> 00:42:48,089
♪ I'll keep finding my way to you
1128
00:43:14,066 --> 00:43:18,066
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