I first became a Member of the Law Society as an articling student, back in 1992. I have always felt grateful for the privilege of being a lawyer. The most honest, ethical, generous, and conscientious people I have ever known are the lawyers, judges, clerks, and paralegals who spend their days and, sometimes long nights, serving the legal needs of Albertans. In my practice, I have been primarily a litigation lawyer in the various Courts of Alberta. In all of that time, I have not witnessed a single instance of racist treatment of an individual by our Courts. Even during my time as a lawyer representing claimants with Indian Residential School claims, I cannot recall anyone being treated prejudicially based upon their race. Based upon this experience, I do not accept for a moment that the legal profession in Alberta is systemically racist; nor, for that matter, is our country.
There is but a singular situation where I experienced systemic racism and discrimination. It was this past June, and at the hands of leftist colleagues. An activist lawyer named Tom Engel conspired with the NDP and a non-practising lawyer named Rachel Notley, and the CBC, to discriminate against me in the form of a ‘cancel’ culture attack. Our own Law Society later participated in this discrimination. It was designed to destroy my reputation and leave me unable to support my family.
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