Law associations across the country are criticizing the Manitoba NDP’s decision to remove from caucus a backbencher linked to the lawyer defending convicted sex offender Peter Nygard.
Legal organizations at both the national and provincial levels are urging Premier Wab Kinew to reconsider his decision to expel Mark Wasyliw from caucus. They are also demanding an apology for the rationale provided by the NDP for Wasyliw’s expulsion.
Wasyliw, a practising criminal defence lawyer, was removed from caucus at the beginning of the week after the party learned that the Fort Garry MLA works at the law firm representing Nygard….