Ihold no brief for Chris Scott, our elected MPP who has been charged with assaulting his wife with a high chair.
But I do hold brief for the rule of law, which says a person is presumed innocent until proven guilty.
When it comes to Scott’s case, it appears a lot of people don’t feel that way.
They somehow seem to think that since he is our MPP that rule doesn’t apply or if it does, it should be skirted.
They are wrong.
I didn’t intend to get into this as I thought the frenzy of calls for Scott’s resignation would come to an end very quickly.
I was wrong in that thought; they persist.
There are some coming to the same conclusion that I have, that Scott’s case should play out in the criminal court rather than in the court of public opinion.
But when it comes to public comment, they