But he was hearing this stuff anyway by his account. And it was in the territory of public business. Very public business. So he decided to keep listening and to take notes. A solicitor general is not the same as a minister of fisheries.
Judges are the obvious example here.
Return to Archives 1998 Go to Archives 1999 Guests Dick Proctor NDP MP for Palliser, Saskatchewan, and the person who overheard Solicitor General Andy Scott's conversation on the plane. Thomas Nagel Professor of Law and Philosophy at New York University. Lorraine Weinrib Professor of Constitutional Law at the University of Toronto.