They were not put on trial. No suggestions were made that they asked to be sexually assaulted or failed to stop their assailant. They were subject to a rigorous cross-examination, but Quebec Court Judge Rolande Matte refused to allow them to be badgered. The Gazette Robert Bourassa got off a good line during debate over the Charlottetown Accord almost a decade ago. What we're seeing these days is Bernie's brilliant side.
Intelligence has yet to make an appearance.
In the past few days, there have been plenty thrown back and forth between Quebec and Ottawa. The fascinating part is that for the first time in five years, some of those words were being uttered by the leader of the sovereignist Parti Quebecois government. After five years of Lucien Bouchard's discreet statements on the national question, the new premier speaks. And he speaks about sovereignty. The world never ceases to amaze.