PM should apologize to families of Paul Bernardo’s victims for $19K in legal costs, senator says

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A Canadian senator is urging the federal government to apologize after asking the families of Paul Bernado’s victims to pay thousands of dollars in legal costs.

Lawyer Tim Danson called the decision “disappointing” when speaking witih CTV News Toronto on Thursday, and said they are currently appealing the ruling in federal court.“When the government lawyers understood that, to make a long story short, that we were going to shame them with respect to seeking costs against these particular families …they backed it off and they waived the requirement for the families to pay costs,” Danson said.

The issue was brought up again this week as the Senate continued to debate the transfer of Bernardo to a medium-security prison. He told CTV News Toronto that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau should publicly apologize to the families.“The government here has just simply been defending Paul Bernardo as opposed to the victim's families. And it's just as clear as can be and the most shameful thing in the world.”

 

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