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   Calvin Henry-Cotnam to All   
   Re: Lac Megantic report August 12   
   13 Aug 14 08:01:22   
   
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   From: calvin@remove.daxack.ca   
      
   John Levine (johnl@iecc.com) said...   
   >   
   >The Canadian legal system only separated from the British in the 20th   
   >century, so there really are significant differences from US practice.   
   >As a trivial example, lawyers still wear wigs and robes in court.   
   >(I've seen them.)   
      
   Robes yes, wigs no.   
      
   --   
   Calvin Henry-Cotnam   
   "Unusual or extreme reactions to events caused by negligence   
    are imaginable, but not reasonably foreseeable"   
     - Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin, May 2008   
      
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