Thu Aug 31, 2023 – 5:18 pm EDTThu Aug 31, 2023 – 5:19 pm EDT
OTTAWA, Ontario (LifeSiteNews) –– Well-respected independent Canadian news outlet Blacklock’s Reporter has said that a federal lawyer who was implicated in editing the organization’s Wikipedia page years ago has now been named an Ontario Superior Court judge.
According to Blacklock’s Reporter, Alexandre Kaufman, who formerly worked with the Department of Justice, was on Monday appointed to one of Ontario’s higher courts. This is despite the fact that a 2016 incident Kaufman was involved in led to disciplinary “measures against an unidentified courthouse clerk.”
In 2016, when Kaufman was a federal lawyer, he had successfully defended Canada’s finance department against Blacklock’s “copyright action in Federal Court.”
According to Access To Information records, however, Kaufman, only minutes after the court ruling, reportedly emailed 22 high-profile people, including senior journalists, law firms, federal workers, and lawyers, what could be described as a victory memo.
In the email, Kaufman announced that “Christmas came early,” adding to his recipients, “Please enjoy.”
In response to his seemingly celebratory email, a counsel for the Bank of Canada replied, “Very well done Alex,” adding, “A wonder kick in the
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