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Ontario lawyers are cautioned against marketing awards that “do not genuinely reflect the performance of the lawyer and the quality of services provided by the lawyer but appear to do so.”
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“I think they’re all deserving,” Attorney General Doug Downey said Tuesday as the premier conceded, “Should there have been probably … another process, yes.”
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Five living ex-attorneys general — four Liberals and one NDP — confirmed to the Star that they were not offered the controversial King’s Counsel designation.
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“I didn’t approve any list, I didn’t see a list,” Ford said in response to a reporter’s question at a press conference in Winnipeg.