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John Magyar
John J. Magyar, B.A., J.D., Graduate student, University of Western Faculty of Law. John received a B.A. in philosophy from the University of Western Ontario in 1990 and completed the Recorded Music Production program at Fanshawe College in 1993. Before returning to UWO to study Law, he held a wide variety of jobs including Operations Manager at Other Peoples Music Inc and Research Director at Technical Economists Ltd., a commercial real estate consulting service in downtown Toronto. He received a J.D. from UWO in 2010 and is currently working on an LL.M. thesis on statutory interpretation.

2 Comments on "Can a busy female politician give reliable evidence?"

  1. Annon | August 11, 2009 at 3:16 pm |

    This is spin. Read what the judge actually said. From what I’m seeing, it had nothing to do with her being a woman. The lawyer was able to convince the judge that she was in too many places at the same time for her testimony to be reliable. End of story. No need to look for “ulterior” motives and claim gender-bias. I am satisfied that a male in an identical situation would have received the same treatment from this judge.

  2. Stop Anxiety | November 20, 2009 at 6:00 pm |

    I think that is a little crazy and what I mean by a little is that it all depends on the factors at hand. In any case whether male or female, so people are so busy that they are a little spun and can’t really testify an accurate testimony. Now in most cases, a lot of the witnesses are probably just the same, so for this instance to not allow someone to testify/submit evidence, just because of the fact that they are busy is a little crazy. The testimony/evidence should at least be heard or looked at. That’s what I think.

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