I’m friends with a laywer?

by Steven Garrity

A regular reader (and replier) on this site, our good friend Alan McLeod has won a major legal victory for the intelligent and honest people of Canada. Hopefully, the decision will be a long overdue step away from the absurd cycle of political patronage here on Prince Edward Island – where provincial staffing often changes with leading party.

Congratulations Alan, and thanks for contributing to these amusing excerpts from an article on the ruling on the Halifax Daily News.

Yesterday’s historic victory came on McLeod’s second-last day as a lawyer. He is leaving to work with six 23-year-olds in a Web application company, silverorange.com.

“This decision will probably be appealed,” McLeod said, “but I think it will be upheld. If I had lost this case, I was going to really have to question P.E.I. I would have said this place sucks.”

Well said – good to know that PEI does not actually suck (and I’m actually 23¾-years old, thank you).

 

6 thoughts on “I’m friends with a laywer?”

  1. Congratulations Alan! I just met Alan today, whilst having a cool lunch with Dan James. I’m happy to know someone as intellectually and legally sound as Mr. MacLeod.

  3. I’m proud to say that I once briefly sat at a table and ate Chinese take-out with Alan.

  4. i just wanted to say congrats to Al. i hope you enjoy yourself at silverorange.

    also, thanks for letting those 2 goals in on saturday. you’re a good friend.

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