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Something’s not right about the Joshua Boyle saga
By Phil Gurski Sep. 16, 2019
There are unanswered questions about Joshua Boyle and why the horrific ordeal he put his wife and kids through began in the first place.
The Washington Post's story on Sept. 7, 2019. Screen shot image of The Washington Post
OTTAWA—There was once a Canadian prime minister named Trudeau who stated “there’s no place for the state in the bedrooms of the nation.” This Trudeau PM was not the current version, Justin Trudeau, of course, but rather his father Pierre. This famous sentence was uttered during a debate on the decriminalization of “homosexual acts” performed in private. PET added “what’s done in private between adults doesn’t concern the Criminal Code.”
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