Trusting the Process

Learning to lean on people who’ve got my back means I can feel confident in letting the courts handle their part — and keep my focus on mine.

This morning I unpublished the Substack post that Kevin Doherty has filed to have me cited for contempt of court.

This filing isn’t about his original lawsuit against me; that’s a completely separate matter, and it’s one we’ll continue to vigorously address publicly and through the courts in due course.

I haven’t taken the post down because I believe I did anything wrong, or that I broke any law. I still believe what I wrote was within legal bounds. But out of respect for the court, and out of caution in case I’m mistaken on a grey point of law, I’ve opted to unpublish it while the contempt question is dealt with.

It’s not an admission of guilt; it’s the right thing to do while this plays out. And frankly, the sooner this part is resolved, the sooner we can all get back to the bigger issue — former Saskatchewan Minister of Finance Kevin Doherty’s original claims and the broader questions that actually matter.

That’s where the real conversation belongs.

I’ve been open — maybe too open at times — about how frustrated I get with the justice system in this province. I don’t think I’m wrong to have concerns. Saskatchewan’s courts, like any institution, deserve scrutiny. There are real problems worth talking about: a lack of transparency and uneven access to justice that frustrates Saskatchewan people every day.

But, I admit I also often paint with too broad a brush. My longtime readers and supporters know me better than I know myself; I allow frustration to turn into cynicism in my work. I know that’s not fair to the many good people who are still trying to make Saskatchewan systems work from the inside.

I know good lawyers — especially mine — who fight really hard for fairness and due process.

And I know there are really good, thoughtful Saskatchewan judges on the King’s Bench who show genuine care for the law and for the public they serve (I actually love reading Richard Danyliuk’s judgments lol).

So for now, the post is down. It’s not gone — just unpublished while the court decides how to interpret the situation. When that decision comes, we’ll move forward from there.

My focus, though, isn’t on this detour.

The real issue — the one that started all of this — still stands, and I’ll continue to defend myself and my work, both in court and in the open, where these conversations belong.

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