The Rodgers Brief

Author: Adam Rodgers

This podcast features analysis of current Canadian legal news, and stories with important legal angles. Previous episodes covered the Nova Scotia Mass Casualty Inquiry proceedings, arising out of the tragic events of April 18-19, 2020 in Portapique and other locations throughout Central Nova Scotia. Adam Rodgers has been a leading Nova Scotian litigation and criminal defense lawyer, as well as a business and political advisor, for 15 years. He has represented clients on many ground-breaking and prominent cases, including his most recent responsibilities with the Desmond Fatality Inquiry.
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Dispersing the Fog -Ep 32 - New Evidence in Sullivan Children Case, Bail Reform Politics, Death of Robert Dziekanski with Guest Former CBC Journalist Curt Petrovich
Sunday, 19 October, 2025

This week we are very pleased to welcome former longtime CBC journalist, author Curt Petrovich, to the podcast. Curt has written 'Blamed and Broken, the Mounties and the Death of Robert Dziekanski', an account of the many unusual twists in the story of a Polish immigrant who died after being tased at the Vancouver Airport on October 14, 2007. Two of the four officers involved were convicted of perjury in the case, but those officers have since sued the RCMP for defamation, and one has reached a settlement. Curt discusses the viral video of the incident, the unusual decision to have four separate trials for the four officers, and an upcoming OPP report on the way the four officers were treated by the RCMP.Before welcoming Curt to the show, Paul and Adam discuss the new evidence in the Jack and Lily Sullivan disappearance, and what that might mean in terms of a suspect. It is also a critique of the police for not issuing an Amber Alert. The federal government is introducing bail reform legislation this week, as part of a justice reform package that also includes $1.8 billion for federal policing. The guys discuss that, along with the comments from Pierre Poilievre about the RCMP allowing politics to interfere with their decision making when it came to the potential prosecutions of the Trudeau government.