A photo that sunk a political career
A momentary snapshot can send the public a strong signal about what a politician's fate could be. It can seem to seal that fate.
Robert Stanfield
Emergencies Act creator says invoking the measure requires 'extraordinary accountability'
In the late 1980s, as then-defence minister Perrin Beatty was drafting new legislation to replace the controversial War Measures Act, one man’s words were on his mind. The man was Robert Stanfield.