UM TodayPeter Nygard – UM Today https://umtoday-wordpress.ad.umanitoba.ca Your Source for University of Manitoba News Tue, 27 Jan 2026 15:13:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 Winnipeg Free Press: ‘Awkward to have a foot in both worlds’ Loyalty, potential conflicts called key issues when government backbencher is defence lawyer https://umtoday-wordpress.ad.umanitoba.ca/winnipeg-free-press-awkward-to-have-a-foot-in-both-worlds-loyalty-potential-conflicts-called-key-issues-when-government-backbencher-is-defence-lawyer/ https://umtoday-wordpress.ad.umanitoba.ca/winnipeg-free-press-awkward-to-have-a-foot-in-both-worlds-loyalty-potential-conflicts-called-key-issues-when-government-backbencher-is-defence-lawyer/#respond Fri, 20 Sep 2024 20:14:37 +0000 https://news.umanitoba.ca/?p=203621 ‘Awkward to have a foot in both worlds’ Loyalty, potential conflicts called key issues when government backbencher is defence lawyer]]> There are risks associated with having a criminal defence lawyer on the government backbenches, says a law professor who co-authored a paper triggered by Fort Garry MLA Mark Wasyliw’s situation.

“He was definitely the inspiration for this,” said Brandon Trask, an assistant law professor at the University of Manitoba. His peer-reviewed “Role Call: Can a Backbench Legislator Practice as a Criminal Defence Lawyer? A Legal Ethics Analysis” appeared in the Manitoba Law Journal online before the NDP announced Monday it was dumping Wasyliw from its caucus.

Trask said NDP caucus chair Mike Moyes’ statement that day explaining that the lawyer was getting the boot because of his association with the lawyer for convicted sex offender Peter Nygard is “problematic” and “unfortunate.”

To read the full story, please visit the Winnipeg Free Press. 

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To listen to the full conversation, please visit CBC Manitoba.

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