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Marcie:
The last couple of years
have been tough, right?

Challenging.

We've had to fight
for the little things

That make us feel human.

We've had to get used
to a life in stasis.

Praying that you
get to finish

Whatever you were in the middle
of when the world changed.

Don't get me wrong,

Life in the midst of a
pandemic wasn't all bad.

Cheers.

Cheers.

Marcie:
We were reminded of how
much we love our loved ones.

We "bubbled" with strangers
and made lifelong friends.

Hey, hold on!

Marcie:
And while most of us
were dealing with a virus

That made being socially distant
from loved ones the new normal,

Some of us saw our lives
irrevocably changed by loss.

(colleen sighs)

Marcie:
Every morning, my client,
nina francis,

Would make the journey
from preston to halifax

To work as a
continuing care assistant

At one of oakland park's
long term care facilities.

And she did that job
efficiently, diligently

And with the
greatest of care.

During the pandemic,

She was required
to do this job

Under the
worst circumstances.

Lack of ppe,

No access to n-95 masks,

Being shuttled across
oakland park's

Six long term
care facilities.

My client is charged with
assault with a weapon

And criminal negligence.

She's not guilty,
ladies and gentlemen.

Nina francis was confronted
by the complainant at her home,

As she was taking her two
young children to school.

Now the complainant
attacked my client

Because she believed
that ms. Francis

Gave her mother covid-19;

A virus she did succumb to.

My client attempted
to escape

Ms. Macaskill's
unrelenting attack.

And when ms. Eilidh macaskill

Refused to back away
from my client's vehicle,

She was injured.

The crown is gonna tell you
this accident was purposeful.

This case is an
unwarranted attack

On a woman who risked
her own life every day

Through one of the most
unprecedented events

Of our lifetime.

Ladies and gentlemen
of the jury,

Covid-19 has taken so
much from so many people.

Don't allow it to claim
nina francis' freedom

And her family too.

Please find her
not guilty.

Thank you.

Judge kilcoyne:
Call your first witness.

Yes your honour.

We call
eilidh macaskill

To the witness stand.

(ominous music)

♪

Driver:
(laughing) I guess
karen ain't calling
the manager today.

Passenger:
She's handling her
business herself.

Driver:
Mm mm, oh!
She tryin' to, oh!

Oh man, she gonna
crack the window!

Passenger:
Look at her, man.

Driver:
Oh my goodness!

She fell back and
she's drivin' off!

Passenger:
Did she just hit her?

Driver:
(laughing) I cannot
believe what I have-

Passenger:
Is she all right?

Keep filming,
I'm gonna call 911.

Driver:
All right. Oh my-

Are you okay?

Ms. Macaskill,

There's no doubt
that video must be
triggering for you.

Do you need a moment?

I'm good.

Bethany:
Okay.

Now, can you tell the
court what happened

After the accused's
truck made
contact with you?

I'm not sure,
I just remember
being in a lot of pain.

Do you recall if
the accused stopped

To see if you
were okay?

She just ran off.

Bethany:
She just left the scene?

Eilidh:
Yes.

And she didn't
come to your aid?

No. She ran
inside her house.

Two guys came from
I don't know where

And I guess they
called an ambulance.

Bethany:
An ambulance?

So you must've been
hurt pretty badly?

My leg was broken
in three places

And I suffered
a concussion.

I'm a cpa.

I've had trouble focusing
since what happened.

Get headaches.

I haven't been able
to go back to work.

How long have you
been off work?

Almost 13 months.

Do you have a sense
from your doctor

When you'll be
able to go back?

They don't know
if I'll be able
to go back.

(gentle music)

Joyce:
So you heard that gregor's
stepping down as chair?

I'll believe
that when I
see it.

Joyce:
Gregor's gone.

He's not even
in the country.

He handed me his
proxy just in case.

Still playing the
puppet master.

Unbelievable.

So who's gonna
replace him?

Well, there's
eugene alfreds,

Quinta tyson,

Percy lincoln.

Percy lincoln?
Seriously?

Joyce:
I wouldn't sweat it.

He's viewed as
too radical.

Even the "left"
has its limits.

Thinking about tossing
your hat in the ring?

Give your head
a shake.

You know how long I've
been trying to reform

Halifax legal aid?

Well, it sounds like
you have ideas.

And the added bonus
is you have history,

Aka you're old.

Thanks, colleen.

I'll think
about it.

Ronnie:
There the big
talking man is.

With your cheap
settler promises.

I thought you were gonna
do something for us.

Now, I'm just
getting this.

We waited five months
for a no?

The government's not
getting their hands
on my niece's kid.

Hey.

Hey, colleen.

You got a minute to
talk about this?

You the boss?

I am, yeah.
How can I help?

Stop screwing us with
your "nos" for a start.

We rejected her claim.

Okay, well you can
always appeal.

Ronnie:
Damn it!

My niece is 16.

She's in the system.

Me and her mother,
we grew up in the system.

After my sister died,
I swore I wouldn't let ivy,

She wasn't supposed to
end up in foster care.

I let her down.

How many more of us
do they get to claim?

That child of hers
belongs with her people.

I need to bring her home.

Here, I want you to
write down your number.

I'll call you this afternoon,
I promise.

(door knocking)

Doug:
Look, I know you said
"no" but this file-

(sighs) there's
always a "file" doug.

We don't have the resources
to take on every case.

It's six or seven hours,
colleen.

Ronnie's niece is
in foster care.

She's 16 and
eight months pregnant.

Ronnie just wants to
be appointed guardian

Of her grand-nephew,

Keep the child
out of care.

It's six or seven hours.

If she registers an
appeal I'll expedite it.

You're not getting this,
colleen.

I'm sorry for taking
this out on you,

But she applied for legal
aid nearly five months ago.

We should be embarrassed
it takes this long

To respond to people.

Wow, that's what
passes as an apology?

Why does this woman
have to fight for help?

We'll give a legal aid
certificate to a murderer

Just like that.

We have to be better.

You have no idea what
I deal with on the daily.

Do more with less,

Take from "peter"
to pay "paul".

The focus this quarter
is women not men,

Black not white.

Agendas are
constantly shifting.

And every time I ask for more
I'm told to make it work.

And that's exactly what
I'm doing every day.

So don't,

Don't come at me
suggesting otherwise.

You're right.

I shouldn't have said that,
I'm just...

Ten hours, doug.

I'll give you ten hours
to work this out.

Thank you.

Thank you, colleen.

Colleen:
And don't get too excited,

I'm not sanctioning court
time on this, all right?

Couple of phone calls,
some meetings,

Keep this really
short and simple.

Bethany:
Why did you choose
oakland park for your mom?

It seemed nice.

I thought they'd take
good care of her,

That she'd be safe.

And was that the case?

Uh, for the first
couple months.

But then once she,
the accused,

Um, became my mom's
continuing care assistant,

It's like everything
just went to hell.

I'd show up and mom would
be sitting in her own mess

Or she'd need
an extra pillow

And nina would look at
me like I had two heads.

Hearsay.

Judge kilcoyne:
Move along, ms. Mayle.

Bethany:
Did you speak to anyone
about your mom's care?

Eilidh:
Not at first but
once she pushed me-

Objection, your honour.

Bethany:
It is our intention
to present evidence

Of a prior altercation

Between ms. Macaskill
and the accused.

Hmm.

The witness can continue.

She's lying.
I never touched her.

I know. Nina, we're
gonna get our turn.

Eilidh:
Once that woman
pushed me,

I complained to her boss

And the accused was taken
off my mother's care.

So that was the end of
the defendant's interaction

With your mother?

No. As a result of covid,

Oakland park was
short staffed

So the accused was put
back on my mom's team.

Bethany:
How did your mother
respond to that?

Eilidh:
I don't know.

Oakland park was
on lockdown.

I didn't get to see her.

My mother died
of covid.

That woman gave
her covid-19-

Objection! This is
highly prejudicial.

Bethany:
I'm as surprised
as ms. Diggs

To hear this
from my witness.

However, we intend
to call evidence-

And I will consider the
relevance of that evidence

When it's put
before the court.

Marcie:
Your honour, the
complainant's allegations

Are entirely without basis.

The jury needs
to be cautioned.

She's a "hotspotter".

From preston.

Even the
government said

That that community was
a hotspot for covid.

Seriously, your honour.

Judge kilcoyne:
Ms. Macaskill,

I need you to simply
answer the questions

Ms. Mayle asks of you.

Don't editorialize,

Don't present facts you
don't know as facts.

Ms. Diggs, I will take
your request for a caution

To the jury
under advisement.

Let's move this along.

Bethany:
Let's go back
to the day

That the accused's vehicle
made contact with you.

Did you have a
weapon in your hand

When you approached
the defendant?

No.

Bethany:
Were you planning to
physically harm the defendant?

I was upset,

But I just wanted
to talk to her,

To understand what
happened to my mother.

I wasn't going
to hurt her.

I have no
further questions.

Judge kilcoyne:
Ms. Diggs, cross.

Marcie:
Your mother died.

This is someone
you idolized,

Someone you loved.

And you blame nina francis
for her death?

Yes. Yes I do.

Marcie:
And, when you confronted
her at her home

You were angry.

I wouldn't say angry, no.

Marcie:
No?

Just thirty minutes before

You were asking staff members
for my client's home address.

I wanted to talk
to her, yes. But-

But you were angry?

Nobody would give me
a straight answer.

I just wanted to talk.

Talk?

(tense dramatic music)

♪

This doesn't look like
somebody who wants to talk.

Bethany:
Objection, we're not
here for ms. Diggs opinion.

I'm done with the witness.

(tense dramatic music)

Ust gets
to lie like that?

The jury knows that
she's being dishonest.

Do they marcie?

The media has half
the city believing

I'm the one responsible for
the outbreak at oakland park,

Like I'm some serial killer.

Nina!

Nina:
What, earl?

Eilidh macaskill gets
to spew her lies

To anyone willing
to listen.

What about us?

I can't get a job,

No one will hire
you because of me.

And I'm sending the
girls to my brothers

Just so they don't have
to be hassled every day.

Nina, I need you to
maintain a positive attitude-

Nina:
You be positive, marcie.

All being positive has ever
gotten me was disappointment.

These people have made it
so I can't hold my head up

In my own community.

And who knows if I'll
ever be able to.

Iris:
Hi ona.

Ona:
Sorry iris, I was just
getting up to speed.

Uh, can you just give
us a moment please?

Thanks.

I didn't realize your
roomie was joining us.

Oh, it's for our client.

Yes, I was hoping

That we could all work
together on this one.

I like to think we're
always on the same side.

Iris:
I don't think that's
what doug meant.

I'm just messing
with your roomie.

So your client's aunt

Wants to be the guardian
of her unborn child?

What's the full name
of the mother-to-be?

Ivy lynn, no "e", maloney.

Is there something wrong?

Ona:
No, no, it's just a birth
alert on ivy lynn's file.

Iris:
Why is there a birth
alert on ivy's file?

Ona:
I'd have to check with whoever
entered this into the system.

I mean, she's a minor
living in foster care

With a juvenile history and
some learning exceptionalities.

It could be that simple.

Is it too late to
submit a safety plan?

To have her aunt appointed

As the person who takes
custody of ivy's child

Instead of social services?

I can try and
push one through.

But she can also make her
application for guardianship

Once the child is born.

Iris:
So you guys can just take
someone's baby for nothing?

Ona:
Don't get it twisted, iris.

The-the whole basis
of the policy

Is the best interest
of the child.

Doug:
Especially if the
mother of that child

Is indigenous or black.

Hmm.

Look, we can run this over
till the cows come home

But it sounds like you
guys are on a clock.

We are.

We'll have the safety
plan in this afternoon.

Ronnie does not want
her niece's child

Spending a day
in the system.

Thank you, ona.

Yeah.

See ya.
-Okay.

Percy:
Look, our legal aid
system is a mess,

Underfunded,
overworked, inefficient.

It is supposed to be about
increasing access to justice

And that shouldn't just
mean family and criminal.

Come on, we do
more than that.

I got you, I do,

But I'm talking
civil litigation,

Wills and estates.

If I'm elected new
chair of the hla board,

I will bring everyone
under one roof.

We're wasting money with
leases across the city.

Also, we only need one
"colleen" managing everyone

Instead of being top heavy
with administrative salaries.

And that savings will
go to fund more lawyers,

Who will earn more than
just a living wage.

Hive mind.

What about negotiating
with government?

You can't throw a
press conference

Every time you
get in a spat.

The house needs
to be cleaned.

I can't do that if
I'm locked outside.

Stand next to me, colleen.

The two of us
working together

Can usher in an entirely new
era in halifax legal aid.

Let's keep talking.

Tell me that's a yes.

We investigated the incident

Between nina and
ms. Macaskill,

But as it was really
a she said/she said,

We just decided moving nina
would be best for everyone.

Bethany:
But then covid hit

And the accused
ended up back

On the late
mona macaskill's team?

Yes.

Bethany:
When did mona macaskill
first exhibit symptoms

Of covid-19?

Objection, relevance?

Your honour,
the defence is arguing

That the complainant
attacked the accused

Because she gave
her mother covid-19.

They've made this relevant.

Go ahead, ms. Mayle.

Objection overruled.

Do you need me to
repeat the question?

According to our records,

She started exhibiting
symptoms April 21st.

Bethany:
And was the accused
part of her team?

Cathy:
Yes, but she'd only just
returned to work days earlier.

Nina was off
for two weeks.

Vacation.

Bethany:
She took a vacation at
the height of the pandemic?

Nina said her husband
had to go out of town

For a family emergency.

How long before the outbreak

Had the accused
returned to work?

Objection!

Ms. Mayle is attempting to link
the outbreak to my client.

I'm as dismayed as you are,
ms. Diggs.

We're gonna take fifteen.

Sheriff, please
excuse the jury.

Sheriff:
All rise.

I want a mistrial.

Every time ms. Mayle
mentions covid

In connection to my client,

The jury looks at her
like she's a murderer.

She's deliberately
feeding them information

That's completely false.

False?

Every news outlet
in the country

Has reported on the
outbreak at oakland park

And several of them
mention your client

As the source of
the outbreak.

Ms. Mayle, I'm astonished
that you would engage

In this line of questioning.

The outbreak at
oakland park is irrelevant.

This is behaviour I
might expect to see

From a prosecutor
with zero experience.

I want a mistrial,
your honour.

I don't see how my client

Can get a fair trial
going forward?

You're not getting a
mistrial, ms. Diggs.

The jury will be given
specific instructions

Regarding the comments
made by ms. Mayle.

Bring the jury back.

They just get to do this
without even telling us?

I'm so sick of these people
and their damn traps.

They just get to
take my baby?

We can get around this.

Ronnie:
You keep saying that.

But history keeps repeating,
don't it?

(ivy crying)

Ivy, ronnie, doug and I,

We're gonna file
a safety plan

Where ronnie is your
baby's guardian.

You get to choose who
takes care of your baby.

Social services won't be
able to take your child.

Doug and I, we won't
let that happen.

Doug:
Iris is right.

We'll settle this.

Dr. Jones,

Can you state your
occupation for the record?

I'm the chief physician
for oakland group,

The owner of oakland park,

The long term care home

Where the defendant worked.

Bethany:
Can you describe
the covid protocols

That oakland group put in
place for their facilities?

The covid protocols
I put in place, uh,

Across the oakland
suite of homes

Were based in the science
available at the time.

Ppe, facial shields, masks,

Increased ventilation,
distancing.

Unfortunately, with the
staff coming and going,

It proved impossible
to keep the "hotspotters"

From bringing covid
into our facility.

Can you clarify for the jury
what you mean by "hotspotter"?

Ah, we have a lot of ccas,

Janitorial staff,
cafeteria workers

Who live in or have
connections to family

Living in covid hotspots
like the preston area,

"hotspotters".

Bethany:
So you believe that
one of the support staff

Is responsible
for the outbreak?

Objection. Speculation.

Bethany:
I have no further questions.

Marcie:
Let's talk about
this report

From oakland group's
human resources department.

Would you mind reading

The highlighted
portion to the court?

Ah, it says 35% of
oakland group's employees

Work across the
various facilities.

Marcie:
And how many employees

Work at the
north end halifax facility?

Thirty, give or take.

Marcie:
And your
clayton park facility?

Thirty-six, I believe.

And your bedford facility?

Fifty-four.

According to my quick
math that's 120 people.

And according to your own
human resources report,

Thirty-five percent
of those people,

So forty-two staff,

Are coming in and out of
the various facilities

In the midst
of a pandemic.

And these numbers include
doctors and nurses?

Yes.

Marcie:
And do these doctors and
nurses work at other hospitals

Or other long term
care facilities?

Some of them, yes.

Marcie:
So isn't it true
you have no idea

What the source of the
outbreak might've been

At the north end facility?

Objection, your honour.

Judge kilcoyne:
We'll continue.

Sit down, ms. Mayle.

We acted in accordance
with the protocols

Set by the government
at the time.

Right, so the bare minimum.

Are you currently being
sued by ms. Macaskill

For negligence in connection
with the death of her mother?

Bethany:
Objection, your honour.

Where is ms. Diggs
getting this from?

Did you insinuate
to ms. Macaskill

During your
settlement discussions

That my client exposed
her mother to covid-19?

Your honour, orlando beam,

Counsel for oakland park

And I've instructed
dr. Jones

That conversations between
the group and ms. Macaskill

Are privileged communication.

I'm sorry,
who are you again?

Orlando bloom?

Orlando beam.

Okay.

Members of the jury,

I apologize for
the workout today,

But ms. Diggs, ms. Mayle,
mr. Beam and I

Will need to have a
private conversation.

(tense dramatic music)

Orlando:
I cannot allow dr. Jones

To answer questions related
to ongoing litigation.

Your honour, if I'm not
allowed to conduct

A full cross examination

Of the evidence that dr. Jones
provided then I can't-

Bethany:
Ms. Diggs is attempting
to establish some proximity-

Marcie:
I don't have to attempt.

Ms. Macaskill met with
dr. Jones and mr. Beam

Immediately prior to confronting
my client at her home

With her small children.

Something happened
at that meeting

That set her off in my
client's direction.

Unfortunately,
that's information

Dr. Jones will be
unable to share.

Judge kilcoyne:
Ms. Diggs, the
court acknowledges

Solicitor-client privilege-

Marcie:
With respect your honour,

Mr. Beam has no standing
in this proceeding.

Dr. Jones will not
answer any questions

Related to the
ongoing litigation

Between oakland park
and ms. Macaskill.

Marcie:
Your honour, your
ruling interferes

With my ability to
defend my client-

Judge kilcoyne:
Enough!

Move along to your
next witness.

Sheriff, bring the
jury back please.

Coffee
smells incredible.

You didn't get that from
around here, did you?

I know a guy.

You want one?
It's high protein.

Oh, for sure.

(phone ringing)

Ona's calling.

Hey.
- Hey, baby.

Bad news.

The safety plan you filed,
we can't approve it.

Ronnie maloney has
been deemed unfit.

What?

Hang on.

Doug's here, I'm gonna
put you on speaker.

Okay, go ahead.

Hey ona.

Ona:
Hey doug.

(sighs) so like I
was telling iris,

They're not able to
approve the safety plan.

Ronnie's criminal record
disqualifies her.

Ona, we're talking
a couple of

Resisting and public
disturbance convictions

From over
twelve years ago,

Back when her partner was
struggling with alcohol.

He's been clean eleven years.

They don't even live
in the same house.

I'm just the messenger, doug.

Let me know if I can help
with anything else, okay?

I'll talk to you soon.

Dammit!

You're gonna challenge
this, right?

It's a long shot.

At this point, I'll probably
wait till the baby's born,

But I got to try and
help these guys.

And what about
what colleen said?

She didn't approve
court time for this.

I won't tell if you won't.

Joyce:
I've got some
good news, I hope.

I've decided to step up and
put my hat into the ring

For position of chair.

Awesome.

I know you're
really gonna help

Transform how
legal aid operates.

Definitely.

The first thing I
want to look at

Is turning the indigenous
offices into regional offices.

That way everyone has greater
access to our services.

And docketing,

I want to
eliminate docketing.

It makes our lawyers too
focused on time management

When they should be
thinking of the clients.

I hope I can rely
on your support.

You got it, yeah.

Earl:
Finish up, girls,
we gotta get moving.

(gentle music)

♪

I hope this is still okay.

Lot going on.

Yeah.

Earl got an industrial
mechanical job in quebec.

He's leaving
tomorrow morning.

So the girls need
to be settled.

I hate this.

Nina:
It'll be better
for the girls.

They won't have to see people
coming at their momma every day.

Besides, they love
hanging in the country

With aunt glennie,
uncle alvin.

Come on, girls.

(tense music)

♪

I was hoping we could
skate through this

Without addressing the
question of your covid status.

That lawyer's not making
it easy for you, is she?

No, she's not.

She keeps hammering it
in front of the jury and-

The other day

Two kids at my
daughter's school

Told them their
mother was poison.

Poison, marcie.

I'm being crucified
based on a lie.

Another day,
another death threat.

What do you think
they'll do with my truth?

Honestly, nina,

I don't think we have
a chance without it.

Doug:
The fact that my client

Was disqualified as a
guardian of her niece's child

Due to minor summary convictions
from over twelve years ago

Exposes the flaws at the heart
of the birth alert system.

Nelson:
Your honour,

The best interest of the child
is our guiding principle-

Best interest of the child?

Best interest of the child has
become a tool for governments

To steal indigenous kids
from their parents,

From their communities,

And place them in a system

That for many
becomes inescapable.

I'd argue that this policy
is just an extension

Of what happened at
residential schools

And the '60s scoop.

Policies that have
and will continue

To lead to the extermination
of our culture.

That's a bit dramatic.

You don't believe birth
alerts have saved lives?

There's no oversight,
your honour,

No transparency and-

Judge dewey:
That's not what
I asked you.

Answer my question,
mr. Paul.

Yes, they do save lives
but they also ruin families,

Stigmatize communities

And they perpetuate a cycle
of poverty and dysfunction.

Judge dewey:
The court acknowledges
your agreement

That birth alerts
save lives.

Don't bring politics
into my courtroom.

You want to give a
sociology lesson?

We've got a lot
of universities.

I was just arguing my case,
your honour.

Then argue the law.

In that regard,

This court has no authority
to take any action

Until after young
ms. Maloney's child is born.

Your client,
the elder maloney,

Will be able to apply
for guardianship

Thirty days following
the child's birth.

Mr. Paul,
it is galling.

You knew this would
be the outcome

But still you decided
to waste the courts

And mr. Biden's time.

We're adjourned.

(tense dramatic
music swells)

Auntie, do they get
to take my son?

Doug:
We're gonna keep fighting.

Ronnie:
You don't get it.

You grew up on reserve,

Had the privilege
of community.

Ivy didn't have that.

Her mother didn't.
I didn't.

This isn't over.

We have options.

This whole system's set up

'cause of white people's
need to control us,

Treat us like children.

We're not children, doug.

We don't need
nor will I let

Their courts tell us who
gets to raise our kids.

I'm done waiting for them
to give us a fair deal.

What does that mean?

You're a good man, wo'gumal.

She was angry.

Marcie:
And how did you feel?

Nina:
I was scared.

I just wanted to
get out of there.

Did she have a,

A weapon?

Nina:
I thought she had a
rock in her hand at first.

She nearly shattered the
driver's side window of my car.

But now I know it
was just car keys.

And then what happened?

She started yelling.

"you bitch.
You f-ing bitch.

"my mother's dead
because of you,

"I'm gonna kill you."

Marcie:
What did you do?

I opened my window.

Just a little.

I asked her to move.

I told her I was taking
my girls to school.

They were so freaked out.

But she...

She seemed
not in control.

I just needed to
get out of there

So I put my truck
in reverse.

Did you intend
for your vehicle

To make contact
with ms. Macaskill?

Nina:
No.

Marcie:
Did you know that
you hit her?

Not until I looked
out the window

And saw her lying
on the ground.

And when you realized,
what did you do?

I ran inside with my girls.

I was scared.

Marcie:
Did you know why
eilidh macaskill came after you?

Nina:
I didn't at the time,
but now I do.

She believes I gave
her mother covid.

Marcie:
So a great deal has been
made about your covid status

By ms. Mayle.

Let's just go ahead
and clear that up.

You took off work from
April 5th until April 19th.

Can you tell
the court why?

There was an outbreak
at my daughter's school.

My husband was
on the road.

They needed to self-isolate
so I stayed home with them.

I asked cathy collins,
my supervisor,

To use sick days,

But the only way she'd
agree is if I took vacation.

Marcie:
So you did the
right thing,

You self-isolated with
your daughters for 14 days.

The responsible thing.

And did your daughters
end up having covid?

No. Thank god.

Marcie:
How do you know?

Well ain't nobody got sick.

Marcie:
Have you ever had
a covid test?

Yes.

Marcie:
When was that test and
what were the results?

I took the test
on April 25th.

After I returned to work.

I was positive.

Marcie:
So let's review
the timeline.

On April 20th
you returned to work

After self-isolating with
your daughters for 14 days.

And then on April 21st,

Mona macaskill started
exhibiting covid symptoms,

Less than 48 hours.

Could you read the highlighted
section of exhibit d-28?

This is a cdc report regarding
the transmission of covid.

Nina:
"symptoms may appear
two to fourteen days

"after exposure
to the virus".

Marcie:
Thank you.

Less than two days.

And yet the
complainant believes

That you gave her
mother covid-19?

No.

I was infected by her.

Eilidh:
You're a liar!

(spectators gasp)
(tense dramatic music)

She's lying!

Tell them she's lying!

She gave my mother covid!

Tell them!

Judge kilcoyne:
Sheriff, get ms. Macaskill
out of my courtroom.

(tense dramatic music)

She's lying!

(tense dramatic music)

I have no further questions.

Did you tell your employer

That you tested
positive for covid-19?

No, I-

Bethany:
Weren't you concerned

That you may have
infected your co-workers?

Other patients?

I called in sick.

Bethany:
Right. You'd just
returned to work

After being off
for two weeks

And then you tested
positive and you just fled.

I didn't mean to,
I was scared.

Bethany:
Scared?

Nina:
Covid was making
everybody crazy.

The numbers were
going up and up

And people were dying.

Telling someone
you had covid

Was like walking
around with a mark on ya.

You felt like you
did something wrong,

Like you were bad,

Some kind of criminal.

I was ashamed.

Bethany:
Were you ashamed
or selfish?

You just cared about what
people would say about you.

No.

Bethany:
You didn't care you'd exposed
your co-workers to covid.

You didn't care you may
have infected other patients

At oakland park.

I did.

Bethany:
Just like you
didn't care

When you hit ms. Macaskill
with your vehicle.

I wasn't trying
to hurt her.

I wasn't trying
to hurt anyone.

Bethany:
But you did,
didn't ya?

Objection!

I'm done with the accused,
your honour.

(tense dramatic music)

Es that
man to make a sandwich,

I could have been to
halifax and back.

I wish you and dad would
stop acting so foolish.

So now you're
taking his side?

Mom, no sides,

We just don't want our
parents divorcing.

Ain't about what you want,
is it?

Come on, there ain't
no talking to you.

Whatever you do,
just be nice.

(phone ringing)

Emily:
Oh that's avery.

Avery! Avery.

Oh, smile on her
face says it all.

Hey, what time
is it there?

Um, well it's late,
but, uh,

I wanted you to
see this view.

Definitely makes
being sober easier.

Marcie:
Wow.

(giggling)

Emily and mom are here,
I should, uh, I should go.

Avery:
They're teasing you,
aren't they?

Yes.

(avery laughs)

I'll see you soon.

Avery:
You be good.

(in funny voice)
no, "I love you"?

Te quiero mucho, papi.
- Oh my god.

So, when's your
man coming back?

Marcie:
What man?

I don't have a man,
we're just friends.

Mmm.
-Ohhh, okay.

Hello friend!

(giggling)

But ethically doesn't
it bother you?

I mean, you show up to the
hospital and take someone's kid.

Ona:
I don't see
it that way.

Whenever I've had to
enforce a birth alert,

I make sure the mom
understands what's happening

And she's got time to
make a safety plan.

I don't want these
kids in the system.

Yeah, but even that.

Why is it the
luck of the draw?

And we still don't even know
why there's a birth alert

On ivy's file.

The system needs
to change,

You'll get no
argument from me.

Now, tell me,

What is going on
with you and that

Gentle giant of a man?

What, I'd love to have
those big old arms

Wrapped around
me for a night.

It's not like that.

Doug is...

You know how I grew up.

We moved around a lot.

It was never stable.

I never felt safe.

And I feel safe with doug.

And you're not
sleeping with him?

(choking)
(ona laughs)

No!

He's not my type.

He's right up my alley.

Good for you.
-Mmhmm.

♪ stop breaking the law

♪ bring it back
to you all ♪

(boat horn honking)

Doug:
I think we need to have
all our ducks in a row

For the permanent
care hearing

Once ivy's son is born.

Colleen:
Judge dewey's
clerk called.

Colleen.

I specifically told you
I didn't want you in court

On this file.

Listen I'm-

Colleen:
You're testing me, doug.

Pam tested me.
Do I have to fire you too?

The case got complicated.

I'm not just gonna
abandon this family.

It's always complicated, doug.

That's my point.

Every case, every file.

When is it ever simple?

Everybody needs more
and we don't have it.

So we're just letting
people fall off the table?

Is that what we're doing?

Oh, you drive me, doug.

Look, tell your client
to find another lawyer.

Ronnie's voicemail:
Hey, it's ronnie.
Leave a message.

I'll holla back.

Ronnie, it's doug paul.
Call me back.

We are leaving behind

The very folks this system
was intended to protect.

The system has been
crippled by special interests.

The only consideration
should be need.

Our clients are stigmatized

By the fact that our range
of services are so limited.

Employment law, wills,
civil litigation,

Why not provide
these services?

Why are we picking
and choosing?

We are not a
private law firm.

We need to
abolish docketing.

And I would suggest
a wage freeze

Until we can complete
an internal review.

We need to hold the
government's feet to the fire.

Legal aid has been underfunded
for the last twenty years.

It is time for the government
to recommit and reinvest

In legal aid.

We do not have a
future without it.

Without these steps, we do
not have a viable path forward.

Marcie:
Ms. Macaskill, why
were you at oakland park

On the day of the incident
between you and my client?

I had a meeting
scheduled with dr. Jones.

And what was your state of mind
coming out of that meeting?

Orlando:
Your honour,

I must remind the court the
meeting was privileged.

Marcie:
Your honour,

I'm not asking about the
subject matter of the meeting.

Judge kilcoyne:
Mr. Beam, your privilege
is with dr. Jones,

Who's an employee
of oakland group.

Ms. Macaskill can answer
ms. Digg's questions.

Marcie:
What was your state of mind
coming out of that meeting?

I was angry.

I had asked
about the people

Who'd been in contact
with my mother

And they kept giving
me the run around.

I asked about the accused,

They said she'd quit
out of the blue.

So I asked why.

They said they didn't know.

I asked if she tested
positive for covid.

They couldn't
even look at me,

Went on about privacy.

My mother was dead and they
were still protecting her.

And so you confronted
my client at her home?

Yeah, I wanted her
to take responsibility.

Marcie:
And you were angry,
riled up.

Eilidh:
I'd just seen my
mother that Sunday.

She was gone that fast.

I didn't even get
to hold her.

And no one's responsible.

No one's accountable.

Someone gave
my mom covid.

No one will take
responsibility.

Not them, not nina.

Someone did this.

Someone killed my mother.

Someone is responsible.

Marcie:
Yes, eilidh.

But it's pretty clear
given yesterday's testimony

That there is no way my
client gave your mother covid.

That's not true.

(crying) you're right.

I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

You're right.

I'm so sorry, nina.

Bethany:
Your honour,

In light of
ms. Macaskill's testimony,

The crown is willing to
enter a stay of proceedings

Against the defendant.

What does that mean?

Judge kilcoyne:
Ms. Diggs, I take it
you don't object?

(tense dramatic music)

I strenuously object,
your honour.

(tense music swells)

Been maligned in the media.

Her life's been harmed
perhaps irreparably

By this court proceeding.

Ms. Mayle's offer
to stay the charge

Does nothing to begin
repairing the damage

To my client's reputation.

Is there an ask,
ms. Diggs?

Marcie:
The public understands

The meaning of a not guilty
verdict, your honour.

I'd ask the crown
to direct the jury

To enter a not guilty
verdict against my client.

Ms. Mayle?

Your honour, the
crown does not oppose

Ms. Digg's request on
behalf of the accused.

Marcie:
We thank the crown for
your position on that

And we concur.

Judge kilcoyne:
While the court takes
no opinion on this,

But given the
unanimity of counsel,

We would ask the jury to
return with that verdict.

(gentle music)

We find the defendant,
nina francis, not guilty.

(crowd sighing)

(gentle music)

Marcie:
This is over.

Judge kilcoyne:
Members of the jury,

We thank you for your
service in this matter.

Nina, the court wishes nothing
but rest and restoration

For you and your
family moving forward.

We did it.

Judge kilcoyne:
Court is adjourned.

Hey, what are
you doing here?

I, uh, thought I'd get
a little head start

Setting up an office.

An office here?

Yeah.

Oh, I thought you
knew colleen.

I'm not gregor.

You are going to be
seeing a lot of me,

More than you want to.

I like to get my
hands dirty.

Okay.

Ah, first things first,

We need to talk about
getting the lawyers

To increase their
weekly billings.

Oh, we're already working
way beyond capacity.

Ooh, easy now.

There is a method
to the madness.

We can agree that the system
is on the verge of breaking.

Well no one will pay
attention until we break it.

Then we build it better.

(amber alert buzzing)

(soft dramatic music)

♪

Is this what do
you really want?

It's just not working.

(amber alert buzzing)

Police are looking
for an indigenous woman

Travelling with a newborn,

Driving a late
model honda civic.

Residents are advised
to contact police

If they have any information
regarding this case.

(amber alert buzzing)
(soft dramatic music)

(soft rhythmic music)

♪

♪ some day say
you'll miss me too

♪ we're out in your world

♪ there is no look
as good as you

♪ the sun sets but
baby you're the rule

♪ it don't
matter the place

♪ I'll keep finding
my way to you

♪ I crossed all
the oceans

(both laughing)

♪ lost all my fortune

♪ for you

♪ spent all my time
and my very last dime

♪ I crossed all
the oceans

♪ for you

♪ got my mind
on my money ♪

♪ and my money
on my baby ♪

♪ for you ♪

♪ my money
on my baby ♪