Lawrence Martin is the reporter who back in about 1974 dutifully reported kindly H Ballard’s comments about how his Toronto Maple Leaf players were garbage and Dave Keon was a weak captain. I guess “excessive free speech” wasn’t a concern of Martin’s at the time.
Just think, back in those days the Globe and Mail (”affectionately” referred to as the Mop and Pail) was considered a conservative newspaper! Lawrence Martin doesn’t realize that at some point, in some place, at some time, they will come for him. Hope he enjoys the thirty pieces of silver he’s being paid.