The Globe and Mail
DAVID BUTT
Last published June 2025 · On our record since 2013
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Recent work
- Opinion: Hockey Canada trial judge faces tough call on the invisible question of consentOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jun 18, 2025
- Opinion: For too long, we’ve ignored the infrastructure of justice. Now, our court system is on fireOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Sep 13, 2023
- Opinion: Is a stern rebuke from our Chief Justice enough to get judicial vacancies filled? Don’t hold your breathOpinion · The Globe and Mail · May 14, 2023
- Opinion: The deadly Saskatchewan attacks will require a public inquiry to untangleOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Sep 6, 2022
- Opinion: To build a strong Supreme Court, we must look at the big pictureOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Aug 24, 2022
- Opinion: What would a criminal-justice response to the grim residential-school discoveries look like?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Jul 11, 2021
- Wilson-Raybould’s Crown prosecutor roots are a reason she speaks her truth to powerOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Feb 28, 2019
- French proficiency shouldn’t be mandatory for Canada’s Supreme Court judgesOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Dec 9, 2018
- St. Mike’s has a problematic culture – but there is a road to redemptionOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Nov 19, 2018
- Canada can signal we won’t stand for crimes against journalistsOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Nov 5, 2018
- Firearms do not belong in Canada’s citiesOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Aug 13, 2018
- Why Toronto should go to court over Ford’s proposal to truncate democracyOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jul 29, 2018
- When sexual-assault acquittal is not vindicationOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jul 22, 2018
- Addressing delay in the courts: Flirting with transformative changeOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Apr 1, 2018
- How the justice system let race taint the Stanley verdictOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Feb 10, 2018
- How the justice system let race taint the Stanley verdictOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Feb 9, 2018
- How the justice system let race taint the Stanley verdictOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Feb 9, 2018
- McLachlin misses the mark with sexual-assault commentsOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 30, 2017
- McLachlin misses the mark with sexual-assault commentsOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 30, 2017
- McLachlin misses the mark with sexual-assault commentsOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 30, 2017
- McLachlin misses the mark with sexual-assault commentsOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 30, 2017
- McLachlin misses the mark with sexual-assault commentsOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 30, 2017
- McLachlin misses the mark with sexual-assault commentsOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 30, 2017
- McLachlin misses the mark with sexual-assault commentsOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 30, 2017
- Quebec ban on face coverings a blatant violation of religious freedomOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 18, 2017
- Quebec ban on face coverings a blatant violation of religious freedomOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 18, 2017
- Quebec ban on face coverings a blatant violation of religious freedomOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 18, 2017
- Quebec ban on face coverings a blatant violation of religious freedomOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 18, 2017
- Quebec ban on face coverings a blatant violation of religious freedomOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 18, 2017
- Quebec ban on face coverings a blatant violation of religious freedomOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 18, 2017
- Quebec ban on face coverings a blatant violation of religious freedomOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 18, 2017
- Protest-free zones for abortion clinics: How the courts will decide what’s rightOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 5, 2017
- Protest-free zones for abortion clinics: How the courts will decide what’s rightOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 5, 2017
- Protest-free zones for abortion clinics: How the courts will decide what’s rightOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 5, 2017
- Protest-free zones for abortion clinics: How the courts will decide what’s rightOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 5, 2017
- Protest-free zones for abortion clinics: How the courts will decide what’s right Add to ...Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 5, 2017
- Protest-free zones for abortion clinics: How the courts will decide what’s rightOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 5, 2017
- Training for judges is not an assault on judicial independenceOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Sep 12, 2017
- When alcohol and driving combine, less is always moreOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Aug 9, 2017
- When alcohol and driving combine, less is always moreOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Aug 9, 2017
- When alcohol and driving combine, less is always more Add to ...Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Aug 9, 2017
- Chief Justice McLachlin: The Supreme Court’s steady handOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jun 12, 2017
- Chief Justice McLachlin: The Supreme Court’s steady handOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jun 12, 2017
- Welcome the baby steps for sexual assault justice – but ask for moreOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jun 10, 2017
- Welcome the baby steps for sexual assault justice – but ask for more Add to ...Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Jun 10, 2017
- Welcome the baby steps for sexual assault justice – but ask for moreOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jun 10, 2017
- Should Artificial Intelligence play a role in criminal justice?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · May 31, 2017
- Should Artificial Intelligence play a role in criminal justice?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · May 31, 2017
- Preliminary inquiries: Let judges make the callOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Mar 18, 2017
- Preliminary inquiries: Let judges make the callOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Mar 18, 2017
- Alberta’s court delays: A symptom of a larger political problemOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Mar 2, 2017
- Alberta’s court delays: A symptom of a larger political problemOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Mar 2, 2017
- Alberta’s court delays: A symptom of a larger political problemOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Mar 2, 2017
- Alberta’s court delays: A symptom of a larger political problemOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Mar 2, 2017
- Alberta’s court delays: A symptom of a larger political problemOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Mar 2, 2017
- Alberta’s court delays: A symptom of a larger political problemOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Mar 2, 2017
- Alberta’s court delays: A symptom of a larger political problemOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Mar 2, 2017
- Alberta’s court delays: A symptom of a larger political problemOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Mar 2, 2017
- Alberta’s court delays: A symptom of a larger political problemOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Mar 2, 2017
- We are failing the community of sexual assault victims Add to ...Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Feb 6, 2017