Canada's director of public prosecutions threatens to discipline employees, including students, who signed pro-Palestine letters

Legal experts say a May 7 email to Public Prosecution Service of Canada employees in Ontario represents escalating state repression against lawyers who advocate for Palestine.

Director of Public Prosecutions Kathleen Roussel, pictured at a 2017 standing committee hearing, wrote two emails threatening disciplinary action against Public Prosecution Service of Canada employees in Ontario who signed two pro-Palestine letters last year. (Screenshot/Government of Canada)

Tl;dr

• Director of Public Prosecutions Kathleen Roussel sent two…