Peace and Good Order

In early 2018, the failures of Canada's justice system were sharply and painfully revealed in the verdicts issued in the deaths of Colten Boushie and Tina Fontaine. The outrage and confusion that followed those verdicts inspired former Crown prosecutor and bestselling author Harold R. Johnson to make the case against Canada for its failure to fulfil its duty under Treaty to effectively deliver justice to Indigenous people, worsening the situation and ensuring long-term damage to Indigenous communities.

In this direct, conciseand essential volume, Harold R. Johnson examines the justice system's failures to deliver "peace and good order" to Indigenous people. He explores the part that he understands himself to have played in that mismanagement, drawing on insights he has gained from the experience; insights into the roots and immediate effects of how the justice system has failed Indigenous people, in all the communities in which they live; and insights into the struggle for peace and good order for Indigenous people now. (From McClelland & Stewart)

Harold R. Johnson is a former prosecutor and the author of several books, including Firewater, which examined the relationship between Indigenous people and alcohol.

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Interviews with Harold R. Johnson

The Current23:50Indigenous people need to tell their stories of sobriety, says lawyer

Harold R. Johnson is an Indigenous crown prosecutor and says alcohol is killing his people. He is urging for a new narrative on alcohol abuse, finding inspiration in those who overcome rather than thinking there are only those who succumb.

CBC Books7:34Harold R. Johnson on his Canada Reads longlisted book, Corvus

Harold R. Johnson talks to The Afternoon Edition in Saskatchewan about his dystopian novel.

Other books by Harold R. Johnson