Peace and Good Order
The Case for Indigenous Justice in Canada
A Globe and Mail Best Book of the Year
An urgent, informed, intimate condemnation of the Canadian state and its failure to deliver justice to Indigenous people by national bestselling author and former Crown prosecutor Harold R. Johnson. Now with brand new Afterword.
"The night of the decision in the Gerald Stanley trial for the murder of Colten Boushie, I received a text message from a retired provincial court judge. He was feeling ashamed for his time in a system that was so badly tilted. I too feel this way about my time as both defence counsel and as a Crown prosecutor; that I didn't have the courage to stand up in the court room and shout 'Enough is enough.' This book…
$22.00
August 29, 2023
HAROLD R. JOHNSON is the author of six works of fiction and five works of non-fiction. His most recent book, Firewater: How Alcohol Is Killing My People (and Yours), was a finalist for the Governor General's Literary Award for Non-Fiction. Born and raised in northern Saskatchewan, he was a member of the Canadian Navy and worked in mining and logging before graduating from Harvard Law School. He managed a private practice for several years and then became a Crown prosecutor. Johnson was a member of the Montreal Lake Cree Nation and passed away in early 2022.
Peace and Good Order
Harold R. Johnson