The story in brief: A lawyer from Montreal, now in Hong Kong, billeted  Snowden with three different clients and their families, all refugee claimants in Hong Kong.  Because of the lawyer's actions, those clients are now possibly in trouble with the Hong Kong authorities. Lawyers in Montreal (coincidence?) now want the Canadian government to bring these three families to Canada so that they can settle here, all at taxpayer expense.  Some questions from this taxpayer:
1) Why did the lawyer in Hong Kong endanger the refugee claims of these clients by billeting Snowden with them? Presumably the lawyer knew the risks; likely his clients didn't.
2) Was the lawyer's behaviour legal malpractice, or a violation of a code of ethics? Should the bar association in Hong Kong (if they have one), or the one in Quebec,  at least investigate the lawyer's behaviour?
3) If the lawyer is guilty of legal malpractice, isn't their legal malpractice insurance that would pay out to his clients?