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In 2002, Bush wrote to the Citizen presenting a sarcastic letter to the editor that criticized the Liberal Party of Canada’s gender inequality. He wrote that Liberal backbencher Carolyn Bennett should have known her place in a party that rarely saw women reach high positions before attempting to take then Prime Minister Jean Chretien to task.

Bush’s social media accounts also provide of a glimpse of a man who questioned government authority, criticized the public service and believed in the rights of the taxpayer.

On Remembrance Day 2014, Bush’s account tweeted an angry response to a Globe and Mail reporter who noted that people had shouted “thank you” as a group of veterans marched.

“Thank-you? For what?” the tweet said.

He later accused another user of believing the “propaganda like a little Nazi.”

On the same day, the account tweeted, “The only argument for Nov. 11 being a national holiday is give civil servants more time off with pay.”

The HR consultant also posted frequently about “taxpayer monies” and “taxes” and lamented what he perceived to be their wasted use by governments.

When the home invasion charges were laid, Bush’s defence lawyer Geraldine Castle Trudel cautioned against a rush to judgment and said all that is known is the police version of events leading up to and following that alleged crime.

“It may not be correct,” she said. “People are innocent until proven guilty.”

Once the public learned his name and his family understood what police believe he did, Bush’s lawyer and others asked how it could be that a 59-year-old man suddenly turns to a life of crime? For police, the question is much the same. A DNA link has answered who, but for all, what remains is, why?