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Originally Posted by Rerun
Whereas Redford did not vote, but unilaterally awarded a contract that directly affected her ex husband (and I assume her friend) to the tune of millions of dollars.
Hmmmm voting on a motion vs. awarding a contract.
Hmmmm $3000 that went to a charity vs. Millions of $ going into your ex's pocket
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The Ford situation doesn't have to do with him actually raising money, rather it has everything to do with him voting on whether he should repay the money. Which went against the Ontario laws governing municipal politics and was ruled on by a judge.
The situations really aren't comparable. I agree the optics are bad and she should have deferred the judgement to someone else, however that doesn't necessarily mean that she was doing so in order to make someone else rich.
Really I think that Redford has a pretty short shelf life as a Premier - which is a shame because I think she is exactly what Alberta needed after the Klein years where there was so much emphasis placed upon repaying the debt that long term projects and the population health needs were seemingly ignored resulting in ballooning costs in later years.