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Originally Posted by Resolute 14

Aaaaand Notley (wisely) caves. Says she will ask a former bureau chief of the Canadian Press to help develop proper standards, and in the meantime, nobody will be banned from future events.

https://twitter.com/JodieSinnema/sta...98743853006849

Edit: Calgary Herald story: http://www.calgaryherald.com/News/11725261/story.html

Frack, I hate politics. I hate politicians (all of them). But I have never been so damn incensed in my life to see a Canadian/Albertan government try to pull stupid #### like this. It's ####ing basic freedom of the press regardless of whether you don't like them or not.

Clearly the NDP also don't understand the things you can't do this in a democracy. What kind of public statement is this?

“We’ve heard a lot of feedback from Albertans and media over the course of the last two days and it’s clear we made a mistake,” the premier’s office said in a statement Wednesday.

You think it was a MISTAKE JUST because you've gotten some feedback? How fracking insanely stupid are you? What's next? Are you going to round up and jail some "enemies of the state" next week? Wait for some feedback and say "Oh snap, I didn't realize we couldn't do this . . . ummm keep those people stay in jail while we pay some outside experts to conduct a review of this policy. We'll get back to you in a few weeks."

What Russian Communist Utopia are these people living in?

Originally Posted by peter12

Another third-party consultant who will probably bill the province for a six-figure fee, all to just probably just confirm the status quo.

Ridiculous as well. With the crazy deficit and upcoming budget, you need to pay an "expert" to tell you not to do illegal scummy ####? ####ing seriously?