The idiocy of this move is beyond belief, even for the NDP. I imagine this will be thrown out in court, but the damage to investor confidence in the regulatory environment in this province will be done. At least there's only 2 years and 10 months until the next election.
As an aside, it's interesting that the province's lawyer on this file is a Vancouver based civil liberties and constitutional law specialist for what is essentially a commercial contract matter. Obviously this is the NDP rewarding one of their own, but I would have expected an Alberta based corporate litigator.
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