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Old 08-04-2016, 02:30 PM   #2583
Kjesse
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Originally Posted by Makarov View Post
Fair points. But are you arguing that the Utilities Commission has so little independence that the Minister of government ought to be held responsible for every decision it makes? Or that the government should be precluded from challenging its jurisdiction by way of judicial review? Because that is what many posters in this thread seem to suggest.
Not going that far-- if they were going to challenge it, they had plenty of time 16 years ago. The issue to me is, at that time, they supported it. How can they change now? I also think the independence is not quite so pure as might be suggested, but also, that tends to support the NDP argument.
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