[Bring_Back_Shantz]

The final section of that report:

In my opinion, Premier Smith contravened s.3 of the Conflicts of Interest Act in her interaction
with the Minister of Justice and Attorney General in relation to the criminal charges Mr. Pawlowski
was facing.
At this point, I make no recommendations with respect to sanctions against the Premier for
consideration of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta but reserve the right to make
recommendations once the Legislative Assembly is back in session.
I also recommend that:
1. All new Members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta attend mandatory training upon
election about the structure of Canadian government and the roles of the three branches
of government.
2. The Legislative Assembly of Alberta consider whether to amend the Conflicts of Interest
Act to provide for a stay on any ongoing investigation from the time that the writ drops for
an election until the election results are certified. Similar provisions are found in section
30(4.1) on the Ontario Members’ Integrity Act, 1994, SO 1994, c.38. Not having such a
provision puts the Ethics Commissioner and the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly in
an extremely difficult position with respect to the timing and release of any report.

My two takeaways.
1) anyone who says this exonerates Danielle Smith is dumb. It clearly says (bolded by me) that she broke the law

2) As to recommendation #1. Danielle Smith is so bad at her job, she so poorly understands what she can/can't do, that she forced the ethics commissioner to recommend that new MLAs (That our current freaking Premier) should have to retake Junior High Social Studies

F*** Me the UCP is a tire fire!