Alberta Politics & Government Thread 3.0

[Monahammer]

it appears that Dr. Zaidi will be going on CTV tonight to publicly accuse Shandro of lying under oath during his hearing. @zaidi71 is his twitter.

[Torture]

https://twitter.com/user/status/1618704671690088448

[Torture]

That Tyee article, wowzers. TLDR:

Alberta Justice Minister Tyler Shandro appeared to seriously breach the privacy of one of the witnesses during testimony in his law society hearing Wednesday.

After Rusnell reported the alleged privacy breach, the law society issued a warning to journalists late Wednesday afternoon not to publish the private information.

During Fraser’s testimony Wednesday, she said she knew Shandro because he had written a decision related to her family when he was a member of the Criminal Injuries Review Board. Fraser had also testified she had PTSD related to the issues before the review board.

During Shandro’s testimony, his lawyer, Grant Stapon of Calgary, asked Shandro if he knew why Fraser had PTSD. Shandro’s single-sentence answer contained highly personal information about Fraser’s family.

Fraser was stunned Wednesday when told by Rusnell, before he alerted the law society, what Shandro had said in the open Zoom hearing, attended by members of the public, journalists and law society staff.

“What? He said what? He can’t say that. It’s confidential,” Fraser told The Tyee.

A lawyer representing the law society told Fraser Wednesday night that the law society will redact the sensitive information from the hearing’s transcript and the information will not be included in the decision. The lawyer also said the law society had agreed to Fraser’s demand to provide her with independent legal counsel.

The hearing was supposed to resume at 9 a.m. Thursday morning but the hearing tribunal went in camera for more than 90 minutes to determine what to do about the alleged breach by Shandro. When the hearing finally resumed, the panel chair said they would provide journalists with more direction about how to deal with the alleged privacy breach later in the day.

[Fuzz]

He didn't lie, his words were imprecise. That's a legal defence now, right?

[RedHot25]

Soap opera wowsers, Ryan Jespersen alludes to seeing a lot on twitter, social media that ...Jason Kenney is the source?!

https://twitter.com/user/status/1618690926410616833

[Torture]

^^
Heard that but I don't really see how Jason Kenney would be the source since he wasn't in the office but wouldn't that be something??
Jespersen also said that he had heard from his own sources that the CBC's story was rock solid.

Another popcorn moment:

https://twitter.com/user/status/1618683432737079296

[Wormius]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

He didn't lie, his words were imprecise. That's a legal defence now, right?

As a lawyer, he understands exactly how imprecise to make his words.

[RedHot25]

Originally Posted by Torture

^^
Heard that but I don't really see how Jason Kenney would be the source since he wasn't in the office but wouldn't that be something??

Perhaps, but as many people hate him, he probably still has a number of supporters in government I imagine, some likely quite high up, so it's not put of the realm of possibility....

[D as in David]

Originally Posted by Locke

Ooohhh....so close!

Well, we know what we have to do then.

[Fuzz]

https://twitter.com/Jantafrench

Looks like Janet French had to lock down her Twitter, too. How disgusting is it that these UCP supporters are harassing journalists into hiding and limiting their reporting to the public? It's OK though, free speech and citizen journalism will save us from the tyranny of professionals!

This world gets worse every day.

[Roughneck]

Originally Posted by Wormius

As a lawyer, he understands exactly how imprecise to make his words.

But as a bad lawyer, he probably doesn’t.

[Aarongavey]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

https://twitter.com/Jantafrench

Looks like Janet French had to lock down her Twitter, too. How disgusting is it that these UCP supporters are harassing journalists into hiding and limiting their reporting to the public? It's OK though, free speech and citizen journalism will save us from the tyranny of professionals!

This world gets worse every day.

Not sure the world gets worse. I think that is just UCP supporters living in the world.

[Yoho]

Sucks when you get held accountable for your words. You want to lob an accusation you better have something substantial to back it up. CBC will end up paying a fine and some half hearted retraction long after the damage is done.

https://twitter.com/user/status/1618932629230993408

[Fuzz]

I love the victory laps. Maybe wait until the fight is over, this has a long way to go. The only thing we know for sure is Smith is on video telling us she interfered. Three times.

[Looch City]

It’s kinda crazy how much of a different world Yoho and his kind live in.

Surreal.

[Fuzz]

I imagine Yoho doing this every time he reads a tweet headline he likes, but doesn't actually read the article because, well, he's doing this.

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by b1crunch

So you hated the vaccine mandates? You hate them so much that in this thread you called for the unvaccinated to get 'retribution'. Against who? Because it was the UCP that created all of the provincial mandates. And now, you're going to support the UCP, to prevent the UCP from putting in more mandates or helping the unvaxed get 'retribution'? Does this make sense?

I understand that Smith has a different view on the matter than Kenney did, but seriously, it's the exact same cast of characters (MLAs) behind her. You know, the ones that supported the vaccine mandates or at least sat by during the vaccine mandates.

The mental gymnastics you have to be doing in your head to support the UCP is mind boggling.

It's like how the anti-vaxxers in the US still love Trump. Trump is very pro-vaccine and has even taken credit for their fast approvals. Yet tons of his own supporters denounce the vaccines, especially for their fast approvals. lol

And what the hell does 'retribution' for the unvaxxed even look like for you?

(I'm participating in a discussion with you, because a few days ago several posters got upset with people bashing you. They instead wanted us to discuss with you. So I'm super excited to hear your thoughts on the matter and for the discussion we can both participate in.)

Props to you for wasting your efforts.

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by Yoho

Sucks when you get held accountable for your words. You want to lob an accusation you better have something substantial to back it up. CBC will end up paying a fine and some half hearted retraction long after the damage is done.

https://twitter.com/user/status/1618932629230993408

Did you even read that ####ing story?

[woob]

Narrator: He did not.

[Cappy]

This whole story came to lightbecause Danielle Smith admitted to doing the thing (later walking it back). I can't take her banging the table seriously