Alberta judges urge respect, independence after Danielle Smith said she wants to ‘direct’ them | Globalnews.ca
Alberta judges urge respect, independence after Danielle Smith said she wants to ‘direct’ them
Alberta judges urge respect, independence after Danielle Smith said she wants to ‘direct’ them | Globalnews.ca
Alberta judges urge respect, independence after Danielle Smith said she wants to ‘direct’ them
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Another example that the Conservatives (both federal and provincial) are using the SAME EXACT PLAYBOOK as Donald Trump!
They stir anger in Alberta…which will probably lead to a referendum, and now they are trying to discredit the justice system, which might lead to a total breakdown of the justice system in Alberta.
Congratulations to Smith et al. for sucessfully demonstrating their complete disregard for Canadian democracy!
Judges putting out a statement like this is unprecedented in Canadian history as far as I know.
The fact that you can pick from the buffet of possible reasons why they felt compelled to take this step is pretty distressing.
The Premier gets to direct judges by passing legislature. If she doesn’t like what laws mean, her place is to direct her MLAs to make new laws, not by forcing misinterpretation of the existing ones or by pressuring prosecutors to drop cases she doesn’t like.