THIS IS IMPORTANT … VERY IMPORTANT.
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It addresses the issue of BIAS in the practice of law throughout Canada. A loss in faith in our Legal System is one of the things that could trigger CIVIL WAR in Canada. Ignoring this issue could cost you your life.
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Mr. Blackett pointed out that this resource says equal treatment before the law is considered to “perpetuate discriminatory practice.” Colour-blindness, defined as “the insistence that one does not notice or see skin colour or race,” is also said to perpetuate discrimination.
“I think the Law Society’s conduct threatens the rule of law, which is that you have laws that are created by a legislature, and those are created by the people, for the people. They’re supposed to be applied equally to everyone,” he said.
“I think that ‘woke’ law would see laws applied unequally, ostensibly to achieve an equal result. That’s a very different approach than much of our legal system currently takes on these things.”
When asked about such content in the resources and a lawyer’s freedom to disagree with these statements, Ms. Osler said the resources provided “are not required reading and lawyers can choose their own resources.”
She did not respond directly to questions about Mr. Blackett’s concerns that LSA materials regarding systemic racism in the legal system could undermine the system.
Instead, she noted that the LSA’s approach to continued professional development is more flexible than other Canadian jurisdictions as it allows lawyers “more flexibility and the ability to self-direct their own learning.”
Regarding Mr. Blackett’s point that LSA policy essentially makes a lawyer “guilty until proven innocent” when it comes to discrimination accusations, Ms. Osler said, “If there is a breach of the Code of Conduct, the Law Society will follow the conduct process set out in the Legal Profession Act (LPA) and the Rules before any disciplinary steps are taken.”
She said the code of conduct, not the competency profile, is used to judge when a lawyer should be disciplined. The competency profile is “an aspirational guide,” she said.
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The July 17 letter, which was addressed to LSA president Bill Hendsbee and Ms. Osler, and copied Alberta Justice Minister Mickey Amery and Premier Danielle Smith, says the Law Society “has assumed a political objective which is a threat to the rule of law.”
“In gross violation of our constitutional order, the LSA, as the regulator of Alberta lawyers with the power to sanction and suspend, has itself adopted a political ideology of its own choosing: social justice,” it said.”
“As an immediate and inevitable consequence of adopting this political ideology, the LSA is now using its regulatory power to compel all lawyers to salute and pursue the same political ideology.”
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We will soon know if my assumption about this costing people their lives was accurate or not.
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Of course there is BIAS in the practice of law in Canada. Duh. But, since it is an adversarial system, there is an opposed and equally BIASED asshole (or assholes) with a law degree (or degrees) on the other side of each case of law. The opposed BIASES "balance out" in the scales of Lady Justice and one should be left with just the facts and the law. But the idiot on the Bench is just as biased as either or both of the idiots with law degrees "below" him or her. Hence, stupidly biased Court judgments abound in Canadian Courts. But everybody, in Canada, already knows this! What are you? American?
As to requote:
Republic (of nowhere --- certainly not Canada) :- "A loss in faith in our Legal System is one of the things that could trigger CIVIL WAR in Canada. Ignoring this issue could cost you your life."
You really must be a stupid American. Nobody, in Canada, except lawyers, justices, judges, CAREER CRIMINALS and politicians has any "faith" at all in "our Legal System". Anyone with actual experience of our "system" already knows that all Canadian lawyers are corrupt "ass-covering" idiots. That's no "threat" to anyone's life --- just to their bank accounts, property and/or liberty in many obvious cases of false convictions by corrupt Canuck lawyers, "Justices" and crooked, lazy or merely stupid cops.
And again, quote REPUBLIC (of nowhere): We will soon know if my assumption about this costing people their lives was accurate or not.
How So? How Soon??? [After all, your writer has written to 3 idiots with law degrees and one politician about "woke" lunacy.]
Kevin James "Joseph" Byrne