Thread by @ProgressAlberta

The Kent report on former Justice Minister Kaycee Madu's phone with Edmonton Police Chief Dale McFee is out. You can read it here alberta.ca/external/news/… and here's the emailed press release from Kenney's office. #ableg

Here are some highlights.
"[Madu] then asked whether the constable knew who he was. [Madu] said that he was the Minister of Justice and that he would never do anything to break the
law. He said he was the Minister of Justice 3 or 4 times during the discussion at the window."

"Because he does not pay a lot of attention to politics, [Constable X] did not know who Minister Madu was. As a result, he radioed his squad members and a couple of them radioed back confirming that he was the Minister of Justice."

"I asked the constable whether he concluded that the Minister was telling him who he was in hopes that the
constable would not issue a ticket. The constable said no."

"He said that he was ‘using it as a defence’, meaning that he was saying that he could not be guilty because he is the Minister of Justice and would not break the law."

"I asked Minister Madu about the notation by Constable which states that the driver said that he was the Minister of Justice at least 4 times. Minister Madu said that he recalls that he said it once and then drove off."

In Justice Adele Kent's words. "Did Minister Madu attempt to interfere with the administration of justice?
He did." #ableg

"There is a process that the Minister knows well to address questions of police conduct. It does not start with a phone call to the Chief of Police."

"The very fact that the purpose of the call was to obtain assurance that the police were acting properly rather than going through appropriate channels is an attempt to interfere with the administration of justice."

"Did the phone call create a reasonable perception of an interference with the administration of justice? It did."

This, of course, is being released late on a Friday afternoon. And Kaycee Madu is also not the Justice Minister anymore but instead Alberta's newest minister of labour.

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