Alright -- last one from me on this SK/ECCC water incident. @CTVNews reached out. I told them the weekend amendment to the Trespass to Property Regs -- which now define "persons" as "the Crown in right of Canada" -- was meaningless pandering: regina.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=2… 1/n #skpoli
From the clip, it appears that CTV reached out to Scott Moe's office for his response re: whether the amendment actually changed anything. To which they responded as follows: 2/n 
[excuse me for a moment] 3/n
Section 17 of the Trespass to Property Act sets out who is exempt. That list is pretty clear -- and it doesn't include the kind of inspection/testing that set this whole fiasco in motion. Even if it did, Moe's weekend amendment makes no relevant change to that section! 4/n
Indeed, as my colleague @BankesNigel pointed out to me, while unnecessary the amendment actually helps the feds b/c it makes abundantly clear that a "person...acting under a right or authority conferred by law" includes "the Crown in right of Canada," i.e. federal inspectors. 5/n
[excuse me for one more moment] 6/n
What to make of all of this? 1st, the golden rule: haste makes waste. 2nd, @PremierScottMoe & his crew are either painfully incompetent or recklessly cynical (& don't think very highly of their constituents). None of this is good for the fine people of the province I grew up in.
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