Thursday, January 17, 2013

Pete McMartin Locked-Down 'Public" pipeline hearings begone

All that Pete McMartin needs to do to put "grace" in charge, instead of disgrace into the pipeline hearings, is to have an outspoken, but the firm steady voice that the Vancouver Police Department and the RCMP alike, know, and jump to attention when spoken to.   And for good measure that other law enforcement agency, Sheriffs.

The one "force" with "grace" belongs to B.C. Supreme Court Chief Justice Robert Bauman.  The only security forces being left out thus far from the Chief Justice attention is the "Media security forces" ushering speakers to their places, and out, in what is supposed to be an Open and Transparent Public hearing.

....When I attended, security was heavy and very, very evident.  There was a police wagon parked outside the hotel, with cops in the hotel lobby and on the fourth floor.  I counted nine of them.  They were there, I'm sure, to prevent a repeat of Tuesday's incident, when ........... Pete McMartin
As to the Chief Justice's handling of the decorum in his Court House......

"That is not the profile the courthouse(s) should project. It should reflect openness - a calm and reflective atmosphere in which critical judicial proceedings can proceed impartially and where the public is free so far as is reasonable to come and go and witness the proceedings unfold."  Kim Bolan, Vancouver Sun

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