Episode 7.44 - The UCP Attack The Courts with Lawyer Will Van Engen!

Danielle Smith and the UCP have taken to attacking the courts, delegitimizing the courts and overriding the courts in the last week, and that has some pretty serious implications!Whether trying to weaken Albertans trust in the courts by calling judges "appointed activists", by grossly misrepresenting Supreme Court rulings or by invoking the notwithstanding clause to get around legal judgement on 4 bad laws, the attacks that the UCP are hitting the judiciary with are unprecedented!(At least in Canada)To help us understand the implications, the actual rulings and what Albertans need to be paying attention to, we're excited to welcome criminal defense lawyer Will Van Engen to the show!If you're able to support our legal defense fund to fight back against the $6 Million lawsuit against us by Sam Mraiche, the man who imported Vanch masks and the Turkish Tylenot as well as who hosted MLA's and Ministers in his skybox as he had business with the government...You can do that at www.savethebreakdownab.ca!As always, if you appreciate the kind of content that we're trying to produce here at The Breakdown, please consider signing up as a monthly supporter at our Patreon site at www.patreon.com/thebreakdownab and we can now accept e-transfers at [email protected]!If you’re looking for our new merch lineup, you can find that at www.thebreakdownabmerch.comIf you're listening to the audio version of our podcast, please consider leaving us a review and a rating, and don't forget to like and follow us on Bluesky, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Threads!