Alberta\u0027s Justice Minister, facing formal sanction from legal regulator for behaviour during stint as head of province\u0027s health care system
Shandro sat in a boardroom alongside his lawyer, who said Shandro was the focus of a “cyberbullying” campaign related to the UCP’s decision to end the government’s agreement with doctors. Grant Stapon argued the law society should not discipline his client for conduct he argues is unrelated to the fact Shandro is a lawyer.
During opening arguments, law society counsel Ken McEwan said the incidents took place against a backdrop of controversy following the Alberta government’s February 2020 decision to, which governed pay schedules, codes and billing rules. Zaidi, a family doctor of Pakistani origin, is active in politics and met Shandro in 2018. Zaidi sat on the board of the United Conservative Party’s Calgary West constituency association — near Shandro’s Calgary-Acadia constituency — and lived in the same neighbourhood as Shandro and his family.
While claiming he wanted to keep the incident “low-key,” Zaidi discussed what happened a week later after being contacted by a CBC journalist. After the news broke, Premier Jason Kenney faced calls to remove Shandro as minister of health. Kenney resisted,Advertisement 7Zaidi accused Kenney of vilifying him, saying he never attacked or threatened Andrea Shandro and that he received death threats in the wake of the premier’s comments.
Stapon further argued Shandro took no steps to “kick” anyone off health care, and noted that Vital Partners does not deal in primary care but rather third-party benefits like dental, glasses and massage. He also disputed that Tyler Shandro had been crying when Zaidi encountered him outside his home.Article content
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