The Free Press: PC leadership candidate sues province over revoked ecotourism licences

Ethicist Arthur Schafer said the legal challenge is unlikely to be successful, unless the complainant’s goal is to garner publicity for his leadership campaign.

“Good ethics requires good facts, and since he’s invited the courts to adjudicate it, the courts will look at the evidence. On the face of it, I find his claim quite implausible,” Schafer said.

The province must balance economic activity and environmental awareness with the protection of a delicate ecosystem, added the founder of the Centre for Professional and Applied Ethics at the University of Manitoba.

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