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Arthur Kent stood for public office in the March 3, 2008 Alberta provincial election. After challenging his Progressive Conservative Party leadership to produce genuine change and address its culture of patronage, Kent was subjected to a harsh attack by unnamed party figures in the news pages of The Calgary Herald, and nationally in other CanWest publications. Here, the response.

Canwest Witnesses Go Under Oath

September 9th, 2009

Pursuing the managements of giant media conglomerates through the courts is a costly, time-consuming venture.

But eventually the long, steady climb up the slopes of procedure and the crags of delay ushers the parties onto the sunny plateau known as examinations for discovery. At last it’s time to look at the facts of the case in the full light of day.

Witnesses are sworn in and questions are put to them by opposing counsel. A court reporter notes every word for the record.

On July 14th, examinations for discovery began in Kent vs. Don Martin, Canwest Publishing, the National Post, the Calgary Herald and related companies.

I brought this lawsuit last year in response to the attack article published Feb. 12, 2008 on the nationalpost.com website and the following day in the print editions of the National Post and the Calgary Herald (please see The Page At Issue pdf at the top right of our homepage) and because both the Post and Herald refused to publish my response.

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